One Forty

I see it everywhere and not just for social harmony. It’s really notorious in the corporate world (at least in my experience), particularly for women. For example, a woman crying in the work place is not seen as a reflection of her “caring” passionately about what she does or the outcome she was striving for, but as a sign of weakness, someone who can never lead or possess any strong qualities. It is seen as an unreasonable reaction, even when the situation certainly warrants it (including workplace bullying, etc.)

Women often have to make a very conscious effort to not even get watery eyes because they are afraid of the image they will be branded with. It’s a sad state of affairs when a reasonable human emotion such as crying is considered something that shouldn’t be freely expressed. I don’t see crying as weakness, I see crying as someone who actually gave a shit and cared about their work.

I don’t think it’s possible to not learn something, useless or not. We constantly take in new information, process it and create some sort opinion or conclusion based on what we experienced/learned. Do you know anyone who truly knows nothing?

I honestly can’t remember. I try my hardest to be an honest person but I think the earliest lie I can remember was when I was a very little girl and my pet budgie died. I’m certain I lied that it was still alive, for at least a few days after stashing its dead body away in my clothes drawers.

I remember thinking I was going to be in serious trouble if I had confessed the bird had died. So, logically, I tried hiding the evidence. Heh. Kids do the strangest things.

I tend to check Twitter more than anything else as part of a “routine.” It’s more of a “when I think of it” kind of routine as opposed to as soon as I wake up, before getting out of bed or at a set time.

On weekdays, it’s usually not until I get to work though. Getting ready and driving to work first is my priority.

Absolutely. We all do it, to some extent, including those who appear completely confident and self-sufficient. Sometimes it may not necessarily appear as “approval” but rather just an absence of disproval

I believe all life exists by seeking out “approval” from others; it’s how we ensure that the guy next to us doesn’t kill us. It’s how dogs can work together as a pack. It’s how ants have an entire hierarchy that works in unison. I consider “seeking approval” as being different from “seeking permission,” which I think the majority of people confuse these days with approval.

Humans enjoy receiving recognition for their thoughts, feelings, opinions and actions. It’s entirely what drives us to do any of those things in the first place.

Sport. You name it; I’ve had to play it as part of my high school physical education curriculum. I never really took sport seriously enough though and if something is an interest of mine, I ensure I excel at it. Oh, and I guess there’s also math – I don’t think there was a subject I hated more than math. It bored me to tears and so I didn’t bother applying myself to much more than the bare minimum.

Hard to decide strictly on one or the other; I think if I was going to spend that much time and effort, I would want it to be successful. I’m not comfortable just selling out though. I would like to imagine that something which I wrote as an original piece would champion as the underdog and be successful.

Definitely. I see it happen all to time in social media. I think that some people forget that social media is a different type of “presence.” I’ve seen people get caught into the same traps online as they would do offline – talking behind others backs, etc. and they don’t realise that the Internet is more visible to others and more permanent. It doesn’t just come out at the time and then immediately disappear into the wind… it’s there for a long time, for all to see.