[work] another glowing monthly review, at least today is starting on a good note. also last month was even higher volume than July so I guess I can cut myself some slack for feeling wore out the past few weeks (even if this busy season hasn't personally felt as horrible as last year, thankfully)

things you like to hear in your monthly 1:1 meeting:
"we [management] use you when we need to show someone an example of how to do X"
"your name comes up all the time when we talk about who's doing well"

"golden standard" also got tossed around and I just kind of awkwardly laughed because please I'm sure I have details I could improve on somewhere

idk it's always weird to me when I get praise for being thorough and catching details because to me it just feels normal? like obviously I should check xyz, what do you mean other people on the team miss these super obvious (to me) things

but mostly it was reassuring to see despite the dash of chaos in August and how irritating stuff is at home, none of that shows up in my work

so I guess if I ever have an off month it's gonna be super noticeable lol

That's an excellent reputation you've built for yourself. That's fantastic!

anyway I'm going to try and cling to this dash of good vibes and hope it carries me through the day and night

Silas : welp plurk hid this from me. thank you! :3 it's been a little over a year at this company and getting actual feedback and being appreciated is finally feeling a bit less weird lol. prior company was kind of a mess, and because I was one of the sadly rare responsible adults in that dept I was pretty much left to do my thing

and the only "feedback" I got was once a year at review/raise time where it was generally "I know I can trust you to do your job" mixed with "yes things suck but we just have to deal with it". which wasn't exactly helpful or useful