Wag! Phone Interview
Apr. 26th, 2017 12:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogThey day I had my phone interview for Wag! was possibly the highest-stress day I've had since leaving Syracuse. I was nearly useless most of the day before and after. I was walking back and forth, continually eating random things from the kitchen, and lying on the couch with my foster dog, trying to relax. It was my first time dealing with this kind of professional context since school. But when the phone call came, I put on my tech support voice and did it. Miriam said I sounded completely at ease and confident. It's the phone persona I used to get through eight hours a day of answering phone calls at Ford.
A few years ago, it would have been easy. Now, well, its just not. But it *does* show that I'm slowly getting the anxiety and panic under control, because it wasn't too long ago that I don't think I'd have been able to do this.
I've been so embarrassed and ashamed about how poorly I'm able to manage a number of things over the past year. I was a competent professional (though I never really felt like it) a good student (though I always doubted myself) and could even be a halfway decent group leader when circumstances pushed me to be. So I'm proud of myself for making slow progress, and taking one big step, back in that direction.
A few years ago, it would have been easy. Now, well, its just not. But it *does* show that I'm slowly getting the anxiety and panic under control, because it wasn't too long ago that I don't think I'd have been able to do this.
I've been so embarrassed and ashamed about how poorly I'm able to manage a number of things over the past year. I was a competent professional (though I never really felt like it) a good student (though I always doubted myself) and could even be a halfway decent group leader when circumstances pushed me to be. So I'm proud of myself for making slow progress, and taking one big step, back in that direction.
