When I was kid I always hated change. I had severe reactions to it. I was a bizarre little kiddo. Right before my mom had my sister, and I started Kindergarten full-time, I cried till I puked every.single.day for over a month. I actually have vivid memories of this bizarre moment in time. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized some change is good. Change keeps you awake through the hum-drub of life’s routine.
After the past year of non-stop change (as in every life-change possible: moving, marriage, death in the family, birth in the family, husb changing jobs, husb starting grad school), change is about to sock me right in the gut because I start a new job on Monday! After four years at my current company I am making a leap into a new role at a new company. It’s scary, but good scary, and it’s weird to realize that I am starting all over again. New personalities to get used to, fresh job duties to master, vacation days to earn (bye-bye 18 vacation days), and new routines to get into.
I’ve been trying to find a new job for quite some time, so it almost didn’t feel real when I got the call. When you get so caught-up in being disappointed time and time again, there’s a moment of “wait, what?” when what you’ve worked for finally happens. For a full week I was convinced that this was some elaborate mix-up, and maybe I had heard AND read the offer wrong. Oh my god, I thought, what if I show up the first day (after resigning from my current, secure job), and they’re like, “oh, never mind about that.” I would be jobless and poor, ineligible for unemployment, drain our life savings, and then be destitute and pathetic. These are normal things to think, no?
I finally received my new-hire paperwork package this Monday, and that settled the information into my brain. There’s nothing like having something like 20-pages of paperwork to fill-out to knock reality right into you.
Here’s to new beginnings in 2013!
congrats for your new job!!!
ReplyDeletei have a mixed feeling about changes as well. but sometimes a change is all i need. and changes also mean a new adventure, aren't they?
Yay! Congratulations! Change is hard, but it's good and exciting, too.
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS! Starting a new job is always exciting and you feel like there are limitless possibilities. I also don't like change. Luckily things have been quiet the past six months. But soon I'll be starting grad school and we're hoping Eric will be hired as a firefighter this year...those will be big but exciting changes~!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I'm glad you're happy about this move and I hope it's fabulous for you. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats! I too am terrified of change; especially when it comes to jobs. Hopefully this is a new chapter and a positive change for you.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! It's definitely an exciting time!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! New beginnings are so exciting, although similar to you, I seem to have a problem letting go of the old endings and dealing with change. Getting better though :) My last year has been one big change as well, and something tells me I'm not quite through yet. Perhaps consistency is overrated.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, congrats, congrats!! There must be something in these east coast water :)
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