This is the January 16th edition of “What I’ve learnt recently”:
- I learnt how to use a mill and can now do some basic metalworking
- Saying I can work metal makes me feel proud and manly
- I have also learnt to make the most simple, yet profoundly delicious dish of pulled chicken. All you need are chicken breasts, which you then stick in a pot. Add barbecue sauce and about half that amount of ranch dressing (mayo also works well!). Then turn on a medium heat and cook until the chicken’s done. Pull apart with forks, mix back into sauce and serve with Kaiser buns, cheese and tomatoes. Yum! I’ll probably recycle this into another post when I get round to taking photos
Okay not quite this kind of metalworking, but isn't this a cool picture?
On the flipside, “What I haven’t yet learnt to do” is stop talking about my co-workers. You know, in that behind their backs kind of way. I wish I could also say that I don’t always mean what I say, but I do sometimes. We have personality clashes. But I really want to stop talking and complaining about them, especially when other people are doing the same. If you know how, leave me a comment because I would really love to know!
Oh, I’ve also started to add some BHAC’s and a “books I’ve read this year” list as pages here on the blog.
Hope you’re all well!
I wish I could give you a fool proof way to stopping the bad mouthing but I don’t really know of any. I had a similar problem when I was back home at my old job. Part of it was the people we were talking about were rather horrible and the job was getting worse because of the individuals but I was behaving no better than them. It was okay when I had a little rant to someone when something was bugging me cause I would feel better and stop but then there was times I just could not stop and just felt like a terrible person. The best advice I can think of is to either avoid the people you are talking about (if it’s possible) so you have nothing to talk to others about and/or avoid the people you are complaining to if that’s the only thing that seems to be what you talk about. That or find some topic of common interest that’s fun!
That’s exactly what it is! Sometimes you just get so frustrated that it’s hard not to rant. But once I start… oh boy! Avoiding them is probably an ok solution, but I’m really trying to make an effort to be friendly. Actually they’re not that bad – just some personality clashed. I like the idea of finding a topic of common interest!Sounds like a very proactive way to go! I’m going to give it a go