Yikes! The Boss Knows!
Published on February 6, 2016
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Good afternoon one and all! Just a quick blog before we journey to Belfast for a lovely night out with friends.
I'm slowly but very surely moving through the training. My motivation and excitement is ever present. Work has been incredibly busy, and although I still love my job, I'm just exhausted with it all! Long story that I won't bore you with but I'm effectively doing two jobs at the moment. Just holding my head above water and hoping it will calm down again soon. I don't like the feeling of spreading myself too thin and not giving of my best to every task. Plus I'd love to have more energy and time to work on my training and website. I know - slow but steady wins the race;-).
Anyway.....last Saturday I decided to set up a new Twitter account linked to my new website. In less than one week I have 450 followers and I'm overwhelmed by the response to my new brand (new image?). So exciting and encouraging. I added my day job Twitter account to my profile as I have nearly 1000 followers there, completely forgetting my boss follows me there. Whoops! Checked my Twitter followers last night for my new business. She's following me!! Panic set in! My long term plan would be to reduce my hours at work, but unless I achieved phenomenal success at this, and needed to devote full attention to it, I can't imagine completely giving my present career up. Yes I am stressed at the minute, and I'm not as happy as I had been, but I'm not one of the people here who are truly desperate to get out of the 9 to 5 daily grind.
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So what do I do to handle this new development? I confessed to my close colleague this morning who is on maternity leave. She loves what I'm doing. I don't think she shares my concerns.
Let's have a wee debate here about reasons for doing this - are we all desperate for a career change, to get away from the boss (mine actually is a lovely woman but a complete workaholic!) and escape a 9 to 5 job? Does that desperate feeling serve you well here or does it demotivate people when the money doesn't manifest quicklyenough?
Would love your views and opinions.
Ruth
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