OMG. I feel your pain! I am a research study coordinator and very often, there's nothing for me to actually *coordinate*. It makes me feel like a freeloader. I used to make up stupid tasks for myself but I literally ran out of ideas. And the worst part is that when I do get work, I ration it so it actually lasts me and I feel like I'm doing something, but then I just feel lazy. When I have to schedule stuff (I did a ton of telephone interviews) I did it all back to back and it felt so good to be able to fill my days- but now I've run out again. LOL. My boss always says what a great job I'm doing and honestly I feel like a fraud because I feel like I'm accomplishing absolutely nothing! Plus she's never there, my "work" is unmonitored, no one ever asks for status updates, etc.
I would so much rather have busy, fast days than slow days. And I always feel like a little princess (as someone else on this thread said, lol) for complaining about this- because people always say something like "wow! how lucky!"
What do I do with my time.... 3fc.. find recipes.. plan menus... look for other jobs (lol), read random city info on craigslist, read the newspaper online, blog, read blogs, chat on gchat... listen to Pandora.. that's about it. I'm thinking about getting some books on tape and plugging in my earphones.. mostly because I still feel too pressured to "look busy" to read books at my desk. LOL
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