Question of the Day

[ayoub]

Is it easy for you to switch back and forth from work mode to personal mode?

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[(Anonymous)]

Yep.

[macpurp.livejournal.com]

no it hasn't been........
but I am paying for that now.
It added to me becoming ill this year.
we have to find a way to do our jobs,
and then leave it on the desk when we leave the "office"

I was once told, our work should be interesting, and help us have money to live.....it is part of our lives, not our life.

take care
hugs
Teen xx

[wiltinwickwitch.livejournal.com]

I can so relate to that;
but I think that at another level
its important to still be ourselves
wherever we are;
its a hard path to walk, isn't it?
and my feet hurt, too, Tina!
love you
blessed be
xxx

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Yeah... Work tends to follow me around a little too much...

[soulview.livejournal.com]

It is believe it or not.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

It can be...

[kay.livejournal.com]

Never had any problems with it, no ... I don't think the work me is very different from the personal me.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

That's a good thing :)

[kabandra.livejournal.com]

I'm a student, so no. And I tend to take everything personally, so there's never really going to be a "work" mode to switch into. It's all me.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

[arctic-wolf.livejournal.com]

No, not at all!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

For me, work is personal, so...I guess my answer would have to be yes.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Work is something I take too personally sometimes...

[cmerun12.livejournal.com]

For the most part, I'd say "Yep". It's also a learned skill - one you have to practice at. The only time switching back and forth becomes a hassle is when one is way overpowering the other. Even that can be put in perspective, if I'm given enough chance to vent.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Venting is a good thing :)

[soul-incognito.livejournal.com]

not neccessarily when im accidently droppin f bombs in front of people I normally wouldn't. I think it comes with the industry tho, you gotta butch up or get out in hospitality but thats my opinion.
I reccently made friends with a co-worker whom at work im in charge of for the first time and its a bit difficult for both of us. We're sort of keeping it on the DL because issues of supposed favouritisms might arise etc
So for me its abit difficult but it can have some positives like..I keep a real tidy kitchen at home :)

*hugs*

i like answering your questions. The mind is a pool of thoughts eager to be swam in.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

And Thank you!

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

I'm like crabs in that I have one mode: steamed with Old Bay. (No, not ichy!)

I've never really thought about it, but I guess yeah, it is. I'm mercurial that way. Some customers act very stupidly and I have to dumb things down for their over-pay retarded asses when I want to yell "(eff) THE (eff) OFF, YOU STUPID FUCKING (see you next Tuesday)S! YOU'VE ONLY BEEN WORKING WITH THE (effing) CITY FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE!! YOU KNOW HOW THINGS ARE DONE! WHAT THE (eff) IS YOUR PROBLEM?!?"

You see, I'm always polite to them. I rant when they aren't around (rather explosively at that), but after cussing my peace, I'm back to happy-go-lucky Ron.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

:D

That works :)

[evergladesqueen.livejournal.com]

for me...yes
*hugs*

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

**hugs**

Yes & no

[markbuster.livejournal.com]

If one is bothering me, the other will be affected.

Re: Yes & no

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Definitely...

[pi-girl.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? I'm never in work mode! ;-)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Never? That must be fun!

[pi-girl.livejournal.com]

Not really, it's not good to look good to my bosses... :-/

[joggingguy.livejournal.com]

Work? What's that? :-)

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

LOL!

:D

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

Yep. In fact, it's easy to shift any facet to accomodate any situation. Once you become the Master of your Masks, you can be anything you need to be as the situation demands with a snap of your fingers. And it has saved my backside more than once during a crisis.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Master of your Masks is a difficult thing, I've found...

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

That's because we make it so hard - under the mistaken belief that there is only 'one' of us. Your core being is the sum of and the light behind the facets you present... like a crystal. Whatever facet we shine our light through, that is the facet that others will see.

To know your "selves", play with them. Practice becoming them and changing from them, until you can do so with fluid ease. Learn who they are and what experiences made them and shaped them until they became as they are now. In such ways, you can learn how to control them, like putting on a wardrobe - instead of letting them control you.

The hardest mask we face is the one that our true self wears. When we take that off, we have to face everything we truly are and everything that made us as we are. But don't start with that. Start with the easy ones. The Father's Face, that you put on for you children. The Husband's Face, which you put on to communicate with your wife. The Office Face, for work. And so on and so forth.

In addition to the masks we create, there are the ones that nature instills in us. The facet that we use when we are threatened, or feel loved. None of these are a weakness. They are strength, and within us, they make us strong. Strength is in unity, and that's what you are working towards. But, as I learned, breaking each one down and banishing them doesn't make you united and strong. It weakens you as you carve yourself away. Instead, celebrate each one, even the less savoury ones. In time, you can change, create and destroy (absorb) new facets as you will it. Because you are the god and the father of yourself.

One more thing I learned that I can currently share with you: a chameleon can only hold its colour for so long before it must return to its natural state. Each facet is a chameleon's colour. In the end, you must always become yourself, even if you don't recognize it as such. Learning control means that you can extend or diminish the time you shine the light through a particular facet. But you can't turn into that facet permanently... it is only a reflection of you.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Thank you brother... This has given me much to think about...

[electricsoupie.livejournal.com]

nope because I am tired all the time because of work mode.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Ugh... :(

[rowanchey.livejournal.com]

Jumping from one to the other isn't really a big problem. I have issues with discussing my personal life at work. When it comes to chit-chatting, I've had bosses who ask me all kinds of questions about my personal life, but god forbid that personal life that they were so nosy about interfere with your work...ever! I prefer to keep the two as separate as often as I can. Not easy when you work in your fiancé's mother's law firm. ^__^

[soulview.livejournal.com]

Jumping from one to the other isn't really a big problem. I have issues with discussing my personal life at work.

Same here!

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Heheh... I can see that being hard to separate...

[nancymccoydfw.livejournal.com]

Nope. I stay in personal mode.

[crescent-fresh.livejournal.com]

yep.

[mjtheanarchist.livejournal.com]

NOOOOoooooooooooooooooo!

[empatia.livejournal.com]

I don't think i have a personal mode anymore

[mysticpickle.livejournal.com]

I don't have to switch. I have only one mode and it's me!! I do everything with the perfectionism I would if it were my own personal item even when it is another persons event I am setting up!