New Job!

I'm pretty excited and happy today. I just got a new job!!! I was pretty stressed out in my current job. I had more responsibilities than I was ready to take on in the environment and I didn't like the office environment at all. I have worked in management positions for years, but this position wasn't for me. I didn't like the direction they wanted me to go in and I didn't feel comfortable expressing that. The new position is more money, less responsibility (in that I will only be responsible for my own work), and best of all, I can go back to wearing casual clothing to work every day (horrayyyyyyyyyy for jeans!!!). I loved that about my previous position and couldn't wait to be spoiled like that again.

I've never been so unhappy with a job like I have been with my current position. I am a very outgoing and happy person and I found myself working with a group of very guarded and anti-social people. I stuck it out for 6mths, but I found that it was starting to affect me. I have a very good work ethic and I started to simply not care about work and that made me feel horrible.

A close family friend passed away earlier this year and he was a person that was so full of life. Cancer deteriorated his strong body and killed him in less than 3mths. Seeing this happen to someone I'd always admired and loved enforced the theory that life is indeed short and you never know when the end is coming. So I decided that it's about quality of life. I put aside my fears of how it would look on my resume to have only been on a job for only 6mths and started looking for another job. I am so happy that I did. It wasn't worth staying at a job that made me unhappy and that I hate reporting to on a daily basis. It simpy wasn't worth the stress.

So, I'm off to a better opportunity and one that will relieve some of the stress I've been feeling of late. Thanks to all of my friends and family that have been supportive and helped me get thru this short, yet stressful time.

I love you all dearly!... Nat