Week 1

I feel really special...I'm so not kidding either

Thanks for subscribing. I’m going to keep this short as I’ve rewritten it twice, have a headache and need to go to bed.

I am offering free and paid subscriptions, while I need another week or two to sort out the benefits of having a paid subscription (there will be benefits) I appreciate your patience while I get this started.

I have a few different comics one for work stuff, one for life stuff, I sometimes make comics about being a parent or my own childhood. As a subscriber, you’ll get all of those.

I post my Everyday OS comics three times a week on LinkedIn, but I’ll be sending those to you on Sundays :) Here’s this weeks, and I will get this more together by next week :)

I will only jump for you when I need to, and when it is needed, I’m more than happy to jump. BUT, if you’re just trying to figure out how HIGH I jump…you’re going to learn that I will just lay down. This guy had me stay 4 hours after hours to complete his ridiculous requests. I had been on the job two weeks and wanted to make a good impression, but my 2 year old and husband were at home and I wasn’t about to miss her growing up for someone with a Napoleon complex.

This is where boundaries come in. Boundaries are individual, it feels like a buzz word, but reality is it’s not a buzz word, it’s really actually been kept in the background allowing people (like me) to work harder - just cuz, to work longer - cuz the guy calling the shots said so, and leaning towards major burnout.

Using your boundaries: Start small if it’s hard for you to take a stand. For me it was easy, I was having one kid, and I was not about to miss out on her life because someone needed a poster printed in three weeks. I could have easily taken care of that project the next day. There will be plenty of comics about boundaries to come, so stay tuned. Just know that it’s okay to ask for more from your employer. They need to compensate you for the life you are not living when you are spending time with them.

When I think about first kisses, I always think of Kevin Arnold and Winnie Cooper. This is sadly true. Another holiday party story. He comes towards me, and I’m like “eeew no,” he mentioned “just a peck” and I fell for it because it was a holiday. I had grown up in the 70’s and 80’s when stuff like this was “okay.” Except it never was. Don’t let this happen simply because you got bills to pay. These days most professional organizations give annual training on expectations related to this, sometimes it still slips through the cracks regardless of pronoun. Don’t accept this behavior from anyone in life, and most certainly don’t allow it to affect your work life.

Sometimes there’s something so ridiculous that you gotta share it. Like this time this temp was with us, helping with the mountains of paperwork that needed processing. She abruptly left the temp agency, and later that afternoon one of my co-workers found her stash of unfinished work in her deep desk drawer. None of us could believe someone would do that, but at the same time we could totally picture her doing this. When people do stuff like this it makes it harder on everyone else.

Here’s some toilet humor for the road…I subscribe to the Draw or Die Club that gives you daily prompts for drawing. This one was “Dad Jokes” so here you go, you may have already seen it on Instagram, but in case you didn’t.

See you next week!