Working woman&communication

Do I work 40 hours a week? I feel like working 24 hours a day! I like my job a lot - teaching students is giving lots of satisfaction, but very demanding, sometimes frustating in the same time to be honest :) There are the moments when I wish I had a day off... Maybe in the end of Noember, will see...

This weekend I was having a workshop for students about communication, and I discovered again how important it is to precise what every single word means and how different meanings it can have for every single person...

Just try to finish the fallowing sentences with a number, then ask your friends to do it, and think about it:
- He is a bachelor... (how old is he?)
- She is a spinster... (how old is she?)
- He earns a lot of money ... (how much?)
- I bought expensive shoes... (how much?)
- He is tall... (how many centremetres?)
- I'll do it in a moment .. (what time?)
_ I'll be a little late (how much?)
- I drove fast ... (how many km/h?)

I noticed that sometimes knowing the theory doesn't help a lot when it comes to my relationships... how often I find myself thinking that someone should understand what I have in my mind, and then realising, that I'd never said what it was exactly! And the other side - I cannot read somebody's mind - if you feel something, just tell me - otherwise I will not know about it, I might suspect it is there, but need to hear it...

And one more thing I have read in a wise book - talking about positives. In good and bad times, emphasising someone's good sides and the positive feelings for that person in general, can save many relationships, friendships...I believe in that so much - I can be angry at someone right now in this partlicular moment, but I like him/her and I care... How many times I wish to hear something like that after an argument, the serious ones and the stupid ones...
Try it out.
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