September 6, 2012
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At first when my manager asked to speak with me yesterday, I thought he’d be showing me some reporting tasks that I could work on. Instead he dropped a huge bomb instead: the expected portfolios that the company were supposed to land, didnt materialize and because of that, we need to let go all the temp workers. Now i’m safe b/c i’m a permanent worker at my company, but a significant portion of our department is temp; nearly one in 3or4. Its disappointing b/c these are great workers who don’t deserve this kind of fate, especially after we have a monthly team meeting that says constantly said for the past 8 months “we’re good, I feel confident.” LIARS. Atleast thats what I think of my management team.. or the managers above them are liars: Money Men/women. People that only think about numbers and money, not about service and quality that our department outputs.
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I have a Gaming blog and even a Couple’s blog, which is why entries here are a bit erratic. One thing I’d like to write here is about the people who write Gaming blogs. Its scary what people’s goals are; alot of them put high emphasis on in-game goals. Make it to max level, max out crafting, have a max level character in each class etc. Maybe its the way that they write, but it seems like this is it; there is nothing more important than the game. Some people write what they did in-game on a daily basis. While interesting, its also very scary b/c you’re playing 5 different games at a time, which take a minimum of 30 minutes atleast to do.. meaning you spend a minimum EACH DAY playing 2.5 hours.. and thats being super conservative. I believe unless a person has amazing willpower, most of these gamers play 1-3 hours a day per game. You do the math.
You may have friends that have started playing a new game called Guild Wars 2; its the next big thing for gamers. Something that I badly wanted to play a long time ago, but I realized how addicted I would get and how much time is wasted playing games. It is a fantastic way to relax and blow off steam, but becomes so addictive that you’re over-playing instead of spending your time doing something more constructive. I have friends who are taking additional courses, getting degrees, kayaking, or just making themselves better. What are gamers doing? According to their blogs: not much. “Getting 100% of map completion and enjoying the journey.”
My gf and I had this conversation and hopefully I didn’t come off as high and mighty.. but its true.. games is just that, games. They don’t produce anything constructive. She did comment how I did change: i’m no longer the gamer guy, but the photographer guy. I’m proud of that comment; personal change. I don’t look down at gamers, I just would emphasize to ensure we do not become consumed by it and that we step outside and ensure we are still challenging ourselves and “leveling ourselves” and not just our in-game character.
Life is being wasted otherwise.