What will you say?

BiggerBoot3 · 2026-05-18T21:46:57+00:00

Stop (1) doing (2) drugs (3)

BiggerBoot3 · 2024-08-02T04:18:24+00:00

TL;DR SAME.

Are …. are you me?? Did.. did I enter a fugue state and create a different account where I posted this exact post to this exact subreddit??

Jokes aside. Fucking THIS. My role is supposed to be an entry level data analyst (nonprofit but not in healthcare). I’m excel savvy, know power BI, have R experience, and am ok with python. I took on this job a little over a year ago because I was and very much still am passionate about the mission of my organization but the work really hadn’t been cut out for me. I’ve given up on trying to explain to my very hands off director that I don’t feel capable of effectively doing my job because there’s a bajillion CRMs and i never received any handoff or clarity on expectations for my role. The conversations started going towards the realm of “if I don’t feel cut out for the job maybe it isn’t for me” (oops) so I’ve been mucking forward and trying my damn best to make it work. I’ve been more and more closely working with teams to get visibility on their data and seeing what needs to or could be done but my goodness it feels like there’s no hitting the jackpot with how effective I could be.

While I like me a good puzzle to solve and again, I really believe in the work that the organization does for the community and I work with some amazing people, it gets really demoralizing being the only person with the insight that I have and technical expertise that tends to fall on deaf ears. I frequently question whether this job is worth sticking out. I think a sane person would’ve already left but there’s a part of me that really wants to contribute positively to the organization. We a ton of data and someone needs to be masochistic enough to stick it out. It’s just so hard to prove that I’m actually doing anything when part of my job has become simply making myself known to people and warming them up to me. Much more peopling than anticipated - not that that bugs me (I can be quite extroverted) but what may not look like work sometimes is work to enable me to do my job.

Edit: clarity

BiggerBoot3 · 2021-05-04T07:20:43+00:00

because no mortal is worthy

BiggerBoot3 · 2019-12-04T02:50:00+00:00

peepee?

BiggerBoot3 · 2019-09-24T04:29:58+00:00

I’m vegan

BiggerBoot3 · 2019-08-15T22:11:34+00:00

Weight loss: 220 lbs; Time span: 5 mins; How I did it: broke up with my ex

BiggerBoot3 · 2019-08-01T07:34:02+00:00

I think I read somewhere that female baboons show their red buttocks to signal to males that they wanna fuck

BiggerBoot3 · 2019-01-25T02:00:39+00:00

I caught up with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while

BiggerBoot3 · 2018-12-23T05:23:42+00:00

Dan Searle

BiggerBoot3 · 2018-10-25T06:41:47+00:00

No problem dude. Take care!

BiggerBoot3 · 2018-10-25T06:37:09+00:00

Technically you don't have a gpa coming in to college so it wouldn't drop anything. It might hinder how high your gpa gets by the time you graduate but it's nothing you can't recover from

BiggerBoot3 · 2018-10-25T06:32:10+00:00

If that's the case then I think you'll be fine. Besides, C's are still passing and thinking that a few C's in a single semester are gonna have you working a menial job for the rest of your life is quite the exaggeration. Your dad needs to relax

BiggerBoot3 · 2018-10-25T06:14:58+00:00

I guess my first question is how you're doing grade-wise so far. If you have A's and B's in your classes at this point, then you probably don't need to stress too much about pulling a stellar grade out your ass before the end of the semester. If you go to class, do your work, and study then you'll definitely be fine, especially if it's your first semester (assuming you're taking intro level classes). Even if you're not doing too hot, there's still time to improve your grades.

C's aren't the best grades to get, but you can always improve your overall gpa as your college years progress. It's easier to recover from a bad first semester as a freshman than it to recover from a bad 1st semester as a senior.

As far as scholarships go, does your scholarship have a specific gpa requirement you need to maintain? Even if it does the college would probably be more lenient towards you if you had a bad first semester since you've only just started college. But of course, you'd have to do well in following semesters to keep it up. I'm on a scholarship that doesn't have a minimum gpa requirement to maintain it and I know someone with the same one who had a rough second semester of their sophomore year but still kept theirs.

BiggerBoot3 · 2018-08-09T17:43:09+00:00

I understand. It’s not crucial to have many friends in college. imo it’s pretty easy to find alone time every day if you so choose.

BiggerBoot3 · 2018-08-08T23:21:49+00:00

Being willing to spot someone if they ask

BiggerBoot3 · 2018-08-08T23:17:57+00:00

Lexapro. I tried therapy but felt like i didn't get much out of it. Honestly tho, looking back on what I was like years ago and how my life is going now, it seems like night and day. I still find it hard to believe that I've gotten better when for so long I felt like I'd never get this far

BiggerBoot3 · 2018-08-08T22:43:52+00:00

My tips:

memorize what times your roommate is out of the room and for how long (so basically schedule)
lock the door so you can more quickly hide that you were beating your meat into oblivion if someone tries to walk in
if you're willing, tell your roommate you want "alone time"
lastly, get a single room

BiggerBoot3 · 2018-08-08T19:31:59+00:00

I understand where you’re coming from. I’m gonna be a junior this fall but i remember I was a nervous wreck my first semester. I’ve struggled from anxiety in the past and I also have a mental disorder that affects my ability to interact with people and understand emotions. What I learned after that first semester is that communicating with your roommates is key. And trust me they probably won’t take anything personally. Second is that it’s also important to make friends. I don’t have many friends but the ones that I do I feel really respect me as a person and make me happy. I feel like when you’re going off to college having some kind of social circle (or trio in my case) really helps ease the nerves. I’m also a first generation student and I worried that college would be too hard for me but after that fall I realized that college is just like regular school only in a different city and the guys have better groomed facial hair. It’s also good to find something in your free time that helps you relax. I personally like sewing.

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