I know that today is Saturday. I know that I don't work on Saturdays, but yet I am working. Yeah, yeah I realize that I have a family and the boys won't be little forever. But, I am so swamped at work and I want to make sure that I can keep my job so that I can put food on the table and clothes on their backs and a roof over their heads. Yes, it sounds dire and it really isn't. But (and there always is a but) circumstances have changed at work and I feel the need more than ever to succeed at everything and anything that is thrown my way.
Yesterday was one of my co-worker's last day at the company I work for. I will really miss her and I am left with the impression that work is just that - work; a way to earn a paycheck. But, with the increased responsibilities of late I think that putting in the extra time will really help me in my career. I may not intend on spending the next 10 years working for my company but I know that the opportunities I am given are rare.
Saying goodbye to my co-worker made me start thinking about redfining myself. Who I am at work; who I am as a person; who I am as a parent and wife. There are things about myself that I like and many that I would like to fix. For some reason my co-worker leaving has touched a nerve and I'm feeling like the winds of change are upon me again. What does that mean? I have no idea, but I do feel the same way I have in the past when I'm about to embark upon a time of change. It's an uneasy feeling, but one that is welcome just the same.
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