philosophically speaking…

I just read a blog post here called, “Ever Feel Like Giving Up?”   The title caught my eye.

I’m not sure how many times I’ve sat at my desk and thought this.  When I get stuck (aka when I think I should be able to wrap my head around something that I just can’t), I think it.    When things pile up on my desk or everyone seems to want something (one right after the other), when someone’s missing and people are asking me questions they’d normally ask that person, or when I am just bored, I feel like giving up (being an IT person, in particular).

Conversely, I enjoy web design, which I have been having to do TONS of (amid “Is it done yet?” prompts from my ever-patient boss).   I enjoy helping people who really “don’t get it” even more than I don’t.    I even like training, even though I complain a lot about it (it’s anticipated repetition, even though no two training classes are the same).

Pushing myself on in the midst of adversity, I find, gives me an unexpected sense of accomplishment.   So even though I sometimes do feel like giving up (don’t we all feel like giving up sometimes?), I don’t.