work, me, and shared experiences...

i have made a few realizations about work and me. one realization is that by the end of the work day, i kind of feel as if i spent the entire day in semi-isolation. it's not like i work in some cubicle where i don't talk to anyone else in my office, but the interaction that takes place is very task-oriented and not so much actual conversation. i keep myself pretty busy all day doing whatever sort of things i feel need to be done to properly run a mentor program so it's not like i'm just chilling. so why do i feel so isolated when i spend my day around people? i think i figured out it. the difference between work and school is that although both environments require each individual to do their own work, in a school setting each person is doing the same assignments; however, in work, each person is doing something different. anyway, since i'm the one deciding what i do each day and no one else is really doing the exact same thing, i get to the end of the day and there have been few shared experiences. i don't think i have previously thought about how much i value shared experiences, but apparently they're very important to me. i have known for awhile that i value quality time, but my high value of shared experience is a new realization. so now that i now why i feel so isolated by the end of work, the next question is what to do about that. i know that jesus and i have shared every experience of my life, but that doesn't seem to change how i feel. maybe this is where i take "the way i feel" off the pedestal and place jesus on there. i know this job is where he has me, and i actually like it a lot. i know that he knows what he's doing so instead of looking to how i feel about things, i need to look at the truth of the situation. i'm guessing this is all part of the transition so hopefully it will become easier over time...