Low Frustration Tolerance

This really isn't a blog entry about anything. Rather it's just a snitty little reflection on the things that are going on in my life currently.

A friend once commented regarding work frustration: "It's about how much you are willing to change yourself in order to adapt to work, versus how much you can't compromise yourself." This is a decision that has faced me in my career.

I visited some old coworkers, and they listed out their work frustrations. Up til then, I had been looking back nostalgically upon this place. But listening to one of them rant about the same old problems that had plagued us more than a year ago, and realizing that nothing had changed, and things had gotten worse, I was reminded why I no longer work at this place.

I guess what I am trying to say is I have a low tolerance for frustration. When it comes down to the question of how much am I willing to change for work, the answer is only "somewhat". This has led me to move from work place to work place, sometime of my own volition, sometime not, as in the most recent case. But I have had some very interesting career challenges, as a result of my low frustration tolerance, and that I do not regret.