a bit of self praise...with a bit of rant:)

So i gotta rant a little, right? so our evaluations were due on Jan 31, and they were just completed this week. Does anyones see how that could be a bit stressful, when you boss disregards deadlines? I did my part more than a month ago, resulting in a little bit of a tiff between us because she took my self evaluation as an personal attack on her. Sigh.

But overall, we have discussed all of it, and I feel I have learned a great deal, one of which is the importance of constructive criticism. I am quite a perfectionist and so am very critical of myself and others. In hindsight, I can see how she took offense to my self-evaluation, even though that was not my intention. However, it did open up a discussion about some of the disorganization that drives me crazy sometimes.

I am happy to say that during that month, I reflected quite a lot on this frustration and how it is percieved by others. So in the formal evaluation meeting, i was able to constructively discuss with her my frustations about not having anything to do for the first 3 months of our position, especially now that we have so much on our plate; that with more foresight and planning, much of that time could have been used to prepare and improve program curriculums, materials, etc, so there would be less stress now.

I'm pretty damn proud of myself. Go mary, go mary, go mary!