Writing at work has been such a struggle lately. I wished it flowed as easily as it does here. Instead I get stuck in loops of rereading what I wrote over and over, to make sure it makes sense.
I obviously don’t do that here. Ha!
Applications opened on Monday for a leadership course my supervisor recommended I take. I looked at the application and saw two essay-esque questions that had a limit of 10,000 words.
Yikes. And we only had two weeks to submit and it requires two levels of supervisory approval during that two week process.
So I got to work on it right away. I worked late, ate dinner with Steven, then got back to work while he was at his flying lesson. I felt really burned out and my head was spinning. I couldn’t focus, so I called it quits.
Today when I opened it to look at it again, I read it more closely and noticed it said 10,000 characters. Um… that’s a huge difference.
Apparently I’ve been struggling with reading comprehension too. Sigh.
10k words vs 10k characters is a mix up that I would totally make. Especially for work stuff, where, not to be rude, but there’s a good chance that the instructions might be written in boringese.
Thank you for saying that! It makes me feel so much better. I am used to our ridiculous interview process where things are supposed to be that long. Ha! Boringese! It WAS written in that!!!
Interesting that they make it so tough to get into… Is it through your employer? I bet you will get in!
It’s a national program for federal agencies so I think a board outside of my employer picks the people! Then there are different training tracks. I had to pick my top two choices. And thanks!
I have to write eight emails. Eight. I do not want to do them. So, yeah. I don’t want to write at work, either. LOL.
10K is 10K, right? I guess it’s better to have to whittle it down than add more words?
Thank you for validating me!!! It’s so weird since I love to write on my blog, casually, with no stakes. LOL.
It was better that way. I was really concerned about what I was going to say for 10K words!
Wow, it sounds like a very involved process just to apply!
It is! Everything is so involved here. Sigh.
Omg, I would be so mad at myself if I misread 10k WORDS vs 10k CHARACTERS. Oof. I mean, at least there’s a relief you don’t have to write a novel, lol.
I really was! I wasted time Monday night work, then was still stressed about it Tuesday am. UGH. But yeah, I sent in something short. Boom, done.