Well hello, thanks for joining me here, I don't know how many of you do, I am not hugely worried about it as this is more a mind clearing exercise anyway so I can go on to the following week with a fair idea of what I need to remember and clearing away the waste of the week before.
I've started my hunt for a new job in earnest this week and whilst I have had little success in finding anything it does look encouraging out there. Whilst it has only been just over a year since my last search ended this is a novelty for me. Why? Because I am not used to looking for a job whilst in a job. It is something I have never experienced before. So this does have a number of knock on effects. Firstly I have the luxury of not having to bother unless I want to, rather than being penalised if I don't by the government, all it means is that there is more work to do the next time I decide to hunt.
Secondly I can be picky, which surprisingly I find totally alien as I haven't ever had that luxury before because I have always had to work on the principle that I needed to return to the workforce and couldn't chose what, if I could do it and had experience to back me I applied for it and that was that. Now I can look at jobs and say well I hated doing X Y or Z so I don't want to apply for that one, on the flip side of the coin though there are jobs where I can say I missed doing certain things so I want to do it again so hell yes I will apply for it.
I can also be picky about salary, again a novelty, though to be fair there is little that I want to do that pays less than I am on, which is good, however I am trying to set myself up for a very generous pay increase so I can then start laying down foundations for the future and also afford more bucket list experiences and still have my head above water financially.
Outside of employment related issues I am feeling more myself than I have in a long time, when some opportunities come up in the future I now feel more confident and less damaged than I have for a very long time so I will be doing my best to take them, which in itself is a bonus step towards being thoroughly happy with myself. I'm also able mentally to say fuck you to the people who didn't think of me when they hurt me in the past by their actions, it will be their loss not to have to deal with me in the future.
Further to my post last week I have acquired my flashgun I wanted for my camera and also some smaller things that will add to the quality of my work in the future. Also my idea I mentioned about Versailles looks very doable, I just have to wait for my next pay cheque to come through to allocate out the money for it. My ideal world scenario would be to actually go as part of my notice period from where I am, so I can start the new job refreshed and ready for a new experience. We can but hope. As I am not looking at doing this until mid July or early August there is plenty of time for me to find a job in.
You may have noticed that for the majority of the time I am putting myself first at the moment, simply because I am of the opinion I have put others first for most of my life, which has allowed people to put me into second place, not just to their wishes but to others, so now is time to change that for the better. I have an itch at the moment to do some crazy things but it is that long since I did anything really crazy I have no idea what to do. It's worrying me that I am becoming old and boring! When I don't want to be either.
Just in as I type this the photos from Tredegar Park where I spent the day yesterday (The two shots here are from yesterday) were shared on my professional Twitter account and they were spotted by a local tourism organisation and over 900 people viewed them as a result of the retweet, pretty awesome for some snap shots taken for memories and not for any serious purpose.
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