Takeaways

U have so many experiences in life that leave u feelin like, "WTF?!" or "Wow, that was a colossal waste of time."

Some people live by the philosophy that everything happens for a reason. I.....don't know, sumtimes there mite not be a "takeaway"; maybe you just plain went thru sum BS.

But for the past month I've been working at a credit union (it's like a bank, if you don't know), and here's what I'm taking away:

* Not quite a mastery, but increased competency, in the (whack) art of small talk.

* Recovery practice.(People really do expect you to know everything, and to do everything w/lightning speed. If you don't know how to do something or it takes longer than it should, you have to put people at ease and skillfully save face.)

* A confirmed desire to be an entrepreneur. I see the business owners come in every day with their checks and cash deposits, and I just imagine what a freeing experience it must be to generate your own stream of revenue, to set your own prices, to have something to fall back on, to plain be your own BOSS! I don't care if you have a dog-washing business; that belongs to YOU!

And while I'm speaking of the credit union, what's amazing is that this is the FIRST and ONLY job I've had where I genuinely liked ALL of my coworkers. Managers, everybody. I'm not used to getting to be myself at work, if you know what I mean. I even walked in with baby blue fingernails and yellow hair yesterday, and the manager said, "You just like me, don't know what u wanna do with ur hair." Much better than what I thought she would do...