Fun at Work Check-In

Okay, so it's actually an internship. Not sure if that qualifies for the title of work. Although I do A LOT of work there. Just not paid. Yet. Anyway, in my attempt to up the fun level at this place I've been dreading going into I reengaged myself in Pandora and 8tracks while writing case notes. Now I'm sure most of you are familiar with Pandora. 8tracks maybe not so much. But you should be. It's essentially that good ol' middle school mixed tape (may have dated myself here) in its online version. And the peeps who post them come up with the best titles. The one I was listening to the other day as my supervisor walked in: http://8tracks.com/claramdiez/fuck-my-problems-i-m-happy-to-be-alive?mix_set_id=3. Nothing dirty on there but Oops!

I don't know if this minor change has made a huge difference but baby steps. I did enjoy myself more than usual this week so it must have.

Any suggestions for next week?

Rediscovering Fun

I've been bordering on becoming what was my nightmare about going to school for social work. That I'd become the stereotypical martyr/negative thinking/no smiling/there's no room for fun in this job because the world is so horrible social worker. I don't actually believe in this kind of philosophy so I haven't yet become that but I am hating my internship this year and that's seriously affecting how much fun I'm having on the J-O-B. And since I left a nightmare job full of martyrs and negative Nancys to go back to school (AGAIN!) this is something I must resolve for my sanity. Therefore my goal this week is to find the fun at my internship. Or create it if necessary. It's up to me to be the person I want to be, which is to squeeze as much fun and enjoyment out of life as possible.