tired, but happy!
It's only wednesday and I'm so tired (more than usual). It's my second week at Nashco. and although my brain is pushing maximum capacity for information retention, I feel so confident that this was the right career move for me. I spent some time yesterday with Ken, and in that 4 hours he put all of my doubts and fears to rest. I have always had a profound respect and admiration for the man, but watching him work is nothing but inspiring. The passion he has for his work is genuine and infectious. He's basically grooming me to be his "mini-me", his internal/external buffer, his right-hand man, his go-to girl. I can see that I have my work cut out for me for me here, and their expectations of me are extremely high. Fortunately their faith in my abilities are proportional to (if not exceed) the expectation. I've never felt more supported at a job, or more motivated to give it everything I have - heart and soul.
The kiss of death for me, in virtually every arena of my life, is boredom. Even though some days I truly have dumb moments, I know I'm not stupid. My brain is constantly processing and I require a challenge. Otherwise, complacency sets in and drags me into a viscious cycle (which I fell into in my last 2 jobs). While I recognize that I learned some very important skills in those jobs, they simply neglected my intellectual potential, and that was the dealbreaker for me. While the inital amount of information I have to learn is hugely intimidating, it won't end there, not by a long shot. Therefore what I have found here is something that is foreign to me - a solid sense of security, hope and ambition.
So I sit at the beginning of what I believe will a very long tenure with Nashco. It's bloody scary, but I love it. Let the games begin.