Tomorrow, I start my new job! I had started a conversation with a former colleague a year ago, and he had said then he wanted to add media to their agency, but they just weren\u2019t ready. In the meantime, I took a job that let me work from home, and my new co-workers and clients were awesome. So it wasn\u2019t the easiest decision to make when the opportunity from a year ago came to fruition, but in the end, I knew I had to take it because if I didn\u2019t, I\u2019d always wonder and possibly regret not taking the chance. I\u2019m excited, it\u2019s starting from scratch, but I believe it\u2019s going to be a great job. The commute is crazy \u2013 all three minutes of it! We joked about me requiring a fuel stipend. And, they picked up a huge account this past Thursday, so I\u2019m going to be a little crazed this first week \u2013 heck, the way my home phone and email blew up from certain reps that afternoon, I know I\u2019ll be spending quite a bit of time on the phone!<\/p>\n
In other adventures, we\u2019re hosting Thanksgiving this year, so I\u2019m pondering the menu, as well as getting the house clean by then. I keep debating on whether or not to have turkey, or something different. (Any ideas? Don\u2019t say turducken!)<\/p>\n
I took this past week off and spent a fair amount of time in my head, pondering current things, pondering the future, not getting as much done as I\u2019d hoped to, but finally making headway with my laundry, at least. (That was the biggest \u201ccon\u201d of leaving a work-from-home job: more laundry! Even I knew that wasn\u2019t significant enough to sway my decision!) I think I want to challenge myself to share more, especially through my blog, but trying to be careful not to be passive\/aggressive about it. There are a lot of things that still piss me off, or still hurt, whether from people\u2019s actions\/inactions or certain former employers\/colleagues. I think what has emerged is a clearer understanding that all I can be sure of is where I stand, and what lies ahead. I think the downside of feeling like you\u2019re on the outside looking in is that you feel excluded, or like you\u2019re missing something you thought you wanted or something you once had. Or still want, but only if given. Certain pains are familiar, the reverb goes straight to the core, you wonder why you\u2019re going through this all over again, yet things you don\u2019t want to be cyclical are just that.<\/p>\n
Today, I\u2019m turning around, because the rest of the world is actually right there behind me, on \u201cthe outside.\u201d New doors will open, undoubtedly. Maybe some old ones, too. I just know that I\u2019m walking through a new one tomorrow, and it gives me hope. :) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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