Another one of these decisions...
... that I usually end up not making.
I heard yesterday that the girl in the events team who helped my team with some of our recent events has resigned. Now they are interviewing for replacements. I immediately said to Helen (the other girl who does all our events with us) 'I could apply for Gail's job' without thinking much. She agreed, saying I am doing a really good job when I am working with them and she could see me doing that job. She asked if I wanted her to speak to her boss (who I know already, too) so that I could meet with her and see from there.
Now I am again not sure what to do. My loyal side says it's already bad to even consider applying for another job while I have not even been permanent in my current job for a whole year (though technically I've been doing this job for almost 15 months now). On the other hand, this new job would be quite the opportunity, I guess. It's something completely different, it involves quite a bit of travelling and probably longer hours (yes, unbelievably there are jobs that require more than the 10 hour shifts I am already putting in here *sigh*). I don't know if I would earn more money but the one thing that I cannot ignore is the fact that it would be a job where you have at least the prospect of getting promoted and having some sort of career. Which is more than I have with my current job, really.
I guess there are 2 main factors that speak against it:
1) I would probably still end up working with my 'old' team on their events... so if they hate me if I quit that would be very awkward --> meaning no clean cut and new start
2) What if I decide I want to go back to Switzerland in a year or so? I think it would make me look really bad if I did one job for just a bit more than a year and then switched only to 'abandon' these people again a year later... would be so out of character for me that I'd probably feel forced to stay on just to not upset anyone... meanwhile staying in this job means I can pretty much leave whenever I want as I don't owe anyone anything...
I guess I should for once be a bit more adventurous and go for it. It's not like it's sure anyway that I'd even be considered for the role. So why thinking up scenarios already? I am probably again wasting useful 'energy' just thinking too hard. Oh well. Any advice out there from my loyal life coaches? ;-)
On another note: Steven & I went to buy new fish for his aquarium last Sunday. I think we were in that fish shop for more than an hour! But they were so cute and colourful. If it wasn't for the cleaning, I'd probably go out there and buy an aquarium myself! After we had 'acquainted' the fish with their new friends at his place we went to a lovely pub and had a few drinks and then had a curry. We called it our 'lads night out'. It was great and I've put the thoughts of having another 'in-depth conversation' with him on ice for now, as I really enjoyed his company last weekend. He even picked me up at home before we went fish shopping (near his place), which was lovely :).
Oh and then I had this brilliant idea (I am full of them lately hahaha): One of my very old school friends has quit her job back home and is now travelling in South America. She won't return until August this year. She said that if she still has some money left, she might as well come and visit me afterwards. Which made me wonder how I could talk her into staying. Because she has mentioned before that maybe working in London for a bit would not be the worst idea for her. I am assuming that she split up with her boyfriend (they were only together for 6 months or so) so she'd technically be 'free'. I am sure she could find a temp job or something in the city. I'll definitely have to find out from her what she would think staying for a while. We could move to a 2-bedroom-flat in my estate, as there are plenty for rent usually. So we would only have to move across the street. That would be so much fun. Definitely something to investigate and probably look forward to!!!
My Mum went to hospital today and will have the operation tomorrow to have her 'female bits' taken out (ok that sounds awful but I really dunno what they're called in English). I know it will all go well because it's 'just' a routine thing they are doing, but it still feels a bit weird, since no one in my family ever has anything wrong with them. Well, technically there is not really something 'wrong' with her. It'll just help her feel better. So that's a good thing. And I'll see her in a bit more than a week. YAY! She doesn't know I am coming so that will be a lovely surprise.
Right, off to make some decisions - and maybe send my CV off.
I heard yesterday that the girl in the events team who helped my team with some of our recent events has resigned. Now they are interviewing for replacements. I immediately said to Helen (the other girl who does all our events with us) 'I could apply for Gail's job' without thinking much. She agreed, saying I am doing a really good job when I am working with them and she could see me doing that job. She asked if I wanted her to speak to her boss (who I know already, too) so that I could meet with her and see from there.
Now I am again not sure what to do. My loyal side says it's already bad to even consider applying for another job while I have not even been permanent in my current job for a whole year (though technically I've been doing this job for almost 15 months now). On the other hand, this new job would be quite the opportunity, I guess. It's something completely different, it involves quite a bit of travelling and probably longer hours (yes, unbelievably there are jobs that require more than the 10 hour shifts I am already putting in here *sigh*). I don't know if I would earn more money but the one thing that I cannot ignore is the fact that it would be a job where you have at least the prospect of getting promoted and having some sort of career. Which is more than I have with my current job, really.
I guess there are 2 main factors that speak against it:
1) I would probably still end up working with my 'old' team on their events... so if they hate me if I quit that would be very awkward --> meaning no clean cut and new start
2) What if I decide I want to go back to Switzerland in a year or so? I think it would make me look really bad if I did one job for just a bit more than a year and then switched only to 'abandon' these people again a year later... would be so out of character for me that I'd probably feel forced to stay on just to not upset anyone... meanwhile staying in this job means I can pretty much leave whenever I want as I don't owe anyone anything...
I guess I should for once be a bit more adventurous and go for it. It's not like it's sure anyway that I'd even be considered for the role. So why thinking up scenarios already? I am probably again wasting useful 'energy' just thinking too hard. Oh well. Any advice out there from my loyal life coaches? ;-)
On another note: Steven & I went to buy new fish for his aquarium last Sunday. I think we were in that fish shop for more than an hour! But they were so cute and colourful. If it wasn't for the cleaning, I'd probably go out there and buy an aquarium myself! After we had 'acquainted' the fish with their new friends at his place we went to a lovely pub and had a few drinks and then had a curry. We called it our 'lads night out'. It was great and I've put the thoughts of having another 'in-depth conversation' with him on ice for now, as I really enjoyed his company last weekend. He even picked me up at home before we went fish shopping (near his place), which was lovely :).
Oh and then I had this brilliant idea (I am full of them lately hahaha): One of my very old school friends has quit her job back home and is now travelling in South America. She won't return until August this year. She said that if she still has some money left, she might as well come and visit me afterwards. Which made me wonder how I could talk her into staying. Because she has mentioned before that maybe working in London for a bit would not be the worst idea for her. I am assuming that she split up with her boyfriend (they were only together for 6 months or so) so she'd technically be 'free'. I am sure she could find a temp job or something in the city. I'll definitely have to find out from her what she would think staying for a while. We could move to a 2-bedroom-flat in my estate, as there are plenty for rent usually. So we would only have to move across the street. That would be so much fun. Definitely something to investigate and probably look forward to!!!
My Mum went to hospital today and will have the operation tomorrow to have her 'female bits' taken out (ok that sounds awful but I really dunno what they're called in English). I know it will all go well because it's 'just' a routine thing they are doing, but it still feels a bit weird, since no one in my family ever has anything wrong with them. Well, technically there is not really something 'wrong' with her. It'll just help her feel better. So that's a good thing. And I'll see her in a bit more than a week. YAY! She doesn't know I am coming so that will be a lovely surprise.
Right, off to make some decisions - and maybe send my CV off.