Wednesday, 22 June 2011
I ♥ my snuggie!
When I first saw this, I thought it was ridiculous.
Then I saw it at Kmart for only $7.
Now I am wearing my snuggie and I LOVE it! I don't know how I ever got through without it!
exhale...
Thank God today is over.
For a few weeks now, I have been dreading 22 June. Today was the ominous day of training that I was asked to deliver to managers and supervisors at my work. A room full of people staring at me for three hours - and all bosses! What a nightmare! Public speaking is said to be the biggest source of fear for most people, and I was definitely feeling very jittery. Though I have done it before in my old job, I was quite nervous about today because I am still fairly new at my current job and I still feel as though, I myself am learning. I just didn't feel that I was experienced enough to be training!
Leading up to today, I was about a fortnight ago that there were only three people signed up for the training and that it might not go ahead. That was truly music to my ears and as I thanked God and reassured myself that the training wasn't going to go ahead, a bombshell was dropped about a week later... There was a problem with the registration process and there were at least 24 people coming. I was told that that was some kind of record.
WHAT?
The disbelief was soon followed by panic that climaxed on Monday night when I couldn't sleep at the thought of doing training in a few days. I went to work tired-as, and went along to the first day of training (which thankfully was delivered by someone else (I just came in for the introduction as I would only have to take over from Day 2)). As I went to the training and waited for the people to arrive, people kept coming, and coming, and coming. In the end, I did a head count of 29 people! *faint*
Now I was really nervous.
Last night, I prayed that God would help me calm down, have a good sleep and do a good job the next day so that He may be glorified. Sure enough, after doing a big clean up of my room (don't know why, but cleaning seems to help when you are stressed) I read my Bible, and had an early night. I slept very soundly and that night I dreamed that I was doing the presentation. I was nervous, but the nerves felt as though they were under control! I woke up feeling excited to do the presentation with a good amount of nervous energy.
One of the things I was taught about Public Speaking was that if you picture yourself doing a good presentation, that would help you actually do a good presentation. At the time I thought that was silly, but I think it might have actually worked!
Even leading up to the presentation itself (which is usually when I start getting nervous) I felt fine. The presentation came and went, and I think it actually went well. Questions were asked, and I was able to answer them! People even came up to me after the presentation to say thanks and give me complements! I was shocked! I got some really good feedback and I walked away feeling very relieved and thankful.
As I realised this afternoon that it was all over, I was full of praise to God! God is so gracious and kind. He knew exactly how to calm me down and He gave me the strength to control my nerves.
