Since my colleague's funeral, there have been a few times now when I have arrived a work feeling quite and having thoughts and worries running around in my head and there were times when I would take myself out into the staff room for time out if I was upset and sometimes wait for someone to come and find myself and see what was up, one of which was the one I mentioned in another thread were I kept thinking about angela, the funeral, the argument over something stupid the day before the funeral and so on and I decided to let my emotions out and my colleague explained they are always there if they need me.
I feel like I don't want to keep coming into work like this, another thing that gets me down sometimes is coming to work in a town that seems to have a number of shops closing down, my town and shopping centre has lost shops I used to see for years and are just standing boarded up and empty some of which of course I didn't go to like Tesco, Debenhams, Rymans, Footlocker, Claire's accessories (now a sports store), a few charity shops, WH Smith (now Deichmann shoe store) and now recently Wilko is going to. The upstairs of the centre used to have a number of shops and restaurants now there is almost nothing up there now. One shop which is still there is D&A Toys which has been there for more than 45 years although it moved from upstairs to downstairs.
I am well aware that I shouldn't always bring personal issues into work but sometimes I struggle to concentrate with them and there have been times now when I have chatted with colleagues about them and seem very understanding and I end up feeling a bit better and my mood lightens up after talking. I enjoy my job and don't want to lose it after 7 years and my late colleague, Angela certainly wouldn't have want that to happen.
22 Aug 2023, 8:12 am
