Ever since starting my job at ASSIC/GIP, I have been keeping up with a blog in my free time on Office 365's Delve. It was a good opportunity to talk about things vaguely related to my company or my job. Unfortunately, Microsoft is ending support for the blogs and closing them down later this year. So, I decided to switch over to Blogger, which is probably better anyway.
In total, I did 28 blogs since I started in September. I'm going to move them over here, and I and you or anyone can use this to get to them quickly. I thought I'd also use this to explain briefly what each one is about. I'm not going to go to the trouble to link to each one, they should be on the right under "Blog Archive".
1. "Scam Calls" - The first post I did was about the scam calls I almost immediately started getting. It's short, but I go over other specific calls in another post.
2. "I'm Happy to Help" - This is basically my cry for help, as I was bored and just telling people that I'm willing to help with basically anything.
3. "My Ties to the Aviation Industry" - I have some family that's worked in the aviation industry that I talk about, as well as a brief history of my flying experiences.
4. "In Flight Experiences" - I talk about different experiences I have had while on a plane, what I like to drink and do on a plane, etc.
5. "Places I Want to Travel" - Self explanatory, just basically a bucket list of places I want to go before I die and why.
6. "My Favorite TV Shows and Movies that Involve Planes" - I was really stretching for topics related to my work, but it was a fun thing to write about.
7. "My Frugal and Money Saving Tips" - I talk about the various methods I have used or seen others use to save money. One of my longer posts.
8. "Working a typical Mon-Fri work week" - This job is my first occupation working Monday-Friday, so I go over the positives and negatives to that.
9. "The long, arduous process of a plane flight" - I go over the entire process of a plane flight, from packing and going to the airport to security and whatnot. There's quite a bit of sarcasm in this one.
10. "The many ways I've helped people" - This is almost a continuation of the "I'm Happy to Help" post, but this one I provide specific examples on how I've helped others in the past.
11. "Bonding outside of work" - I did this post right after having lunch with my coworkers for the first time. I talk about it and other past experiences hanging out with co-workers.
12. "Goals and Aspirations" - I talk about various goals I have; now while I'm not specific, I do have some.
13. "Ways to stay productive" - There are plenty of ways to stay productive, even when you have nothing to do, as I pointed out.
14. "Foreign languages" - Since we have a lot of bilingual people in our office, I talked about my experiences with other languages, mainly how I know a bit of German.
15. "Expanding on my skills" - On the Delve profile, one section is a list of professional skills, so I went over the skills I listed and how I acquired them.
16. "My Thoughts on Different Airports I've Been To" - I've only been to a small handful of airports, but each one is different and I went over their unique features
17. "My history with computers" - My personal favorite to write, I talk about my history in owning computers and laptops and how well they've fared for me.
18. "Losing weight tips" - I shared some tips I've picked up on how to lose weight, and it's more than just eating right and exercising. Now if I could only apply these...
19. "Experiences with Scam Calls" - By this point, I had gotten experience with quite a few different scam call attempts. This is basically a continuation of my first post simply titled, "Scam Calls".
20. "Commuting to Work" - I talk about the different ways I have gotten to my two jobs now which is more than just driving, and my plan to try to reduce my carbon footprint.
21. "Dressing up for Holidays at Work" - Right before Halloween I made this post, because I was planning on dressing up fairly extravagantly as a zombie. I explain the different ways I've dressed at work for different occasions.
22. "Working with Numbers" - A simple concept, but numbers are a part of most jobs in the world, and I explain how I've used math, memorization of numbers and more in my two jobs now.
23. "Christmas at Work" - I go over what it's like for me to work in the days leading up to Christmas and how I celebrate it and stay festive.
24. "Apples" - My boss owns an apple farm, and I used to work at a grocery store, so I go over my experience dealing with apples in both jobs.
25. "Helpful Links" - I shared some helpful links I had found while working at my current job.
26. "Computer Hints, Shortcuts, and How-To's" - I share some keyboard shortcuts that I had found while working my current job.
27. "Changes" - I talk about changes going on around me and in my life, and how they're inevitable and how it's better to just roll with the punches of life.
28. "Well, this sucks" - A post I made after finding out I will no longer be able to blog there. The only post that I didn't include a picture with.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Well, this sucks
Originally published February 3, 2020
I just saw the warning message near the top of the browser. Apparently, Delve blogs are being retired. Starting Tuesday, February 18, I will no longer be able to blog here, and the blogs will be permanently removed on July 17. I guess either not enough people use this feature, or it's just too much of a burden for Office 365.
I still use Blogger and I have for about a decade now. You can visit my other blog here. I talk about a lot of different things there, but mostly I talk about sports, movies, and entertainment. It's one I've contributed a lot more to recently.
I don't know if I'll go to the trouble to save any of my posted blogs. Maybe the ones where I gave tips, like on how to save money or lose weight. I feel like those are pretty helpful. Or my personal favorite blog, "My history with computers". That one I had the most fun writing of all of them.
Well, I guess this is it. There's not really a point to posting another blog. I really enjoyed coming here every so often and talking about things. I tried to talk about work-related things as you could probably tell, but sometimes I did veer off course a little bit.
If anyone ever reads this or read any of my blog posts, I thank you. It's nice to be listened to, but it's also nice to just talk about things, even if no one is listening. Thanks again.
I just saw the warning message near the top of the browser. Apparently, Delve blogs are being retired. Starting Tuesday, February 18, I will no longer be able to blog here, and the blogs will be permanently removed on July 17. I guess either not enough people use this feature, or it's just too much of a burden for Office 365.
I still use Blogger and I have for about a decade now. You can visit my other blog here. I talk about a lot of different things there, but mostly I talk about sports, movies, and entertainment. It's one I've contributed a lot more to recently.
I don't know if I'll go to the trouble to save any of my posted blogs. Maybe the ones where I gave tips, like on how to save money or lose weight. I feel like those are pretty helpful. Or my personal favorite blog, "My history with computers". That one I had the most fun writing of all of them.
Well, I guess this is it. There's not really a point to posting another blog. I really enjoyed coming here every so often and talking about things. I tried to talk about work-related things as you could probably tell, but sometimes I did veer off course a little bit.
If anyone ever reads this or read any of my blog posts, I thank you. It's nice to be listened to, but it's also nice to just talk about things, even if no one is listening. Thanks again.
Ways to stay productive
Originally published October 9, 2019
No matter what job you have, you more than likely have busier days than others, or at least busier moments than others. I certainly fall into that category. Sometimes I have a lot on my plate, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I get a lot of phone calls, and sometimes I get hardly any. Busy days just seem to fly by, because we aren't checking the time as much wishing it would go faster and our work days would be over sooner. Slow days just drag on, and I have learned that you just make it seem like it goes faster by staying productive and busy.
The goal you should be focusing on when you're slow and have little or nothing to do is trying to find something to do that can help the company you work for to some extent. Whether it helps yourself be a quicker or better worker or it helps others, so long as it helps someone or the company as a whole, it's worth doing. Updating various things around the office helps. Even little chores like cleaning around your workplace or a shared work area or a break room can be beneficial, because it saves time so someone else won't have to do it later.
I know what you might be thinking. I am currently working, yet here I am writing this. This, to me, is productive because I am organizing my thoughts and I try to offer life lessons or helpful advice with these posts. I think it also benefits me because it helps me become a better writer and perhaps be a bit more articulate, and it helps increase my typing speed. My typing speed before I really got into writing and blogging was around 55-60 words per minute. After a few years of writing and blogging, I am now at 75-80 words per minute.
I don't spend all my time doing these posts when it's slow. I clean up in the kitchen and bathroom when it needs it. I update any document I need to when there is a change to be made. I have gone through a lot of the features of word and excel so I become more knowledgeable with those programs in the future and become a larger asset to the company. I have familiarized myself with our phone system by not only exploring its features but by reading the manual for it. It also helps to be available at a moment's notice, in case anyone needs help with something for any reason.
Being productive for me isn't hard. Or at least it's not a hard choice to make to be productive, because I feel guilty if I am not productive. I don't know how people can slack off on jobs where they work next to really hard-working people, yet I have seen it happen (at my past job). I could never do that. My parents raised me too well to be content with slacking off. I can't just sit and do nothing, mainly because that's boring. Throughout my life I have become very good at finding stuff to do to occupy time and to try to be somewhat productive. The more experience you have doing it, the better you are at doing it. For me, it helps to either make a mental list or an actual list on a piece of scratch paper of things I could do when it's slow. Whenever something occurs to me while I am working, I jot it down.
The bottom line is that being productive is a win-win situation. It helps out the company you work for, and it helps time go by faster so your work day is done quicker. Again, I don't know why anyone would chose to not be productive, unless they completely despise the work they do. Fortunately for me, there's not a whole lot I despise doing, but more than that I just like the feeling of being productive and doing a good job. It sure beats the alternative.
No matter what job you have, you more than likely have busier days than others, or at least busier moments than others. I certainly fall into that category. Sometimes I have a lot on my plate, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I get a lot of phone calls, and sometimes I get hardly any. Busy days just seem to fly by, because we aren't checking the time as much wishing it would go faster and our work days would be over sooner. Slow days just drag on, and I have learned that you just make it seem like it goes faster by staying productive and busy.
The goal you should be focusing on when you're slow and have little or nothing to do is trying to find something to do that can help the company you work for to some extent. Whether it helps yourself be a quicker or better worker or it helps others, so long as it helps someone or the company as a whole, it's worth doing. Updating various things around the office helps. Even little chores like cleaning around your workplace or a shared work area or a break room can be beneficial, because it saves time so someone else won't have to do it later.
I know what you might be thinking. I am currently working, yet here I am writing this. This, to me, is productive because I am organizing my thoughts and I try to offer life lessons or helpful advice with these posts. I think it also benefits me because it helps me become a better writer and perhaps be a bit more articulate, and it helps increase my typing speed. My typing speed before I really got into writing and blogging was around 55-60 words per minute. After a few years of writing and blogging, I am now at 75-80 words per minute.
I don't spend all my time doing these posts when it's slow. I clean up in the kitchen and bathroom when it needs it. I update any document I need to when there is a change to be made. I have gone through a lot of the features of word and excel so I become more knowledgeable with those programs in the future and become a larger asset to the company. I have familiarized myself with our phone system by not only exploring its features but by reading the manual for it. It also helps to be available at a moment's notice, in case anyone needs help with something for any reason.
Being productive for me isn't hard. Or at least it's not a hard choice to make to be productive, because I feel guilty if I am not productive. I don't know how people can slack off on jobs where they work next to really hard-working people, yet I have seen it happen (at my past job). I could never do that. My parents raised me too well to be content with slacking off. I can't just sit and do nothing, mainly because that's boring. Throughout my life I have become very good at finding stuff to do to occupy time and to try to be somewhat productive. The more experience you have doing it, the better you are at doing it. For me, it helps to either make a mental list or an actual list on a piece of scratch paper of things I could do when it's slow. Whenever something occurs to me while I am working, I jot it down.
The bottom line is that being productive is a win-win situation. It helps out the company you work for, and it helps time go by faster so your work day is done quicker. Again, I don't know why anyone would chose to not be productive, unless they completely despise the work they do. Fortunately for me, there's not a whole lot I despise doing, but more than that I just like the feeling of being productive and doing a good job. It sure beats the alternative.
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