The best way to work is…..

Jan 22

Posted by Ana Lucia at 3:20 pm in Ana's Musings...

TO PRETEND YOU ARE WORKING!!! Yes!!!

I promise you, this little trick really “works”.(Actually, as my husband said, you end up needing to occupie yourself somehow because of having to spend about 7 to 8 hours at work everyday. So, I dont pretend I am working. What I do is: take my time doing things; never worry about anything; pretty much act like a robot; never work more time than whats required).

Well, unless you own your business (like my husband) because is this case you better put real effort in it, to pretend you are working/to look busy will help you to feel good and avoid stress.

For instance, I work in a Civil Court and do a very boring activity. I put the millions of petitions in their correspondent files. Its not as simple as it look because, besides doing it physically, there are some steps I also need to do at the computer like register all the process. The thing is: I have no computer to myself. So, of course it makes things much more difficult.

When I started working there, I was so stupid and naive that I would make a huge effort to do as much as possible, got stressed, ate lots of junkie because of anxiety and, at the end of day, would feel depressed.

Lucky me, I realized the 2 supervisors just pretend they work. They spend quite sometime just walking around and chatting…. There are other persons in my workplace that also have a higher position and better salaries and they do just the same!

Now I do almost the same thing. The only difference is that I dont stop to chat. I pretend I am busy all the time.

Truth is I just go slowly and take my time….. not giving a F* if there are loads, a mountain of petitions waiting on my tiny little desk…..

One more thing: this kind of work I do is like you become completely stable so I wont lose my job unless I want to leave it. So, what the hell! If they are not happy, I just go to work in another Court…….