Twelve Days of Christmas Meme

[dizzojay]

Drummers Drumming: Twelve facts about my holiday life
Pipers Piping: Eleven of my favourite things
Lords a-Leaping: Ten things I like about my personality
Ladies Dancing: Nine facts about my body
Maids a-Milking: Eight things I like about my friends
Swans a-Swimming: Seven foods I dislike
Geese a-Laying: Six quirks
Golden Rings: Five shiny things I like
Calling Birds: Four things I dislike about my life
French Hens: Three rivals/enemies
Turtle Doves: Two people I like
Partridge in a Pear Tree: My one love



1.  I don't like that my Dad is a lifelong heavy smoker and that he's now starting to reap the benefits of what he's sown.  He's 71 and hobbles around breathlessly like an 85 year old :(
2.  I don't particularly like my job that much any more.  I work for a nice organisatuion with nice people, and the salary and benefits are good.  I don't hate it, and although the job pisses me off sometimes, it could be a whole lot worse.  Sometimes, though, I have to bite my tongue so hard because I just cannot buy into a lot of the old cobblers that, as an HR practitioner, I'm supposed to embrace.
3. I don't like that the next step to me escaping from HR and doing a job that really engages me, is prohibitively expensive, and unless I can secure some kind of funding, then it looks like my hopes of a career change into graphic design have gone the way of Dean's amulet.
4.  I don't like that I went grey young and have to spend a fortune on getting my hair dyed.

Comments

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

*hugs* ♥

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Lot of people around far worse off than me!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Yep, which is what keeps me smiling a lot of the time, cos really I have it so good :) (Not smiling at other's misfortune O_O)

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your job. Been there, experienced that. It is just miserable to have to go to a job every day that you are unhappy with and just don't enjoy. Not a fun place to be.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

It's a shame because HR has been good to me, I've made a decent career of it, but it just doesn't engage me any more. It's becaame boring and annoying. It is a shame because I like the people I work with, we have fun, and I love the organisation. But at the moment, it pays the bills and gives me enough for a couple of cons a year, so I can't complain too much :)