My, how things change
I realized yesterday that the anniversary date of my return to being on contract with my employer is this month. It was a year ago on April 17th coming up that I returned after a one-year hiaitus.
I haven't had a day unemployed since. I was hired full-time in July.
I don't anticipate having an unemployed day in my near future.
I've begun to settle in to the idea of long-term employment. I've sent in for a Metropass subscription so I'll save $10/month and it will be mailed to my home. I found a fairly decent chiropractor near my office and a dentist in the building. My family doc's not far from there and my commute is only 20 minutes door-to-door. I work in a great neighbourhood for a great company that believes in standing behind its people, including me.
I'm going on Friday for a full day of training they've invested in me attending. I'm working on building other people up to my level of knowledge (if not experience) doing what I do so I can move on and do other things that are less tedious and more interesting (and perhaps more lucrative) than I'm doing now as our growing business group develops need for more organizers and trainers, which are roles I'd like to grow into. I'm making long-term growth strategies in my head and slowly learning to hope that they might actually come to fruition in the fullness of time.
I've also begun making a couple of friends at work... people I can go have lunch with or take a break with. People who want to spend time with me and enjoy my company. People who are fun to be around.
I've become a corporate citizen who goes to work on time pretty much every day (give or take ten minutes) and... Wow.
I've made a plan for my credit debt that will be paid in 5 years and I'm slowly working on whittling away my personal debt, which I hope to have cleared by the end of this calendar year. It's do-able, but just a wee bit aggressive... but I'm ok with it going over by a little bit... just not very much.
I'm staying put in this building because the rent is cheap and it's a good location. They've also put in card-operated laundry and two double-load washers. They replaced my fridge. They're about to replace the balconies over this summer. Now that I'm working full-time I don't see the repulsive superintendent much, which is a huge improvement.
I have love in my life from completely unexpected places from a year ago. I am well supported by friends. I get along with most of my family.
My life doesn't just not suck.
My life is.... good.
I haven't had a day unemployed since. I was hired full-time in July.
I don't anticipate having an unemployed day in my near future.
I've begun to settle in to the idea of long-term employment. I've sent in for a Metropass subscription so I'll save $10/month and it will be mailed to my home. I found a fairly decent chiropractor near my office and a dentist in the building. My family doc's not far from there and my commute is only 20 minutes door-to-door. I work in a great neighbourhood for a great company that believes in standing behind its people, including me.
I'm going on Friday for a full day of training they've invested in me attending. I'm working on building other people up to my level of knowledge (if not experience) doing what I do so I can move on and do other things that are less tedious and more interesting (and perhaps more lucrative) than I'm doing now as our growing business group develops need for more organizers and trainers, which are roles I'd like to grow into. I'm making long-term growth strategies in my head and slowly learning to hope that they might actually come to fruition in the fullness of time.
I've also begun making a couple of friends at work... people I can go have lunch with or take a break with. People who want to spend time with me and enjoy my company. People who are fun to be around.
I've become a corporate citizen who goes to work on time pretty much every day (give or take ten minutes) and... Wow.
I've made a plan for my credit debt that will be paid in 5 years and I'm slowly working on whittling away my personal debt, which I hope to have cleared by the end of this calendar year. It's do-able, but just a wee bit aggressive... but I'm ok with it going over by a little bit... just not very much.
I'm staying put in this building because the rent is cheap and it's a good location. They've also put in card-operated laundry and two double-load washers. They replaced my fridge. They're about to replace the balconies over this summer. Now that I'm working full-time I don't see the repulsive superintendent much, which is a huge improvement.
I have love in my life from completely unexpected places from a year ago. I am well supported by friends. I get along with most of my family.
My life doesn't just not suck.
My life is.... good.