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Fiction suits Sir? Oh suits you sir! changing room this way sir.

Dances with Gophers

11:41 / 13.11.03

(Caveat:Subject line inspired by the Fast Show and does not imply anything other than the fact that author is in a silly mood, whilst the actual post is sort of serious, well as serious as a post by someone with the handle DGW can be!)

I know there have been discussions about situational fiction suits (ie work, clubbing etc) I hope this is slightly different.

I do have a work fiction suit that plays on part of my personality, recently work has been rather intense, long hours, away from home, etc. The work itself was of rather an intense nature and I got a bit too into the fiction suit, which at the time was beneficial but I'm having trouble taking it off at night and at the weekends. Normally taking off the work clothes does the trick.

My next move is to try to get into the fiction suit at the other end of the spectrum to try redress the ballance and centre my self. It's not a case of grounding my self but the opposite. Sort of going from Mr Grey face to Eris! The 2 ends of this spectrum, this year, have been getting further apart.

Anyone else have similar experiences, advice etc or failing that suitable quotes from comedy programmes?

Tryphena Absent

11:54 / 13.11.03

I don't tend to have trouble getting out of one and in to the other but I do find that the work suit has been depressing me after I drop out of it. So I've mostly dropped it altogether now and become more like my social self at work and that's been fun because I was very quiet before and now erratically yelling at people/telling them where to get off rocks!

13:45 / 13.11.03

I totally agree, leave your work suit at home for a couple of days (literally and metaphorically) it not only does you the world of good but people are surprisingly tolerant.
Often work pressures are placed on us because we are too accomodating, try going into work wearing something comfy and with your real head on, it's a lot more difficult to take it too seriously- and lets face it, unless you're a brain surgeon most of the work most people do is less than world-shattering in the grand scheme of things.

Dances with Gophers

20:25 / 13.11.03

I think the problem is that over the last job we were working with several different organisations that each required a subtly different approach resulting in a sort of unique for the job fiction suit. Also spent a lot of the time flitting beween the great out doors and an office environment. It was hectic but enjoyable. I think I may be subconsciously hanging onto the fiction suit to wind down slowly rather than hitting the post field trip blues (thanks for the insight Tryphena never realised that causal link till now). Going to take both your advice and be myself in the office when I can (If I can remember who the real DGW is

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