Every time my ship leaves the pier I’m prepared to learn something new about myself or reinforce a previous notion that had. This time I’m learning lessons in regard to patience, stress management and time management. Over the last two weeks that I’ve been gone I can actually feel myself boiling whenever I feel like my stress levels are getting too high. Now, if you’ve been in a military environment or have worked on a naval vessel you’ll understand my plight. A majority of my stress comes from having to meet the demands of what I view as entitled people that don’t understand that their entitlement issues cause problems for others. It seems as though everything is an urgent matter when it’s really not…at least not me. I’m not one for the “let me inconvenience the world to meet my needs.” mindset.
For some time now I’ve had working on my patience as the top priority on my list. As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that my temper has gotten shorter and shorter which often times results in me losing my cool but quickly regaining it. The trick is to find the things that set me off and learning to either eliminate them or learn to work within them. One of things that certainly chaps my ass lol…is an attention seeking person. Possibly because I’m don’t have that personality type so I may not fully understand what makes them that way but I just know I can’t stand to be around it. Unfortunately I’m surrounded by these types of people and it pains me to watch them scratch and claw for every bit of attention they can get, while denying the fact that they’re seeking attention.
Working on an aircraft carrier with 4,800 other people is like working inside of a small city. Things are a moving ten miles per minute. There’s millions of pieces of information wizzing by every hour and expecting yourself to be able to retain and regurgitate all of it is crazy. One of the things I’ve come to terms with is, managing my time and making sure I take care of myself. Before we left I told myself I’d be sure to make time for the gym….guess what, didn’t do it. Instead of kicking myself for it I’ve attempted to give myself grace and remember that being too hard on myself is never good. Although I have to admit there are times where some free time avails itself and I don’t take full advantage of it. But I’d say it’s more out of shock than plain laziness. I don’t like talking down to myself because I believe in positive talk and how you treat yourself is how others will understand how to treat you. Demanding something of others that I don’t demand of myself isn’t a good look.
Respect. 