Today marks the fifth time in 30 days that I have been told that my face mirrors exactly what I am thinking or feeling. It is the second time in 30 days that I have been chastised for such expressiveness at work. I'm not going to lie to you, dear Readers, I find all of this kind of tiring. My husband tells me that a poker face is something you have to practice and hone. I mastered my brand of poker face when I was a teenager. I called it "stony face." Whenever I would be getting chewed out for some infraction, I would practice making my face look stony. The effort involved in mastering my facial expression took my attention away from what was being said, so when I looked like I wasn't paying attention it was because I wasn't paying attention. (Hi Mom! Hugs!)
So it is with me. If I look uninterested, happy, bored, tired, it's because that is how I am feeling. I don't have techniques that allow me to pay attention to an asinine conversation and not register the frustration in my face. You could say it's a good trait: I'm not a good liar. You could also say it's some Sun Tzu-inspired fatal character flaw. Whatever.
What I want to know from you is do you have any suggestions on how I can improve my poker face? In the meantime, I will leave you with a little Lady Gaga doing her poker face.
So it is with me. If I look uninterested, happy, bored, tired, it's because that is how I am feeling. I don't have techniques that allow me to pay attention to an asinine conversation and not register the frustration in my face. You could say it's a good trait: I'm not a good liar. You could also say it's some Sun Tzu-inspired fatal character flaw. Whatever.
What I want to know from you is do you have any suggestions on how I can improve my poker face? In the meantime, I will leave you with a little Lady Gaga doing her poker face.
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