Professional Development
So, turns out there's some things I need to put here. Let's start at the top.
I've quit my job. I've worked in that office for almost 4 years now, and I figured that was about enough. I'd actually been meaning to quit and move on for several months now, but given the fact that half the team were made redundant just before Christmas I decided to stay on out of respect for the fact they wouldn't be able to handle any additional vacancies. But that point has passed now, so I gave my notice at the beginning of March (just after my birthday, that being my gift to me) that I'd be leaving at the end of May (the long period being so they had time to both find and train a replacement, which I'm doing now. It's weird, having someone sitting and learning from me every day at work, forcing me to narrate every thing I'm doing and apologise constantly for how silly it all seems. I feel like I'm trapped in a Woody Allen movie. Anyway).
I leave work on the 24th of May, and as of two weekends ago I've booked plane tickets to fly out on the 12th of June. I'll be travelling first to the UK, where I'll be staying with Rose for a month, because I am nothing if not a sucker for punishment. I'm not expecting or aiming to get back together of course, but I'm travelling. I can't not see her. She is, after all, a good friend of mine - when I can coax her out of her isolation. Plus, I'll finally get to see Britain in summer, which I understand is different from the sleet-slated view I've had previously.
From there I'll be flying to New York, and I've booked to have 3 months of touring around the US. Well, I say 'booked' - I've literally just bought a flight in for the 1st of July and a flight out around 3 months later, and planned almost nothing else in between. I want to visit New York, Washington DC, Boston, Vancouver (or is it Toronto?) - but my plan is not to have anything much set. I just want to go, and then head in whichever direction seems good. The benefit of working a corporate gig for 4 years is that I've got the money to do that.
And then, when that's all wrapped up, I'll be flying back to the UK. To... live, I guess. I want to spend about a year there, presumably in London, but even though it's just, wow, less than 6 months away, I've really got nothing planned. Just that's where my plane tickets stop, so when it comes to it I'll have to go ahead and deal with that. I'll be coming back to New Zealand eventually - I don't expect I could stay away for very long altogether, but right now I just want to go. The last 4 years of my life has seemed so much the same - go to work, come home, play on the computer, sleep, repeat - and after so long of trying to cram added value in there of just doing more things I've finally decided; nope, let's just go. Let's just go do more things. Let's just go now while I'm still young, and figure out the details later.
Everyone - my boss, my family, everyone - has been remarkably supportive. They all say I'll have pretty much the time of my life.
Fingers crossed they're right.
I've quit my job. I've worked in that office for almost 4 years now, and I figured that was about enough. I'd actually been meaning to quit and move on for several months now, but given the fact that half the team were made redundant just before Christmas I decided to stay on out of respect for the fact they wouldn't be able to handle any additional vacancies. But that point has passed now, so I gave my notice at the beginning of March (just after my birthday, that being my gift to me) that I'd be leaving at the end of May (the long period being so they had time to both find and train a replacement, which I'm doing now. It's weird, having someone sitting and learning from me every day at work, forcing me to narrate every thing I'm doing and apologise constantly for how silly it all seems. I feel like I'm trapped in a Woody Allen movie. Anyway).
I leave work on the 24th of May, and as of two weekends ago I've booked plane tickets to fly out on the 12th of June. I'll be travelling first to the UK, where I'll be staying with Rose for a month, because I am nothing if not a sucker for punishment. I'm not expecting or aiming to get back together of course, but I'm travelling. I can't not see her. She is, after all, a good friend of mine - when I can coax her out of her isolation. Plus, I'll finally get to see Britain in summer, which I understand is different from the sleet-slated view I've had previously.
From there I'll be flying to New York, and I've booked to have 3 months of touring around the US. Well, I say 'booked' - I've literally just bought a flight in for the 1st of July and a flight out around 3 months later, and planned almost nothing else in between. I want to visit New York, Washington DC, Boston, Vancouver (or is it Toronto?) - but my plan is not to have anything much set. I just want to go, and then head in whichever direction seems good. The benefit of working a corporate gig for 4 years is that I've got the money to do that.
And then, when that's all wrapped up, I'll be flying back to the UK. To... live, I guess. I want to spend about a year there, presumably in London, but even though it's just, wow, less than 6 months away, I've really got nothing planned. Just that's where my plane tickets stop, so when it comes to it I'll have to go ahead and deal with that. I'll be coming back to New Zealand eventually - I don't expect I could stay away for very long altogether, but right now I just want to go. The last 4 years of my life has seemed so much the same - go to work, come home, play on the computer, sleep, repeat - and after so long of trying to cram added value in there of just doing more things I've finally decided; nope, let's just go. Let's just go do more things. Let's just go now while I'm still young, and figure out the details later.
Everyone - my boss, my family, everyone - has been remarkably supportive. They all say I'll have pretty much the time of my life.
Fingers crossed they're right.