The Year of the Dull Co-worker

So I'm feeling really jazzed about the new year. I'm feeling this will be the dawn of a new era in my mind-numbing career. Why is that you ask? Well, as the new year approached, I found it essential to "hire" two individuals to manage my life. This shows how high maintenance I really am.


Both of these individuals are my co-workers and must put up with me every day. This is no small feat. The one co-worker I promoted to Life Manager (she was previously my unofficial Life Coach) and the other is the Assistant to the Life Manager.


Both ladies were ecstatic beyond belief at these "promotions" (note: they actually displayed little ecstasy and a whole lot of confusion but I thought it sounded better saying they were really thrilled about the whole thing...I should also note they both refused to let me set performance objectives for them ...I guess they are a bit insecure about their new promotion so I will cut them some slack for now).

Anyways, I am thinking 2011 will be a spectacular, Over-The-Top (OTT) year because:


1. I have taken time to declare my resolutions to the world (see my December 29th New Years Resolutions post...please know dear readers, these are REAL resolutions...I wouldn't make up stuff like starting a flash mob at work or encouraging fellow co-workers to burst into song during dreary meetings as if we were on Glee...after all, why should the people on TV be the only ones who get to have fun...why can't people who toil in the thankless and severly undertelevised insurance industry have fun too???).


2. I have "hired" (I use quotation marks because I am actually not paying them so technically they aren't really "hired") my Life Manager and Assistant to the Life Manager. This will no doubt propel me into cosmic bliss.


Case in point...when I was just talking to the Assistant to the Life Manager, I came up with this superb idea: next year, with the help of Oprah and Gayle and all the new friends I will make on Oprah's network, I will come out with a CD. The CD will be of me reading my Dull Co-worker posts!

What this means is that you will be able to listen to me talk about my work vignettes as you drive in your car to work. Or when working out. Or at home with your family. What a beautiful gift that would be. Isn't that a brilliant idea? Maybe I will even make this available for download on iTunes.

See, this Life Manager and Assistant to the Life Manager thing is working out for me already. It's inspiring me to come up with greater and greater ideas.


Stay tuned for more great ideas...possibly involving the development of a room fragrance that smell like bacon and eggs...