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Emotions can be hard to compare from one time to another. It's really tough to answer the question of whether I'm happier now or before. Nostalgia is one factor that makes all that particularly tough. So today I made two objective observations that help me see how much better my current job is...
- That bottle of Excedrin I keep in my cube sure has been lonely. I think it's realizing ever since I switched to my new job, I just don't need its services anymore.
- At my last job, I could leave early at the end of the week if I had my 40 hours in. In response, I adopted the following policy: At the end of a normal work day, if I wasn't totally hating the experience of being there, then I continued working, realizing that because it was so rare for me to be in a good mood there, it's a good idea for me to put in my time that way. (And other times, I would just get sick of it all and leave early, even though that meant more time in detention later.) By comparison, when I leave at the end of the day at my current job, it's more out of an obligation... like, there are external influences that will make things bad if I don't get home, so I grudgingly leave. Kind of like in freshman year, when you realize after a few weeks that it's better to exercise a little judgment and not constantly pull all-nighters. (Of course, this is going to change, since morganie is arriving today! and now all my fun at work is going to be balanced against missing her all day.)