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Do you ever feel as if life isn't turning out the way you wanted it to?
Not that I ever planned how I wanted my life to turn out.
I hate my Job:
It was great but then my supervisor went on maternity. Then I got a new supervisor, but he is the husband of one of my collegues (from australia) who is out to prove she is much better than me in any way she can.
My supervisor is back in a week but because the problems I have had I don't have much to show her. I have applied for another job at the same university where I will still be with all my friends but I will also definitly be able to do a PhD (rather than being messed around being told yes, no, maybe soon).
I hate my Flat:
It was nice when I first looked round it, that was until I discovered the guy upstairs. I think he is an alcoholic. He throws up loudly every morning, so regularly that I don't even need to set my alarm clock. He has massive rows with his boyfriend on regular occasions that last until the early hours of the morning. He plays his music at an UNBELIEVABLY loud volume and he doesn't even turn his TV off when he goes out for the evening.
Plua I can't seem to get any of my clothes dry without them smalling, so I am getting fewer and fewer clothes to wear.
But its not all bad. My Boyfriend is great and Its got to be worth putting up with all of the above so that we can be together
Hmm don't know why I wrote all that stuff. It feels better to have a rant though.
Ros
Not that I ever planned how I wanted my life to turn out.
I hate my Job:
It was great but then my supervisor went on maternity. Then I got a new supervisor, but he is the husband of one of my collegues (from australia) who is out to prove she is much better than me in any way she can.
My supervisor is back in a week but because the problems I have had I don't have much to show her. I have applied for another job at the same university where I will still be with all my friends but I will also definitly be able to do a PhD (rather than being messed around being told yes, no, maybe soon).
I hate my Flat:
It was nice when I first looked round it, that was until I discovered the guy upstairs. I think he is an alcoholic. He throws up loudly every morning, so regularly that I don't even need to set my alarm clock. He has massive rows with his boyfriend on regular occasions that last until the early hours of the morning. He plays his music at an UNBELIEVABLY loud volume and he doesn't even turn his TV off when he goes out for the evening.
Plua I can't seem to get any of my clothes dry without them smalling, so I am getting fewer and fewer clothes to wear.
But its not all bad. My Boyfriend is great and Its got to be worth putting up with all of the above so that we can be together
Hmm don't know why I wrote all that stuff. It feels better to have a rant though.
Ros
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Erm...weird
Yeah what she said
Seems I feel a lot better today.
I can stick my job for a while
I'm gonna find myself a new place to live
My Boyfriend was wonderful yesterday
I can stick my job for a while
I'm gonna find myself a new place to live
My Boyfriend was wonderful yesterday
#always look on the bright side of life#
*whistles for a worryingly long time*
*whistles for a worryingly long time*
Mr Ripper wrote:
> Essentially, jobs aren't there to be enjoyed. Not til you hit about 35
> anyway. It's there as a means to an end - a cash provider. Take work
> less seriously, as I'm starting to do.
Lol :) I totally agree, I only work part time between the days I'm not at University and it's totally just a way of providing cash to spend on games, clothes and CDs/DVDs. I used to take it seriously for about the first year and found it got very boring and quite depressing, now I don't take it seriously and it's not as bad...admittedly it took just one vieweing of Kevin Smith's potential store training video "Clerks" to turn me like this but.....it's just a job !
But, if someone doesn't like the job they are in and it's essential - i.e you're not a ui student blowing £400 a month on all the stuff I mentioned, then I'd seriously change where you work if it's really getting you down, but obviously this is easier said than done.
~~Belldandy~~
> Essentially, jobs aren't there to be enjoyed. Not til you hit about 35
> anyway. It's there as a means to an end - a cash provider. Take work
> less seriously, as I'm starting to do.
Lol :) I totally agree, I only work part time between the days I'm not at University and it's totally just a way of providing cash to spend on games, clothes and CDs/DVDs. I used to take it seriously for about the first year and found it got very boring and quite depressing, now I don't take it seriously and it's not as bad...admittedly it took just one vieweing of Kevin Smith's potential store training video "Clerks" to turn me like this but.....it's just a job !
But, if someone doesn't like the job they are in and it's essential - i.e you're not a ui student blowing £400 a month on all the stuff I mentioned, then I'd seriously change where you work if it's really getting you down, but obviously this is easier said than done.
~~Belldandy~~
Rosalind wrote:
> Bin there done that. Landlord was going to evict him but chickened
> out. He did tell us not to go anywhere near the guy after he yelled a
> load of abuse at us.
Fair enough - figured you probably would have done.
> We can't get into his flat but we did call the police one night when
> he left his TV on all night full volume. We thought he might be dead
> or something because he wouldn't answer his door He wasn't to happy
> about it and treated us to a few wekks of jumping up and down on the
> floor, which sounded to us as if the celing was coming in.
Sounds like a lovely chap. That was my not-so-sensible suggestion
> Windows open = more noise.
More noise maybe, but less smell. Neutradol's the daddy though.
>
> I can't move out of the area because of my boyfriends job,a nd there
> isn't much choise for a research techinitain except a university :(
I see your point - I take it there's no industry positions in the area - might be worth considering, but then I have no idea what you do, or where you are.
> I'm on to this one, I'm looking for a house, unfortunatly I still have
> 2 months left on my contract and I can't get out of it, but once thats
> up I'm gone
Good work. Make sure you do.
>
> What do you suggest?
Dunno, that's kind of up to you. Possibilities - a sport you love doing, going down the gym if that's your bag, nightclasses in something you've wanted to learn for a while, videogames, something totally new you've never done before.
Again, I don't know you, so I can't suggest things, but based on my own experience, when I've been in a rut, I started doing something different (skydiving for instance. No, seriously, I did), and the fact that I enjoyed it so much really made me look objectively at all the things I wasn't enjoying.
Just an idea.
> 7: If your boyfriend turns out to be a tw*t, dump him and move on.
> Sounds harsh, but as with the job and the flat, it's not worth
> making
> yourself unhappy for no returns.
>
> yeah its easy to say but we have join everything, its hard to split
> that stuff. Plus I have low self confidence so I probably wouldn't
> find anyone else. Oh yeah I would have to move home as I wouldn't be
> able to afford a flat by myself, then I would have to quit my job as I
> wouldn't be able to get to work
Ah, understood. I was in a similar boat (joint most things), in a relationship that was going nowhere. It did indeed complicate things, but didn't make it impossible. I'm not encouraging you to split up, just not to stay together just because it's easier.
The self-confidence thing is a moot point, excuse me for saying so. You got one boyfriend, so what's to stop you getting another? But then it's easy for me to say that, being a total stranger and all.
And there are other options as far as accomodation goes - a houseshare for instance. But once again, I don't know your situation too well.
> 8: Enjoy life. That's an important one.
>
> Easy to say, hard to do.
If it was easy, everyone'd be doing it. I find it's a good way to look at my own life - if I'm not enjoying an aspect of it, I try to change that part until I am enjoying it.
> Don't let the bast**ds get you down.
>
> Thanks anyway
NEtime.
> Bin there done that. Landlord was going to evict him but chickened
> out. He did tell us not to go anywhere near the guy after he yelled a
> load of abuse at us.
Fair enough - figured you probably would have done.
> We can't get into his flat but we did call the police one night when
> he left his TV on all night full volume. We thought he might be dead
> or something because he wouldn't answer his door He wasn't to happy
> about it and treated us to a few wekks of jumping up and down on the
> floor, which sounded to us as if the celing was coming in.
Sounds like a lovely chap. That was my not-so-sensible suggestion
> Windows open = more noise.
More noise maybe, but less smell. Neutradol's the daddy though.
>
> I can't move out of the area because of my boyfriends job,a nd there
> isn't much choise for a research techinitain except a university :(
I see your point - I take it there's no industry positions in the area - might be worth considering, but then I have no idea what you do, or where you are.
> I'm on to this one, I'm looking for a house, unfortunatly I still have
> 2 months left on my contract and I can't get out of it, but once thats
> up I'm gone
Good work. Make sure you do.
>
> What do you suggest?
Dunno, that's kind of up to you. Possibilities - a sport you love doing, going down the gym if that's your bag, nightclasses in something you've wanted to learn for a while, videogames, something totally new you've never done before.
Again, I don't know you, so I can't suggest things, but based on my own experience, when I've been in a rut, I started doing something different (skydiving for instance. No, seriously, I did), and the fact that I enjoyed it so much really made me look objectively at all the things I wasn't enjoying.
Just an idea.
> 7: If your boyfriend turns out to be a tw*t, dump him and move on.
> Sounds harsh, but as with the job and the flat, it's not worth
> making
> yourself unhappy for no returns.
>
> yeah its easy to say but we have join everything, its hard to split
> that stuff. Plus I have low self confidence so I probably wouldn't
> find anyone else. Oh yeah I would have to move home as I wouldn't be
> able to afford a flat by myself, then I would have to quit my job as I
> wouldn't be able to get to work
Ah, understood. I was in a similar boat (joint most things), in a relationship that was going nowhere. It did indeed complicate things, but didn't make it impossible. I'm not encouraging you to split up, just not to stay together just because it's easier.
The self-confidence thing is a moot point, excuse me for saying so. You got one boyfriend, so what's to stop you getting another? But then it's easy for me to say that, being a total stranger and all.
And there are other options as far as accomodation goes - a houseshare for instance. But once again, I don't know your situation too well.
> 8: Enjoy life. That's an important one.
>
> Easy to say, hard to do.
If it was easy, everyone'd be doing it. I find it's a good way to look at my own life - if I'm not enjoying an aspect of it, I try to change that part until I am enjoying it.
> Don't let the bast**ds get you down.
>
> Thanks anyway
NEtime.
Just think of Terry Wogan naked.... that always cheers me up.
> 1: Try talking to you neighbour, and politely explain the problem with
> the noise - request that he turn his telly off when he goes out, and
> refrains from playing loud music late at night.
Bin there done that. Landlord was going to evict him but chickened out. He did tell us not to go anywhere near the guy after he yelled a load of abuse at us.
>
> 2: Failing that, get revenge. Chuck some cress seeds on the carpet
> outside his door. Put sardines in hidden places around his flat, if
> you can. Petty, but great fun.#
We can't get into his flat but we did call the police one night when he left his TV on all night full volume. We thought he might be dead or something because he wouldn't answer his door He wasn't to happy about it and treated us to a few wekks of jumping up and down on the floor, which sounded to us as if the celing was coming in.
>
> 3: Buy some Neutradol plug-in stuff for your flat - s'good stuff.
> Also, open the windows more.
Windows open = more noise
>
> 4: Start looking for a new job, even though you've already applied for
> one. No job is worth being unhappy for, and this way, you'll have a
> couple of options.
I can't move out of the area because of my boyfriends job,a nd there isn't much choise for a research techinitain except a university :(
>
> 5: If the flat situation doesn't improve, start looking for a new flat
> too.
I'm on to this one, I'm looking for a house, unfortunatly I still have 2 months left on my contract and I can't get out of it, but once thats up I'm gone
>
> 6: Find something you love doing, and do it alot, whatever it is.
> Believe me, this will help a lot, and might even shed some perspective
> on everything else.
>
What do you suggest?
> 7: If your boyfriend turns out to be a tw*t, dump him and move on.
> Sounds harsh, but as with the job and the flat, it's not worth making
> yourself unhappy for no returns.
yeah its easy to say but we have join everything, its hard to split that stuff. Plus I have low self confidence so I probably wouldn't find anyone else. Oh yeah I would have to move home as I wouldn't be able to afford a flat by myself, then I would have to quit my job as I wouldn't be able to get to work
>
> 8: Enjoy life. That's an important one.
>
Easy to say, hard to do.
> Don't let the bast**ds get you down.
Thanks anyway
> the noise - request that he turn his telly off when he goes out, and
> refrains from playing loud music late at night.
Bin there done that. Landlord was going to evict him but chickened out. He did tell us not to go anywhere near the guy after he yelled a load of abuse at us.
>
> 2: Failing that, get revenge. Chuck some cress seeds on the carpet
> outside his door. Put sardines in hidden places around his flat, if
> you can. Petty, but great fun.#
We can't get into his flat but we did call the police one night when he left his TV on all night full volume. We thought he might be dead or something because he wouldn't answer his door He wasn't to happy about it and treated us to a few wekks of jumping up and down on the floor, which sounded to us as if the celing was coming in.
>
> 3: Buy some Neutradol plug-in stuff for your flat - s'good stuff.
> Also, open the windows more.
Windows open = more noise
>
> 4: Start looking for a new job, even though you've already applied for
> one. No job is worth being unhappy for, and this way, you'll have a
> couple of options.
I can't move out of the area because of my boyfriends job,a nd there isn't much choise for a research techinitain except a university :(
>
> 5: If the flat situation doesn't improve, start looking for a new flat
> too.
I'm on to this one, I'm looking for a house, unfortunatly I still have 2 months left on my contract and I can't get out of it, but once thats up I'm gone
>
> 6: Find something you love doing, and do it alot, whatever it is.
> Believe me, this will help a lot, and might even shed some perspective
> on everything else.
>
What do you suggest?
> 7: If your boyfriend turns out to be a tw*t, dump him and move on.
> Sounds harsh, but as with the job and the flat, it's not worth making
> yourself unhappy for no returns.
yeah its easy to say but we have join everything, its hard to split that stuff. Plus I have low self confidence so I probably wouldn't find anyone else. Oh yeah I would have to move home as I wouldn't be able to afford a flat by myself, then I would have to quit my job as I wouldn't be able to get to work
>
> 8: Enjoy life. That's an important one.
>
Easy to say, hard to do.
> Don't let the bast**ds get you down.
Thanks anyway
Call me stoopid if you will, but here's a few suggestions. Some are less sensible that others.
1: Try talking to you neighbour, and politely explain the problem with the noise - request that he turn his telly off when he goes out, and refrains from playing loud music late at night.
2: Failing that, get revenge. Chuck some cress seeds on the carpet outside his door. Put sardines in hidden places around his flat, if you can. Petty, but great fun.
3: Buy some Neutradol plug-in stuff for your flat - s'good stuff. Also, open the windows more.
4: Start looking for a new job, even though you've already applied for one. No job is worth being unhappy for, and this way, you'll have a couple of options.
5: If the flat situation doesn't improve, start looking for a new flat too.
6: Find something you love doing, and do it alot, whatever it is. Believe me, this will help a lot, and might even shed some perspective on everything else.
7: If your boyfriend turns out to be a tw*t, dump him and move on. Sounds harsh, but as with the job and the flat, it's not worth making yourself unhappy for no returns.
8: Enjoy life. That's an important one.
Don't let the bast**ds get you down.
1: Try talking to you neighbour, and politely explain the problem with the noise - request that he turn his telly off when he goes out, and refrains from playing loud music late at night.
2: Failing that, get revenge. Chuck some cress seeds on the carpet outside his door. Put sardines in hidden places around his flat, if you can. Petty, but great fun.
3: Buy some Neutradol plug-in stuff for your flat - s'good stuff. Also, open the windows more.
4: Start looking for a new job, even though you've already applied for one. No job is worth being unhappy for, and this way, you'll have a couple of options.
5: If the flat situation doesn't improve, start looking for a new flat too.
6: Find something you love doing, and do it alot, whatever it is. Believe me, this will help a lot, and might even shed some perspective on everything else.
7: If your boyfriend turns out to be a tw*t, dump him and move on. Sounds harsh, but as with the job and the flat, it's not worth making yourself unhappy for no returns.
8: Enjoy life. That's an important one.
Don't let the bast**ds get you down.
Budgens Express. How couod you get it wrong, man.
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