Question of the Day

[ayoub]

How do you handle first day nervousness?

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I don't... I'm nervous right up until I walk in the door...

Comments

[brenda-in-sepia.livejournal.com]

I just load up on the false bravado. I'm good at that. Most people would be shocked to know I'm a very nervous person. I'm told I can quite intimidating, but really if you're mean to me I'll cry. Hard and cynical on the outside, softy and sweet on the inside.

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

I don't really get first day nerves, maybe a sweaty palm at most

[avis-noctis.livejournal.com]

Pretend. It's kind of "fake it till you feel it" thing for me. If I admit my nervousness to myself, it starts to feed on me and it's a downward spiral from there. It shows when I'm nervous too, so that can affect my interactions with other people.

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

I scream, vomit violently, carve mandalas and mantras in Sanskrit into my chest with a hunting knife and call everyone I truly love a bunch of total fucking drama-whores; then I sulk, sitting on the toilet in nothing but a bath robe and brown socks, drinking the cheapest vodka I can find (you know, the type in the 3-liter plastic jugs) and call up ex-es on the phone and hang up while sobbing.

You know. What anyone else subjected to the Bush administration would do.

Kidding. I just walk in and observe before saying anything.

[seegwa.livejournal.com]

I don't get nervous. One of the great skills learned while temping for a couple of years - a high learning curve and a good grasp of the job within the first day. No real time or reason to be nervous. :D

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

Nervawhat?

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

I just take it one bit at a time. I'm usually a little nervous until I get a feel for things.

[evergladesqueen.livejournal.com]

Wiping my butt 1000X before I have to leave my house.
*hugs*

[katamphigorical.livejournal.com]

I...take a big deep breath, sniff the armpits, check out my ass, and make a silly face in the mirror. Then i state that i'm Queen of the Universe and this high-strung nervousness thing is just an overlap from my peasant days.

Yup. :)

[shamrocks-13.livejournal.com]

You know what? Completley aside from the subject, I have SO been checking out the ladies asses again!

My bisexuality is quite moody.

[katamphigorical.livejournal.com]

I always check out women's asses. It's a source of amusement when my eyes land upon a rather large one, especially if her waist is small. Just like Sir Mix-A-Lot likes. ^_^

I am ALwAYS nervous..

[shamrocks-13.livejournal.com]

I just try to handle it the best I can. Nothing like making a person smile to break the ice, so I usually go with that approach.

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

The day of, I ignore it and plunge on through. The night before is a different angst-filled story.

[l-nephthys-l.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Same here... Definitely!

[delphaicdragon.livejournal.com]

I'm very, very fluttery and sick to my tummy until I get wherever I'm going. Then... it poofs and I end up overcompensating by being bubbly and perky and it boggles minds. [laugh]

[dishapeaches.livejournal.com]

The only thing I'm nervous about is getting there on time. Other than that, I just be myself, watch my Ps and Qs until I get a 'feel' for the place, and ask questions if I don't understand something.

[l-nephthys-l.livejournal.com]

I just push my way through. I mean how else can you really handle it? It's not like you can go into work drunk. And since "first days" are always intensely overwhelming for me, I just learned to deal. Then after, I'm like, "That wasn't so bad."

[uawildcatgrl.livejournal.com]

I just breathe.

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Drugs. Heroin, valium, codine, morphine... doesn't matter. Lots and lots of drugs.

[kingdavey.livejournal.com]

I don't, I panic.

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

Tie it up, throw it in the closet and tell it to stay there because I have worlds to conquer.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

That's definitely a great way to do it!

[heardthatnoise.livejournal.com]

Any nervousness=hiccups.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:(

*hugs*

[empatia.livejournal.com]

I get hyper!! Insanely hyper, it's aweful...but my patients loved it, I laugh a little too much.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Awwww :D

[eternalxwhisper.livejournal.com]

Sweaty palms, a pounding heart and a nervous smile. I constantly work myself up and then when I actually get into work, it's nothing like I expected.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

Yeah, I'm nervous until I step into the door...