Growing in my career and in life...amazing 2010!!

This is my 2nd blog for this month, I'm so proud of myself. :)

What a great start to the New Year 2010. Jenny came to visit us and stayed with us. We had such a great time. Ate at Rocco's, (a restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-in, and Dives, on the Food Network channel), had some awesome chocolate ice cream, went shopping on Union St., and went to our normal spot, Maggiano's in San Jose. Jenny and I got a chance to talk about what's going on with me the past few weeks - month.

So, I've been a little stressed and depressed at work lately. Recently, I've been told by my manager that there is a staff and/or volunteer at work that made a complaint about me not being so customer service friendly and being abrupt. This is the 2nd time it's happened. The first time it happened to me was back somewhere in April/June 2009. At that time, I can admit it happened because it was the first time at work I experienced being so busy and I had so many responsibilities. But this time, I didn't understand it at all. I was so shocked that it happened. And of course, my manager can't tell me who it was or what had happened. I thought for a long time, was it important that she told me who it was? Then she told me that she thinks I'm growing in my career and things are changing, I may not realize it. I thought about it for a long time and thought...is it really because I'm growing in my career? I spoke to my sister about it, she did tell me something that did cross my mind. Many people at work are jealous of certain people, could it be that someone is jealous of me? Could it be that someone is jealous that I'm doing well at my job? My manager said that she wants to help me improve, not only in my job, but as a person.

Whatever the reason is....I thought about it for a long time, and came to a conclusion, that I think I am really growing in my career, and I don't realize it. What can I do to help myself be a better person at work and for myself?

One of my biggest goals to achieve in 2010 is to improve myself as a person. Do some more reading, journal writing, exploring who I really am, and what I really want.

Right now, I have a project to do at work relating to my chronic disease self-management class I have been teaching. This project, I have to come up with a marketing campaign for doctors to gain their support to enroll their patients into my class. I haven't done a marketing campaign in a long long time, so I've been hesitant on what to put on there. I need to put my thoughts and research on paper, so I can finally see what I have to combine all the most important things into a few pages for them to read. The doctors want facts, articles, statistics...etc. So that's one thing I'll be doing this weekend besides relaxing.

Another thing I have to do is read this book my manager got me about SUPER SERVICE ...Even when you don't feel like it....Even when they don't deserve it!!! I started reading and it's a very interesting book. The first thing it says "The IKTA Disease...Before you read any further, please be aware of the IKTA disease (I Know That Already). It is a disease that stops us from learning new things, because we truly believe we know everything already. Open up your mind, clear your head of what you think you know, and be prepared to learn something new." And that is so true for so many of us, and we don't realize it. I'll give more details as I read on more and blog about it next time. :)

I pray that 2010 for both of us will be a great start to a new decade. One thing we have planned it a vacation to Japan in March. Thanks to my wonderful friend, we get to stay with her, or else we wouldn't choose to go to Japan for vacation. It gets quite expensive to travel there, but I've done some extensive research and asked a few friends. :) I'm also hoping we get to cook at home with my friend and her husband. This is my first time out of the country, so it will be a huge experience to look forward to. I went to Canada 1 time, but technically that did not count. I got there for 6am...rested, got ready for my cousins wedding that I have NO CHOICE but to go, because my parents couldn't go, and then went to the hotel and slept, and got to the airport at 6am. I was only there for 24 hours. I didn't get to tour anywhere, so it didn't count as traveling outside of the country. I would say I did step out of America for 1 day. LOL.... So I will make sure I put lots of stuff on here when we take our trip to Japan.