Why Do I Stay With My Current Job?
I’ve spent a lot of time and money
trying to get to quote “Living life on my terms.” I venture to say that most
people would interpret that to mean working when and how I want. I agree with
that thinking. So……what is changed my life in order to make that happen?
My first step has been to start writing.
Ok….. but what is next? Here is where I have to confess the issue that is my
challenge. I like my current job. However, I understand that it will not get me
that true satisfaction. Is it a safety net that I hold onto, absolutely!
But it is more than just that. At
this point in my life it provides the resources so I can plan for when that safety
net goes away, and make no mistake it will go away.
From a life planning standpoint I
have to assume that my will job will go away in one year. My job does have the toxifying
effect of putting off planning if I let it. I have to fight off the seduction
of that. Right now, my most precious commodity is time. How I choose to use it
will make all the difference in my future.
As I said, I have started to write
more. Big deal. So what? What am I going to do with it?
For one it helped me get past the
fear factor. Fear of some unknown future possibility was an excuse for me in
the past. This made not doing something an easy out.
Then I got passed the “what if it is
not good?” I answered that with… so what. What if I get criticized or laughed
at? Again, so what.
“So what” has been and continues to
be one of the most liberating things I know? I am writing and posting stuff
online, ok. My current job is year-to-year, got it.
What is next? I need to decide if
small advances overtime is best or go big?
I still have not determined what “Go
big” is. I have a year to get that plan in place. And buy in place I mean fully
ready to go. I will continue with my
current job. But each day I will dedicate time to thought and writing on what I
would do if this job ended. Go big? I certainly hope so.
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