There's no I in team.. But there is an I in "I hate this team"

Generally, I make it a rule to be open to personal criticism so I can grow as a person. Bahahahaha, clearly that's a lie, but I thought it'd be fun to say. Mission accomplished. 

Moving on... Recently, it was brought to my attention that I am not encouraging enough to other people. Apparently telling people they're a moron isn't considered constructive encouragement (who knew?). So, I've taken it upon myself in recent weeks (ok, just last week) to be more inspirational to people. I'm pretty much a poster child for enthusiasm.

However, it turns out that a sarcastic ass like myself begins a project with semi good intentions and half way through realizes it was a huge mistake. I'm convinced that anyone interacting with me on a daily basis may notice me giggling and talking to myself (more than usual). 

Why? Well, here's the situation... I find myself mentally cheering for people now.

Example. Two people are walking into a building. Person 1 is about 6 paces ahead of person 2. Person 1 hits the handicap button (because this person is clearly too lazy to actually pull the door open) to enter. Person 2 scurries forward to try to get inside the door before the time expires and the door swings closed. And there I am watching it all thinking "You better hurry. Go now...now! You can make it, run! Faster! Good work! Well done." I mean come on... I'm cheering for laziness.

I also have this uncontrollable urge to tell people they're doing a good job. Don't get me wrong, I believe in giving credit when it is due, but when someone pushes the button in the elevator telling them "Good job!" only gets you an eye roll (trust me). 

And it turns out, motivating the bagger at the grocery store by telling them they're doing excellent work isn't really a good way to make friends. 

I went as far as to tell the pharmacist at CVS she was my hero after filling my prescription (true story).

BUT the kicker? Lately my right windshield wiper has been slower and less motivated than my left one. Driving home in the snow the other day, I kept going "Come on! Wipe! Doooo it! You can do it! Go go go!"  Result? It stopped working completely.