Yep. It's past midnight... And I gotta get in for a meeting at 9 a.m. tomorrow. I've taken a real lacksidasical position about work these days. But I dunno... I suppose if I found it more stimulating or if it contributed towards my personal growth more... Maybe I'd be super stoked to go in to the same boring cubicle all day long. But, it's like after a while, you end up starting to find ways to amuse yourself, and it usually involves petty acts of civil disobedience.... Like, showing up late and leaving early.... I mean, seriously... There are probably people doing this kind of thing in offices all over the globe. People just being totally unfulfilled by their work and not really doing anything about it, and they're stuck at a dead end job for like 20 years, and have basically given up. That's usually the time for me to consider alternative avenues of employment. Usually when I start doing stupid crap like this, it means that I need to move on. And I say it's cyclical because, well, it seems so common in companies that there's usually a shining moment in time when you just realize how futile it is to keep doing whatever it is you're doing. And you either end up becoming a manager or something (at a company you don't like....), or you quit and find something else to do. So yeah... I guess I just wrote a sentence which implied what I was going to be trying to do, and no, I'm not getting a promotion... ;)
This was a rather strange stream of consciousness topic to get on to, but I suppose it was the most immediate thing on my mind for the past few months. It doesn't help either that the economy has been in the poo hole... But the Obamians seem to be saying that things are gonna pick up, and so pick up they shall.... I guess... I just hope I can reap some of the benefits, cuz really, there's nuthin' good that can come of my current situation.... Well, I shouldn't say "nuthin'" but the negatives are starting to out-weigh the positives.
So yeah.... It's time....
[this is good]
A lot of people feel this way and are only sticking with their jobs because of the economy. My job offers me a nice happy place to live with a pool and some money left over for some fun and thats why I'm still there.
Is my job fullfilling? nope, is it in my choosen career path? Yep for the most part? Is it doing the creative things I want to be doing? Nope not at all but I love my home life, my dog and my husband so here I am until I can find something better, but in this economy that probably isn't going to happen.
Posted by: Skoolie | 08/13/2009 at 06:31 AM
I sent referred a local company looking for an interface designer to you this morning - hopefully they'll give you a call. I wasn't interested in a total UI job, but you might like it. I'm still looking around as well.
Posted by: Bryce | 08/19/2009 at 04:09 PM