Does Valentines Day Suck Or Am I Bitter?

It must be said... I hate Valentine's Day... Truth be told I'm actually starting to loathe most kitschy Hallmark holidays. 

I used to be the party planner; the go-to-gal for festivities, especially in the workplace. One of my favorite parts of my job used to be planning events and activities that strengthened staff relationships within departments. I hardly have any involvement in these types of responsibilities now that our HR director is in place. I truly enjoyed this type of involvement and inner-office collaboration is something I am very passionate about.

The hard part for me is that as much as I jokingly say that I hate people, I actually really like them. I am the person most people come to when they want professional advice or need help working with another coworker. I have made a serious effort since I first started working at my job to get to know everyone, regardless of their title or department,  spending time at every event talking to as many different people as I can to make sure everyone is included. 

I used to be the planner of the friends group too, that is when we used to celebrate everything and used to go out... I think I've isolated myself so much that I've lost touch of a bit of my celebratory spirit and have distanced myself from friends. 

I had to write a management strategy for the redevelopment of staffing from a Human Resources Directors perspective. I can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed researching and writing it. I am good at it and really recognize the importance of employee relations. Morale and accountability are vital to a successful organization. Making employees feel like a valuable ingredient in a company is priceless. It goes for personal life too. Showing people that they matter, celebrating their successes and having good spirits is important! 

There are things I've come to realize about myself that I think are good qualities that I need to man up and show more... I am an A-type personality and can make shrewd, responsible decisions. I am a natural leader. I am quick and am good at reading people. I can listen when you need me to and will fight for what is right. I am also frugal and dislike being wasteful. 

With Valentine's Day on the horizon I am working on showing the love even if I am a bit disappointed. I will try to be more of a team player and less self-isolating. I will help out more when needed and will be a better, kinder friend. And hopefully I'll regain a sense of holiday enjoyment and not become a total Scrooge! 

Here's to another day in the grind, busting my ass and getting through it. 

Hope you all have a beautiful week!