Tuesday, 19 January 2021

Work was Weird

There seemed to be an odd atmosphere around me as I went about my daily duties for my employer today. I don’t know how much of it was imagined, but it made for an unpleasant, paranoid shift. Some people seemed to be acting as if I’d already left, some were looking at me as if they’d just recognised me from some horrible online crime story, and others – that I’ve previously spoken to frequently in my time here – just chose to ignore me. Maybe the news of my resignation has spread and my colleagues aren’t sure how to react.
Actually, that’s probably unlikely. I let the company know I was leaving on December 1st, and this isn’t exactly a workplace that’s known for keeping secrets.
Philippa thinks I have some underlying uncertainty about my decision to change career, and my subconscious is projecting my inner guilt outwards onto other people – so I’m seeing the attitude in other people that I really have towards myself. I didn’t realise she’d had psychology training as part of her induction as a doctor’s receptionist, but she may be right.

RC 19-1-20

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