A Disturbing Feeling of Success

[roseembolism]

I'm not used to being praised at work, or being made to feel like I'm doing a good job. Which is why I'm uneasy over the business of the business cards.

When my ex-supervisor approached me with the idea of doing the business cards for the MH aides in-house, she was doubtful it could be done. I said "no problem", though I couldn't duplicate one of the background watermarks.

And it turned out to be as easy as I thought: open up Pagemaker, set up the guidelines, write in the text of one of the cards, pop in the logos from the files, group it, and copy as needed. Badda-bing badda-boom, a sheet of 2-sided business cards ready for printing.

And everybody is making a big deal out of it, like it was some major feat of graphic design. I got Mentioned by Name in e-mails. I'm quietly going "Come ON, this is what desktop publishing is FOR!".

But it's nice to be appreciated.

Comments

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

Pat, pat. *yosh, yosh*

[etoilenoir959.livejournal.com]

It is a nice feeling, isn't it?

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

I'll have to get used to it, and get over the embarassment. At least it's a nice change from the constant panic I used to have at work.

Good days are: "You want me to fiddle around with Pagemaker or Acrobat? Bliss!" Bad days are "You want me to organize WHAT?".

Now if only I can convince them I need to work a lot more with Photoshop. I need to get proficient enough with that program that I can enter silly internet contests.