Re: procrastinating on horrible task

[sdwa]

I’m amazed that you studied accounting if you’re not a math person. That’s one of the things I told myself I should study for “job security” but I’d probably die trying. Same thing with writing computer code – I could learn it, but it would take me a hundred times longer than anyone else and I’d probably still be bad at it. In my youth I thought about doing crazy things like going to law school – ha ha – I could never memorize that much stuff, I couldn’t do the logic problems in the LSAT. It’s only taken me thirty years to figure out that I don’t have to pursue a degree in every subject that interests me. This has gotten easier as more colleges post their lectures online.

There are many warm bodies in boring rooms for CE credits, but in this case I have to take an open-book test on the content in order to receive credit…and even with the information right in front of me, I know the math questions will throw me. Even in the questions where they provide the formulas, because I struggle to see how the information should be plugged into the formula.

My boss has always taken a non-management approach to management. He just assumes employees are at their desks doing their work, which for the most part, we are. I have, over the years, repeatedly asked for projects, guidelines, and feedback – but to little avail. If I miraculously stumble upon an activity my boss likes, he lights up like a casino, yet continues to expect me to read his mind…so, whatever. On the bright side, he isn’t a control freak.

In an ideal situation, I’d be doing what I’m actually good at for someone who’d leave me alone to work, but who I’d report to at the end of the day and/or week.

There are reasons why I’ve never had much of a career.

I’d like to be self-employed, but I’d still have to deal with finding a trigger to initiate action. Once I get started, I’m usually OK…unless I forget to stop.

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