good vs bad and happy vs sad

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Hmm well I’m in two minds. On the one hand I’m very very sad because tomorrow is my last day at work and I will miss it and all the people there terribly. But on the other hand Bob is then coming up in the evening and I haven’t seen him in a month, so of course I am immensely looking forward to that and that makes me happy.

And I can’t wait to see him of course, but also I don’t want the day to go by quickly.

It’s strange to feel the exact opposite things at the same time.

And to think it was all by sheer luck how it came about…

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

I’ve ended up completely loving my job.

Really and honestly and completely. I don’t want to leave.

I’ve learnt that things always work out. Maybe in a different way to how you imagined it, or how you think you wanted it, but it’s always for the best. Even when things go wrong, it’s for the best. It didn’t happen any other way, and it never will again. It’s been and gone, so I think just make the most of what’s happened, and think of it in a good light. I really have found that everything always works out, you know. Everything that scares me and worries me and wastes my time because I spend ages thinking, oh god, how do I do that?. It all works out. And it’s not because I’m a ‘lucky’ person, and everything always goes right for me. It’s because I want it to work out, and I believe it does. That’s who I am as a person. Plenty of stuff doesn’t go exactly as I would perhaps like it to, but it doesn’t really piss me off or get me angry, because I don’t like being angry and I don’t like feeling pissed off.

Stuff just happens, and I kinda believe everything happens for a reason. When something goes wrong, it forces you to find a solution and resolve the situation.

Enough of the philosophical shit haha.

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A Work-Related Post.

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

I do like my job. It’s straight-forward and quite easy, well-paid and it’s giving me a great sense of the world of full-time employment. And I’ll get a good reference from them for sure, for the future. Everyone in my departments is really friendly and helpful, and it’s great to work for such a huge and successful company such as this.

This was a great opportunity for me and I am glad I took it. I think I would have regretted passing up this chance. So I try not to complain, because at the end of the day, the job is just that, a job, to earn money so I can afford to do what I really want to do: go travelling.

But at the same time, I could not face working here everyday for the rest of my life. I like this job for the minute, because I know it’s only temporary - I will have racked up 7 months work ‘experience’ from here, which is great. But the trouble with my job is that it’s not specialised. I don’t feel like I’m really needed for this. Anyone could do it. There’s no specialist skills involved which mean that I’m really the right person for this role. I mean, I am good at this job: you need to be organised and punctual and able to manage and sort out things. I can do all those easily and with skill. I am an efficient and hard-working person, and my managers have told me they’re glad I’m around as I’m really useful and helpful. Which although that is always nice to hear, there is more to life than arranging inter-departmental meetings and co-ordinating spreadsheets and databases. There really is.

In the future I want a job where I am hired for my skills and abilities. I want to have actual responsibilities for a company which relies on me to get work done. My current job is only temporary, so it’s all good. I do like it for the moment. So I can’t, and won’t, complain :)

What I’ve been up to recently

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Including starting one job, leaving another, being tired, yummy muffins and camera neglection :(

Argh so much has happened and I’ve been so busyyy. Where do I begin?

I finally have plans for the gap year :D I do still plan to go abroad at some point, but for now… I’m an office girl :)

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Jobsuchen ist mir gelungen.

Friday, September 7th, 2007

I’m not sure why I felt like writing that in German. But yes I have a job now yay. I went in this afternoon for some introductions and a bit of basic training, and then I start properly on Monday morning! I’m excited!

The job is working for the Halifax at their Dean Clough quarters, where I do admin type work in a team of people. It’s a bit of a fluke how I managed to land myself the job…

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