Returning to Work and the Importance of Soft Skills

Hello Everybody,

I hope you all had a good week, mine was pretty good. It was nice to be back at work and get caught up on what I missed. It was interesting as well to hear how many people had also missed work. My supervisor was out sick for the week as well. Then it seems a lot of my other coworkers were out too. Work has been interesting and it’s fun to see the different impacts people have on the environment they are in. I have coworkers that when they are gone it can cause other people to ask less questions. I have coworkers that are good at keeping moral up. I have become someone that is a go to for certain tasks and making jokes. Several coworkers were debating on who’s better with meme’s myself or the shift lead. It was pretty funny to hear how they were discussing it and the points that they were bringing up, sadly, I left before I heard their decision.

That is why soft skills are so important. In school I learned how important it was to make yourself integral to the team you are on. I also spent time working in public facing jobs where I got to build my soft skills. Those skills are so important in every way. They’ve helped me greatly on every project I’ve worked on. The soft skills have helped in management, working with the public, and making mistakes. Hard skills are easy to learn, but soft skills have to be built in time. All of the soft skills I have learned came from working and learning. In school I learned the importance of critique, feedback, changing, listening, and how to enjoy the process. With work as tour guide and intern to now I’ve learned how important it is to ask questions, communicate, help others even if it’s not your specific job, how to teach, and how to follow directions. If you struggle with soft skills a good place to start is to learn how to listen and take feedback, then learn how to communicate and ask questions. These are key factors to the success of any creator and any job.

Well till next week you guys. I hope you have a good week and I hope to have something fun to tell you next week.

Holiday Season and Homebrew for D&D

Hello Everybody,

I hope you guys had a good week. My week was a bit hectic. At work we were very busy this week until the end where my day slowed down. It was very interesting as well because my manager is leaving and I’m being trained to be my managers interim replacement until the higher ups decide what they’re wanting to do. She’s moving onto bigger and better things, and I’m excited to see how she likes her new work. I’m also excited as it’s the holiday season. I love the holiday season and the good feelings that come from it. Last weekend we went Christmas tree shopping for my dad’s house and today we’ll be getting the tree for my mom’s house. We’ll probable start decorating it next week. I also just finished my Christmas shopping. I love buying gifts for people and I hope I got some gifts people will like. It’s like a puzzle trying to figure out what people will like and trying to piece it all together to find good gifts. I’m excited to see how everyone will react to the gifts I got them.

I’m also going to try homebrewing more stuff for D&D. If you don’t know what homebrew is, it’s when you create your own content for a game. For instance, creating rules, monsters, items, and more. I’m also planning on sharing my homebrew content on my website. I have a bunch of ideas that I want to make, and I’ve been using the website D&D Beyond to create the new content. I’ll be posting pictures for my content in a section on my website as well as links to it on D&D Beyond. I’d love for feedback on it because that’ll help me grow as a creator. I’m excited to start using more of this content in my future games, so the more feedback I get the better. I’m also hoping to get more people looking at this content I’m making so that more people might use it, so if you play feel free to use it and let me know how it feels.
Well till next week you guys. Have a good week and I hope to have some more fun things to share in the future.

Aunty in Town for Two Weeks

Hello Everybody,

I hope you all have had a good week. My week has been very good, it started a bit slow but got better as it went. We also got some new people at work recently. I was given the opportunity to train some of these new employees. I’ve missed training and teaching new people. I used to help train and teach the new employees for BTS and Daily Tours. I always enjoyed teaching people about the process and route we would run. Getting the opportunity to train and teach new employees at this work is a lot of fun for the most part. I’m excited to have been trusted to do so and am hoping for some more opportunities to do that.

This week my Aunt also came up from San Diego and has been staying with us. I have a lot of family in San Diego that I haven’t seen in a long time, so it’s always wonderful when they come up and I can see them. I’m hoping to fly down and visit them once my contract is up, but we’ll see if I’ll have the ability to. I always love spending my time with my family. It’s been nice to see her and spend time with her. We went to a Punk Flea Market and explored the various booths. There were some really cool things being sold there. My favorite booth was selling some lamps they had made to look like the Space Needle and a lamp that looked like the Death Star. It’s been a lot of fun to do these different activities and I’m looking forward to another week of shenanigans.

Well till next week you guys. I hope you have a good week and I hope to have more stories next week.