LULU.H
Wednesday 4 July 2018
What it's like in an office
The
topic may appear to be straightforward but moving from a school environment to
an office can be quite confronting to some. I thought I would go over some
quick tips for coping for your first few weeks in an office environment.
1. The
noise level is quiet
When
you’re studying getting to control the noise in your environment is pretty
standard. More over, if you’re at school you can always tell your friends
nearby to be quiet if they’re disturbing you. In an office that’s not always
the case
Depending
on whether you’re in a cubicle or hot desking things can get pretty noisy. Not
only are there employees who some how forget to put their phone on silent every
day – but you can also over hear the inevitable work calls where you can’t move
them to another room because they need /all/ that stuff on their desk.
2. Doors
open and closed is an issue
Some
how on this blog I always end up talking about the weirdest of things. I don’t
know if it’s just that I’m a little bit too picky – but one of the things that
I’ve really struggled with is knowing when to shut someone’s door.
There
seems to be a lot of unwritten rules about this. Generally, we’d think phone
call – shut the door, no call open the door. But…depending on where you work,
who it is and how tense the conversation is you can be opening and closing that
door all day long!
If
you’re interning be prepared for a lot of awkward hesitations in the doorway.
Whether you’re knocking on an open door, closed door, door way, or just staring
at the people inside hoping they give you an idea of whether you’re meant to be
inside or not – there’s a lot of awkwardness when you first arrived in an
office.
3. The
printer is always broken
If
you thought that your library printer was never working – then prepare yourself
for the office printer. Not only are you going to be cursing out a printer that
never works, you’re going to be joining a group of people who are overly tense
and also cursing out a printer that is never working.
The
exciting thing is – there’s always one person in the office that everyone expects
to be able to fix the printer. Fingers crossed it’s not the new intern who has
no idea what they’re doing! More often than not by the time the printer is
actually printing pieces of paper out there’s 100 documents backed up in the
system and you’re going to be using up a forest worth of paper on documents
people have already forgotten about.
4. Emailing
vs. talking
Continuing
on with the theme of administrative issues – whether you should email someone
or talk to them is a new issue that you never imagined would exist. Except
somehow when you come to work with someone within a 100 square meter radius it’s
an issue. It’s either an issue because 1. You just made a coffee and really can’t
be bothered to get up to talk to them or 2. If you go to talk to them they’re
going to want to see it and the printer isn’t working.
But
if you do print it you a. have to worry that it’s not going to get through to
them and b. they may have questions which starts a confusingly long email chain
that gets everyone aggravated.
Choose
wisely.
But
all in all, it’s fun working with lots of people who are passionate about what
they’re doing. An internship can introduce you to industry challenges, critical
flaws in your education and reveal whether you truly enjoy the work or if it’s
time to adjust your career trajectory.
Don’t
shy away from an opportunity to work in an office environment – embrace the challenge
and let me know how you go either on my Instagram; lulu_hensman or my tumblr
thisisluluh.tumblr.com
Or
leave a comment below!
Monday 25 June 2018
Friday 22 June 2018
Life style change - delayed?
Lifestyle change delayed?
I’ve been making a lot of
lifestyle changes – mostly to try and combat my autoimmune disorder
holistically. I was tired of feeling sick, fatigued and controlled by an
illness I didn’t want. You’ve seen a lot of growth already in my ability to
organize my day and build my skills in the gym and at uni. However, despite
these changes some days I am delayed in my progress.
While working on my
next lifestyle change ‘ attending lectures ‘ I experienced cold. Which to the
new reader will sound strange for me to mention.
I currently have cold induced urticaria, or a cold allergy. Don’t worry if
you’ve never heard of this before, I hadn’t until I was diagnosed and even now
it seems a little wacky.
Autoimmune
disorders are really easy to ignore. A lot like mental health if you learn to
have a higher pain tolerance you can barely notice them. Unfortunately
though, they can cause damage even if you pretend they don’t.
Before class I’d gone to the gym
and showered afterwards. I always have a jacket on me but being a sunny day I
only brought a light one and a cap to keep my warm – why draw attention to
yourself if it’s not necessary right?
Straight after the gym I shot out
the doors and started wandering around campus trying to find my first class of
the day. In hindsight I should’ve remembered the Australian way, warm on the
outside means freezing on the inside. Whenever there’s warm weather we all
crank up the airconditioning. Which makes for a great safe haven for the
average person – and I am by no means trying to change anyone’s AC habit – but
for a cold allergy…it can spell disaster.
By the time I reached my room the
few flecks of shower water still left on me from my fast towelling off had made
themselves known as the light breeze came past. I was so keen to make this
class I just ignored it thinking that once I was inside I’d be protected and
fine.
Being that it was a warm day
inside the AC was on high. Long story short, because I really don’t want to
tell you how long I sat there – I ended up hurrying home early from the class,
with red rashes on my hands, legs and stomach because I didn’t want anyone to
think I was weak. The whole class slowly became more painful, definitely not
because of the subject, but because I’d screwed up in remembering to take care
of myself.
Lifestyle changes are meant to be
a marathon. There will be days when change is so easy, you have so much
stamina, that you don’t need to pause for breath. But in that same marathon, there
will be times when even drawing air into your lungs is painful.
If you’re following a 2018
lifestyle change with me – I am super excited for you! Join me on Instagram and
twitter in this 2018 change, but don’t try to keep pace. Some days I’ll be
lagging behind, struggling because of something as stupid as airconditioning –
and somedays I’ll be sprinting ahead. Everyone has their own unique challenges
that will take time to overcome. Relax and trust that little by little we’ll
make a permanent change.
If you’d like to join me on my
lifestyle journey then you can connect with me on Instagram, tumblr, twitter or
facebook!
Instagram: the_underage_lawyer
Tumblr:
theunderagelawyer.tumblr.com
Twitter: @underagelawyer
Facebook: @theunderagelawyer
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