self-indulgent whining
Yeah, so as I expected there were no responses at all to my outline and proposal. I doubt anyone even read it. So I deleted it at the end of the day yesterday.
And now I know that I have no value. And I'm not sure what to do next.
Spergy paranoia tells me that they're actually conspiring to edge me out. It's not really likely, but that kind of suspicion is a lifelong habit. Whatever the case, I need to do one of three things:
Start looking for a new position, on the grounds that I don't feel valued. I am super risk-averse, changing jobs terrifies me even in the best time, and I'm aging.
Find ways to be valued. Talk to the managers (we're a really small company, so that means one or two people). See if there's something I can offer that makes use of different skills. Anything but become a manager myself.
Soldier on. Stop caring. Get the paycheck.
Oh, fourth thing: Quit this shit entirely, and try to do what I really always wanted to do. Which probably won't pay shit, will make material quality of life impossible to sustain until/unless I "make it".
Fuck.
uspol
Several years ago, a friendly acquaintance made a strong libertarian argument for why private businesses - including pharmacies - were completely within their rights to withhold services from anyone whose behavior they disapproved of on religious grounds.
It should go without saying that he and I are no longer friends.
Though I have no more direct contact with him - he's still visible to me in certain tech circles - I do sometimes wonder if his opinions have altered in any way, given the current likely trajectory of policy... particularly in Texas, the state he moved to years ago to escape what he thought of as the "confining" liberalism of the East Coast.
I doubt I'll ever know, and I'm certainly not going to re-open that channel, to inquire.
I rather doubt it. He always had a mean streak, under his smile.
Just wrote the longest single essay I have in months, proposing to my coworkers a project of investigation into and testing of different approaches to Knowledge Management, for a company that has the institutional memory of a goldfish.
Satisfaction in achievement: 8+
Likelihood of anyone reading it in full: ~5
Potential of meaningful action and results: <1
After decades of doing (this), I've finally trained myself to start email responses with "Hello, <name>". It still feels entirely alien, though.
mental health
Sperged out over the AC noise last night. It's a convector, and the impeller motor probably has bad bearings. For some reason the rattle felt to me like trying to sleep next to a lawn mower.
This is getting worse with age, I think. I've had panic reactions to sounds before - I once had to flee a Best Buy in which someone was testing the bass response of an auto stereo system - but insistent, thrumming noises in particular are really hitting me harder. It may be an over-sensitization, due to my tinnitus, which some days makes me look up... well, dark things. But it feels independent, and more like a general deterioration.
Global Frequency, Special Circumstances