Today is already the fifth day of my service. I haven’t written for a long time because I simply didn’t have time. Now I have a little time 🙂
I hasten to please you – I was still hired as a clerk. Yes, on the one hand, this is really good news. But on the other hand, it’s not that simple. I hasten to dispel the myth that clerks are guys who sit around lazily and shuffle papers.
I don’t know, maybe there are some like that, but definitely not where I ended up 🙂 The most difficult factor is the level of responsibility that hangs over you. A lot depends on the papers and documents you create. Money, property, food, and much more.
As my boss told me today, you don’t work with documents, you work with people. Because how you work with these documents affects people’s situations.
And this responsibility requires a great deal of attention. You’re not doing anything particularly complicated. But it’s very important to do it right. And there’s a lot to do.
At some point, your brain just refuses to work. It says, “That’s it, I’m tired.” And you need to get it going somehow. For the third day in a row, I’ve been drinking coffee and half a liter of energy drinks.
On the second day, I asked the saleswoman at the store near us, “What will happen if I drink energy drinks often?” She calmly replied, “Nothing, just addiction and dependence.” So there’s no need to worry, just addiction and dependence, and that’s it 🙂
Before that, back in training, I tried to drink energy drinks only in extreme cases. That’s why they still work for me. When I drink it, my head clears up a bit. I don’t know how long that will last.
But there is no way out. Another quote from my boss: “You either fight or serve those who fight.” Those on the front lines should know that not everyone in headquarters is a rotten rat. Yes, there are different people everywhere. Here, too, there are people who are trying to do what they can.
I live and work in a basement. I think it’s not hard to understand why. Let me remind you that we are about 30 km from zero. In the evening, we are asked not to use flashlights because reconnaissance drones may be flying, and then we will be very visible. Although, on the other hand, as one of my colleagues said, “They know everything anyway.”
They feed us quite well. And that makes me happy. In general, I realized once again that you need to notice the positive things you have at the moment and rejoice in them. There were problems with the internet at the training center and the food wasn’t great, but we lived in a beautiful forest, had free time in the evening, and could wash ourselves and our clothes by hand. Now I can’t wash and I live in a basement, there’s not even anywhere to hang my clothes to dry. But there’s internet, and the food is pretty good. And I’m always in the basement, which means I’m protected from explosions. It’s great to be under constant protection :). You can almost always find positive things.
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