In the fifth season of The Office<\/em>, Pam goes with Michael on a speaking tour to all the branches of Dunder Mifflin, including the one managed by Karen (aka Jim\u2019s ex-girlfriend). Pam was the reason Jim broke up with Karen and Pam knows it, so she\u2019s pretty nervous about the meeting. There\u2019s a cutaway interview with Pam where she says, \u201cI hate the idea that someone out there hates me.\u201d<\/p>\n That quote has always stuck with me in a heavy way because it sums up how I\u2019ve felt about so many acquaintance relationships \u2013 colleagues, friends-of-friends, people like that \u2013 where it seems another person doesn\u2019t have quite the right impression of me. I\u2019m not talking about family members or close friends, people who (hopefully) know you well enough to either dismiss or talk through any problematic misconceptions. I\u2019m talking about people who only know you very shallowly or people you might have had only a couple interactions with who happened to see you in an odd light.<\/p>\n Oftentimes we hear, through a mutual acquaintance, social media, or some other innocent source, that someone we once knew views us in a negative light.<\/p>\n How do you let go of that concern?<\/strong><\/p>\n To continue reading, head over to Darling Magazine<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n
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