Life is Kicking my Butt

During my high school valedictorian graduation speech I quoted a wise man who said, "Find something you like to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life." I followed it up with a joke about how we had all "worked" very hard to get to graduation day. However a few months ago I could have said that I wasn't working at all, because at the end of the day I actually enjoyed coming to work. That isn't the case anymore. I never knew how much morale actually played a role in the workplace until everyone's morale in the newsroom started to take a nosedive. Productivity is down, quality is falling and people are at each other's throats. It sucks. I am not entirely unaffected...my job has now become "work." I just come in to work...some days there are moments when I like what I do, when I make a good catch based on a follow up phone call....or if I get a tip from a source about a great story, but for the most part I'm doing my best to keep my head above water.

The positive thing is...I can come home to my new favorite website and create new abstract creations. It takes my mind off work and puts it onto art and culture. Ah...peacefulness.