In An Office

I recently took a job working on campus. The office I work in is, quite possibly, the most inefficient place I have ever encountered. Scanning, logging, and data entry could not possibly move at a slower pace. The full time employees seem to split their time between watching Glee on Hulu and playing Angry Birds on their phone. The few truly dedicated are not without awkward social capabilities and relish their time at a scanner as if they have found a long lost love. Creations of sticky notes and creepy office decor spur on the strangeness. The students, like me, take this job as less-than seriously. Consuming music videos and writing blogs as we gaze from paper to computer screen to make sure someone else has not failed at their task of correctly scanning and lableing each admissions document to the University of Texas Grad programs. The job pays lousily and thus, my value feels depreciated and I am not inclined to be my usual busy and hard working self.

With the search for a "real job" on the horizon, I cannot help but learn from this experience. Do not ever content yourself to work in a place that drains your soul. Money is really not worth the spirit crushing mundane-ness of an 8-5 in front of a computer kind of job. Give me something to be passionate about, and I will give you real effort. Give me something to communicate, and I will be sure you are heard. Free flow ideas and the antithesis of boredom are what I need to jive. Time to get planning, communicating, and expanding.