dissatisfaction – Candy Arrington

Expectations, Dissatisfaction, and Moving Forward

October 9, 2019 2 Comments

Recently, I had an extremely tedious and frustrating encounter with an editing client. After working on the manuscript for weeks, the client refused to pay the full amount for services rendered because of dissatisfaction with the end result. From the beginning, I should have recognized red flags signaling expectations were greater than the level of […]

5 Pitfalls of Comparisons

August 29, 2018 2 Comments

I was in kindergarten the first time I remember comparing myself to someone. We sat in a circle for show-and-tell as a classmate pulled a shiny pair of black shoes with ribbon ties out of a silky bag. She put those shiny shoes on her feet and tapping around the circle, drumming out a rhythm […]