28 April 2005
Crap at everything
I'm having the shittest couple of days ever because I'm essentially untalented and out-numbered.
I was having a really good time on the uike on Monday, and feeling like I was making some good progress. But then I went out to the park yesterday evening and couldn't even go five metres. It's incredibly annoying. I spent the rest of the night feeling like a complete failure. Even funny Alan-music didn't cheer me up.
I wish I had more time to commit to this sort of stuff. But instead of spending time enjoying myself I'm stuck at work eight hours a day taking shit from students and suffering under inept management. And then even when the time materialises to think about fun stuff, the enjoyment is significantly diminished because of the need to get inolved with trying to organise people.
Life would be much simpler if people could decide what they wanted. It really doesn't matter how hard you try; you can't have your cake and eat it too. If you want the benefits of student society status, you have to work for it and you have to have people willing to commit to taking time out to 'run' things and do the crappy admin tasks that have to be done. On the other hand, if you want a no-hassle turn up and do your own thing group you've got to be prepared to pay for it. In the end, everybody has an equal responsibility for what happens to the potential for juggling in Leicester.
Personally, I'd rather pay every week for the no-strings-attached time to juggle in peace and quiet and actually make some progress, than I would run around after students, sorting out grants, publicising my existence and wasting what little free time I have on things I don't particularly enjoy.
But I get the feeling that I'm just a lone voice.
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We all have periods of no progress, it's part of the deal. My 5 ball hasn't progressed for the last 2 years (not that I'm really trying terribly hard at it tho'). Remember the Taoist view on problems and barriers. I find it very useful although people often accuse me of not caring.
The summary of that view is not to hammer away at problems but just let things happen. "Like water flowing around a stone in the river". The water gets to the other side without having to hammer its way through the damned thing.
On the organising thing: What needs doing? I assume you need stude's to do stuff rather than anyone else but if there's 'owt I can help with do let me know.
We had a leaflet through recently about Woodgate Resource Centre and you could hire this regularly and it was cheap. I've no idea if it's high enough or available when it would be useful but it's an option. I'll look for more info.
Have fun.
Posted by: Alan | 28 April 2005
And then the next night you were really good on the Uike
progress is a slow thing but you are getting better all the time, don't let the bad days put you off
Posted by: peter | 29 April 2005
I'd rather pay for no hassle too, tbh. (Although there would still be some hassle. Just less to do with scumdergrads.)
But then I'm leaving soon, so ner ner.
And what A & P said. Took me a good month to get halfway down the road when I got my uike.
Look on the bright side -at least you've not got scabies.
Posted by: Bim Bam Bosie | 29 April 2005
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