office therapist?

Although I did study psychology, I have decided that it's no longer what I want to do with my life. It seems as though my coworkers haven't accepted my decision in this matter even though I don't work in the mental health field, I work... slave... pass the time... in the home health field.
Anyway, so I don't know why it is, but I always seem to be the one that people vent to, share office secrets with, etc. Not that I mind, I'm glad that people are comfortable telling me things they wouldn't share with others... that sounds kind of weird, but that's how I've been for a while, it's one of the reasons I wanted to go into clinical psych in the first place, I'm happy to be the person you can talk to when you're frustrated out of your mind with the daily grind... but I don't always have a response for them. And I can't always say what I'm thinking, you know? Like if coworker A says to me that she has so much to do that she can't get the payroll entered (which affects my ability to do my job) and make phone calls and do such-and-such, I can't say to her, "well, if you actually could multitask, you'd be able to!" or "really? because when it was my job, I got it all done..."
sigh.
I also can't stand it when some of the office staff are really nasty to this one woman who works with us. Thing about this lady is that she's a straight shooter, if you mess up, she'll call you out on it, if she messes up, she'll admit it right away. But in her department, no, the whole company, if someone messes up the patients could be at risk, so if a mistake is made, it needs to be constructively criticized so that it won't happen again, but people just don't like the way she talks. Now, being the office therapist and all, I happen to know how crappy her job is, the lack of support she receives (which I can totally empathize with O_o), not to mention some health and relationship issues she's dealing with. So when people call her a bitch and talk about her like there's no reason not to, it bothers me. I'm not going to say anything about what she told me, but sometimes I want to tell them to shut up and leave her alone, how would they act if they were going through what she is.
But of course I won't, everything told to me is in strict confidence, that's part of my job as office therapist.

netflix

I love my Netflix. Most of the time. The problem is that I like to share with people, like my mom and my dad, etc. Now, that in itself wouldn't be a problem except that my mom keeps rating the movies she watches on my account.
Now, those of you who are familiar with Netflix know that when you rate a movie, the algorithms built into the program will select other, similar movies to suggest to you. Wait, no, you don't even have to rate the movie, you only need to watch it. So my mom, who's rating the films she watches, and I use the word "film" rather than "movie" because most of what she watches is from the 40s, 50s, whatever, you know, those black and white dramas, comedies, etc, films that were actually rather well done-- but not what I want recommended! My dad, on the other hand, has a 2-yr-old. Need I say more?
Not to worry, I do appreciate well done films, but I've taken too many film classes to just sit back and relax watching an old movie, I'm always admiring filming technique, witty dialogue, etc. Not what I need when I'm looking for a quick, fun, recent, rom com at the end of a long day.

As much as I like sharing, I think I may need to change my password.

starter

hi all. so this is my first blog ever, and i'm hoping y'all (whoever's reading this) will bear with me as i learn as i go.
a bit about myself... i studied psychology but i no longer want to go into clinical so i have an unused 4-year degree, i'm working at a job i am "dissatisfied" with, making sure that over 100 field employees are paid for the home healthcare services they provide.
anyway, so i'm trying to break into the advertising or marketing fields, but specifically in creative design. for this, i understand that i need to build a portfolio. unfortunately, in order to do this, one needs to actually know how to use the programs that one uses to build such portfolios... which i don't :/
um... what else...? i'm an orthodox Jewish young woman who's trying, at the same time as the above, to move to israel. asap.
yeah, i think that's all for now. hope to be back soon.
A bientot :)