Ok, so I'm a little behind. It's technically January 2nd, which means technically I'm already slacking at my resolution...but I can't be blamed for this one! After all, it's the day after NYE (and I was up late), and my Spartans were playing in a bowl game this morning...AND I had to work.
Ok, so down to business.
What I'm thankful for today, actually came from work. It was a pretty typical day...nothing great happened, nothing horrible happened...that is, until the very end of my shift.
We're training in a new director, and the training wheels came off on the second block. It was a disaster. People at home probably didn't notice. We kept the show on the tracks, and really, I was the only one that looked like a bafoon...but the only thing I could think of is, "Get it together! Get it together!" for his sake, not mine. He's hard on himself, and I knew even as he was trying to figure out what to push and how to get back on the tracks, he was beating himself up over it...and there was no need. We're in a learning market...this is where you make the mistakes. And we've all been there. We've all been to the point where flames are shooting out of everything around you, and you're doing all you can not to hoist up a white flag and wave it back and forth. It doesn't help that in my field, "mistakes" on the job are broadcast out to...say 500,000 people.
Which made me think...there's always tomorrow (and in this case, I know that's true, because I procrastinated in coming up with my Day One post, and it is now in fact after midnight...when said newscast happened yesterday (ha), so I can safely say that "tomorrow" does in fact exist, because it's now "today"). But back to the point -- there is always tomorrow. There will always be another show, and things can only get better the next time. Your chance at redemption is only one sunrise away. 50 years from now, you'll never remember that newscast on January 1, 2011. It'll be but a blip on the radar.
So, don't sweat the small stuff...and believe me, it's all small stuff.
And there will always be tomorrow.
And I'm thankful for that :)
Ok, so down to business.
What I'm thankful for today, actually came from work. It was a pretty typical day...nothing great happened, nothing horrible happened...that is, until the very end of my shift.
We're training in a new director, and the training wheels came off on the second block. It was a disaster. People at home probably didn't notice. We kept the show on the tracks, and really, I was the only one that looked like a bafoon...but the only thing I could think of is, "Get it together! Get it together!" for his sake, not mine. He's hard on himself, and I knew even as he was trying to figure out what to push and how to get back on the tracks, he was beating himself up over it...and there was no need. We're in a learning market...this is where you make the mistakes. And we've all been there. We've all been to the point where flames are shooting out of everything around you, and you're doing all you can not to hoist up a white flag and wave it back and forth. It doesn't help that in my field, "mistakes" on the job are broadcast out to...say 500,000 people.
Which made me think...there's always tomorrow (and in this case, I know that's true, because I procrastinated in coming up with my Day One post, and it is now in fact after midnight...when said newscast happened yesterday (ha), so I can safely say that "tomorrow" does in fact exist, because it's now "today"). But back to the point -- there is always tomorrow. There will always be another show, and things can only get better the next time. Your chance at redemption is only one sunrise away. 50 years from now, you'll never remember that newscast on January 1, 2011. It'll be but a blip on the radar.
So, don't sweat the small stuff...and believe me, it's all small stuff.
And there will always be tomorrow.
And I'm thankful for that :)
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