Harumph

Had a training call this morning, and I felt like things didn’t go over very well. I felt like I was stumbling over points, and that I didn’t do a good job at all introducing a new set of features to folks. This put me in a pretty sour mood that I had to spend the rest of the day shaking off.

The whole thing felt sloppy, and I was pissed off at myself for not preparing enough. Back in grad school, I was a damn good teacher. I spent a lot of time preparing, and I had clear goals set for each class. In fact, there were times I couldn’t stop thinking about teaching, even though I wasn’t technically prepping or grading or anything.

I’m not sure why work affects me to the degree that it does. It was a training deal. So it didn’t go that well. Whatever. But a big part of me is bugged by this. I was angry and pissed off at myself this morning, and I’m rarely in that type of a mood.