This week marks the 1 month (5th week) of working in the professional world for me. Let me tell you, I have learned more lessons then I can even tell you. There are some things that people just don't tell you about!! If you read my update last week, you know that I experienced my first "being late" traumatic event. It seems as though my Mondays are, well, cursed. I'm not talking about the "everyone hates Monday" kick, I really do mean that my Mondays always come with an extra surprise. This time I wasn't late, I was 7 days early for a meeting at another office. Talk about awkward. You learn to take these things in stride. But today I would like to share some other things with you....
One of the BIGGEST things I have noticed since I started working is that EVERYONE and their brother has a coffee mug on their desk. I have only seen one person with a water bottle. How do these people even survive????? Did you know 60% of your body is water?! Are these people made of 60% coffee?? I get asked single day if I want coffee and I always reply "no thank you". I don't even like coffee. Apparently this is NOT normal in the business world. Someone even told me to force myself to drink it until I like it. Um.... No thanks. #1 I save a lot of money by not going to starbucks, not having to buy a coffee pot, not having to buy coffee! #2 Unless you drink straight black coffee, it simply isn't healthy for your body. Need the caffeine? There are a ton of other ways to up your energy (I will blog about that another day). But, seriously, all day and these people don't drink a single glass of water. Here I am, downing over 60oz of water at work. If you drink a lot of water, you know how often you have to use the restroom. Yeah, annoying. But alas, everyday I stare at them in amazement that they can sit there and drink coffee for 9 hours.
That brings me to the next point, as if filling themselves with coffee isn't bad enough, the food is a whole different ball game. I don't know about anyone else but I have always been active. In college, I was a 6am gym goer and walked A LOT between classes and throughout the day. Having to sit at a desk all day is definitely a change for me. Having to build a new schedule with the gym AFTER work is really hard but I am getting use to it. I am really trying to eat a well balanced diet to try to get my energy levels on track (without coffee that is). But every single day, I have to turn down some kind of food at work. People in the business world like to eat out for lunch.... all the time. I packed my lunch from kindergarten all the way through senior year of high school. In college I rarely ate out. I felt rude the first few weeks turning down lunch invitations but in order to benefit my health and well being, I have limited my eating out. Hey, a "no thanks I brought my lunch" really isn't frowned upon most days. But worse then the eating out is the cupcakes, cake, cookies, white bread sandwiches, etc all brought in to the office. Let me tell you turning down that cupcake isn't easy. But if I ate everything everyone offered to me, my pants surely wouldn't fit anymore. You learn to balance being polite and watching out for your personal well being.... well I have.
You have to do what works for YOU!
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