second time around
Recently, I celebrated my one year anniversary at my job. Initially I celebrated, with very delicious cupcakes, but thinking about it now, I am not as excited.
I understand the repetition is apart of any job. If I were a teacher, unless I changed grades every year, I would teach the same subject matter. But the children would always (hopefully) be different. If I were a flight attendant, I would spend all day looking at clouds. But my destination would always hold something new for me. If I were a performer, I would have the same show every night, but it would be in a new city with a new crowd.
With my job, every day is different. But now that year two is rolling around I have done all my days before. Every charity does the same event, every year. Every school has the same celebrations. The last time a church or government added a new holiday was way before my time.
I feel like have done it all before.
The part that frustrates me most about this, is that is what I used to tell people that I loved about my job!
" I love that everyday is different, that everyday I get to meet new people, and that every I have a new story to tell "
And now it just feels the same as it did last year.
Sure their are still the random fires and car accidents. But what would you think of me if I told you I was looking forward to that.
I don't regret my decision to go into news. I just wonder if I am ready for a new city. But you can't move every time a "repeat" comes along. Can you?
It probably doesn't help that my social life leaves much to be desired. Their is nothing to do in this town, or so it feels. Or maybe it feels that way because everything that I would do for myself, I am already obligated to do for work.
I don't mind that they pay for the things that I do, but that I feel only makes up for the minimal salary that I am paid.
Anyways, right now I am making bread. In my bread maker of course! It should be finished soon. I would like to try and make jam, probably in the spring or summer when the fruit is in season. I would also do this in my bread maker. I have recipes!

2 comments :
I like my job for the most part too - it usually has some variety and there is a creativity aspect to it, but then there are days that are total repetition. For instance, if we have already done a project to completion, and then 6 months later the owners come back and want renovation drawings for the EXACT SAME SUITE with different tenants, or no, they've changed their minds on this little thing, can you move the sink over here oh and also add a bedroom. It's frustrating because you have already done it once to the way you think it should be done. I guess the challenge is to look at it all with a fresh perspective.
I hope you can get out of your rut - and remember EVERY job is repetitive. Hang in there!
"If work was fun it wouldn't be called work. It'd be called happy fun time."
you can make JAM in a BREADmaker?! what!? i should crack open my manual...oh wait...no idea where that is. hahah. also, maybe you should move to moose jaw--there is tons of arson and crime here. (and at the very least, loads of team sports to be made fun of.) eh? ehhh?? ;P i know what you mean though...i have been craving that kind of stability that leads to inevitable repetition lately, but then saying to myself "umm...but once you got it, kiddo, you'd not want it!" being a person is stupid. utterly insatiable, i tell ya!
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