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Friday reflection - Getting wild on me for no reason - 4/11/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I like my job; it wouldn’t be interesting if not going through what I am at the moment. The storm will turn into light rain, but I have to put up a fight for now. I have to be grateful for the job because others are losing theirs as 122 people have been laid off as it was recently announced. I have to show confidence and received an email from the sponsor who pays…

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The beginning of the accounting accountability - 4/10/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. It’s difficult to navigate through challenges. For me it’s happening now. I have to be careful though because I want to bulldoze my way on my own to get things done, but I can’t, I have to navigate quietly through this and follow their instructions. My mind is a chaos right now because the problem is not going away. I want to call out the people that allowed this to…

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The answered prayer - 4/9/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I’m okay with being different, that they murmur I’m weird. I see it as getting popular and they know my name. LOL! I am willing to research, look, ask, and fill myself with knowledge. I will go above and beyond to understand and make connections. This is my work ethic, how I was trained and learned throughout my career. No one wants to be me because it’s not their…

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It can’t get any worse - 4/8/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I’m in a panic…This is a lot more than what I expected and what I was told was going on. During my interview a little over 4 months ago the impression was that everything was in order. Well it’s not! Expenses were not counted or posted correctly, budget was loaded incorrectly, information missing, and communication lacking. I’m inundated with chaos. My mind is full…

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Friday reflection - shaking and moving - 4/4/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. It was a relief and a good Friday. With preparation, even though I had many road blocks I didn’t stop. Today was silent and I took one win of many problems we are having. After being stuck in confusion for a while, knocking on doors, seeking input at different avenues asking and getting answers, time and effort. Patience was needed for this one. I had to push out…

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The room is silent - 4/3/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. As I blogged yesterday, I discovered our agreement with the sponsor that began back in 2022 was being spent on the appropriate scope of work. The problem happened that during a change in the agreement came the budget increased for programs and decreased for others. No notification was sent to the doctors, there was new system implementation, and the tracking of…

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Cont’d - peace and harmony - 3/30/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I’m learning and getting ideas on how to cultivate happiness. Recently I planted seeds to grow a garden with zinnia’s and re-potted other plants that have grown from last year. My orchid is growing beautifully. I began to see the growth of my zinnias as well. I realize I have to watch mental exhaustion and find ways to not see things at work as a loss when under…

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An injection of happiness, fulfillment, and adrenaline - 3/29/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I woke up exhausted and not in a good mood to do anything, But I have to because I still have a little one to look after and relies on me. As soon as he gets up, I hear, “Mom, mom!” I love being a mom. Today was tough already and things weren’t really going as planned. I was already behind as I had woken up late in the morning. The residual from the work week had…

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Friday reflection - what’s going on? - 3/28/25

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No need to show your ego - 3/27/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. Why? Why instead of answering my question he tells me how great he is? He’s been doing this a long time, very well versed in our finance system SAP. He was tasked to train me. My co-worker who I’ll call AM really go out of his way to pump himself up! LOL! I couldn’t even finish asking my question and I get cut off. Out of left field starts talking about something…

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The calm chaos - 3/26/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. One at a time I have been knocking down the long list of tasks. It was a bit challenging to focus once I arrived at the office because the only thought I had in mind was how much of the work was waiting for me to tackle today. It took me an hour to calm the mind and adjust, thinking of the workload. One of the medical doctors is treating me like an assistant and I…

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Hustling with flexibility - 3/25/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I didn’t think today was going to get busy and it did once again. I am not worrying and hustling to get things done, but now the boss needs to do travel clean up. They are gradually giving me more and more tasks. It’s not recent tasks these are clean up tasks. People travel for a variety of reasons, but they have not cleared their fall itineraries once they complete…

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The first step to happiness - 3/23/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I recall one night sitting in the dark I decided to change at 30 years old I was tired of making mistake after mistake. I pledged to God and myself I would change and asked for protection and guidance. I began to take small steps. I’m not trying to look back, but I know what I should do because I have made significant progress. I have not stopped working hard…

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Let me be happy - 3/23/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I’m still fairly new to this organization. I’m nearing month #3 on 3/31/25. I feel that I have to prove my knowledge, experience, and may be the reason I feel so much pressure. There is a lot of work to be done, situations to resolve. I work hard to be sure that things work out and completed. I restrict myself of feeling happy or let go until each situation is…

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Friday reflection - action, action, and more action - 3/21/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I took leaps this week. I took a lot of action and got a lot of tasks completed. I’ll celebrate my small victories of completing a lot of tasks and the clarification that came with it. I trusted the process, was patient, one at a time. I face a couple audit requests of our finances that I was able to pull and justify with documents. I am a lot better versed at my…

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Days of learning the challenges - 3/20/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I am exhausted, working a lot, and still have drama at work. I have accounting entries to adjust, correct, and move posted charges to the proper project accounts. The communication that I put out of budgets being low has settled on everyone. The news came like a bomb, they want to blame the messenger, but they realize they cannot. I’m glad I got the message out in…

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Observing people closely - 3/19/25

I hope everyone is doing okay. I’m getting help from the people I least expected. I walked in to work today feeling beaten down. I took a deep breath and my co-worker who I wish would be my boss came in to my office and I immediately told him what occurred yesterday. He mentioned things were in place except one missing form to process the contract. I was happy and relieved because I was stuck in…