as i enter into post 700 (3 more to go!) i've made the choice to change to Wordpress!
Please, follow me to this new place. I'm making the decision, as with my time constraints, it's been tough to write and read, using the method that i was. I have some more options with wordpress....so cross your fingers. I'm hoping this means more writing, more reading, and more fun!!!!
http://justmeandthebirds.wordpress.com/
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
what's going on...
i'm sure you could sense in some way....i've been a bit disgruntled lately.
we have a saying in our office on a print that states "We tend to seek happiness when happiness is actually a choice". i think i got caught up in the poor me attitude that is SO easy to fall into and luckily, this weekend, after a particularly dull time, i realized that i had a choice to choose happiness and i was choosing to feel the opposite.
so, i'm back on the horse again and there every day with a good attitude. At one job, i'm closing on a house soon...at another, i'm doing my HR assistant job, along with training for a recruiting position, where i'll be taking over for a woman's maternity leave. i LOVE the recruiting piece... i mean, i think i really love it. but in the end of it all, this experience will give me just that....experience.
i'm hoping that my niche in life will come. do i love real estate, yes. but i cannot deal with the thought that my salary would be unknown and dependant on such volitile things. so, i figure that i'm destined for other things. do i love school counseling, yes. but it may not be what i need to be doing. so, i found a field that i have the potential to use both skills and for now, i feel thankful.
we have a saying in our office on a print that states "We tend to seek happiness when happiness is actually a choice". i think i got caught up in the poor me attitude that is SO easy to fall into and luckily, this weekend, after a particularly dull time, i realized that i had a choice to choose happiness and i was choosing to feel the opposite.
so, i'm back on the horse again and there every day with a good attitude. At one job, i'm closing on a house soon...at another, i'm doing my HR assistant job, along with training for a recruiting position, where i'll be taking over for a woman's maternity leave. i LOVE the recruiting piece... i mean, i think i really love it. but in the end of it all, this experience will give me just that....experience.
i'm hoping that my niche in life will come. do i love real estate, yes. but i cannot deal with the thought that my salary would be unknown and dependant on such volitile things. so, i figure that i'm destined for other things. do i love school counseling, yes. but it may not be what i need to be doing. so, i found a field that i have the potential to use both skills and for now, i feel thankful.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
compensation
not being compensated for a job well done is a tough pill to swallow. i guess in the past, compensation meant being paid....now, i realize, there are many ways of being compensated or feeling worthy. it has much more to do with feeling recognized and appreciated, than it does to do with having cash in your hand.
i would say also that many of us would say that we are paid less than what we are actually worth? maybe not, but i guess i've always been in nonprofit jobs that i expected to make less than the average person. it was the feeling of having done something for the good of others that made the job for me. it always has been. when i was in real estate, i would honestly say, it was one of of the first times that i felt that i made more than enough and i made what i was worth. if i didn't, i always had the ability to plead my case and usually, if nothing else, i was heard.
it is very hard then to be in a position that i'm in now. granted, i realize that i'm in a few jobs, so you have no clue what i may be talking about. i feel very strongly about the fact that i've put my all into a job that i was WAY overly qualified to do. i spend endless amounts of overtime, sweat and sometimes tears in this position and regardless of how meaningless this job seemed to others at times...i got it. they needed the position to make the bigger whole run.
so, when my compensation is a few cents more than what i was currently making, you can understand my frustration. i don't have the internal comfort of knowing that i'm doing a social/moral good for others. just a few cents to say, "thanks for your work". and i have to say, i'm not sure that its worth it right now.
the fact that most days, i'm away from my home for 16 hours...probably not worth it. the fact that i know less about what' sgoing on at home, than i do in a small cubile space that now seems like a universe...not sure.
i would say also that many of us would say that we are paid less than what we are actually worth? maybe not, but i guess i've always been in nonprofit jobs that i expected to make less than the average person. it was the feeling of having done something for the good of others that made the job for me. it always has been. when i was in real estate, i would honestly say, it was one of of the first times that i felt that i made more than enough and i made what i was worth. if i didn't, i always had the ability to plead my case and usually, if nothing else, i was heard.
it is very hard then to be in a position that i'm in now. granted, i realize that i'm in a few jobs, so you have no clue what i may be talking about. i feel very strongly about the fact that i've put my all into a job that i was WAY overly qualified to do. i spend endless amounts of overtime, sweat and sometimes tears in this position and regardless of how meaningless this job seemed to others at times...i got it. they needed the position to make the bigger whole run.
so, when my compensation is a few cents more than what i was currently making, you can understand my frustration. i don't have the internal comfort of knowing that i'm doing a social/moral good for others. just a few cents to say, "thanks for your work". and i have to say, i'm not sure that its worth it right now.
the fact that most days, i'm away from my home for 16 hours...probably not worth it. the fact that i know less about what' sgoing on at home, than i do in a small cubile space that now seems like a universe...not sure.
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a big change
as i enter into post 700 (3 more to go!) i've made the choice to change to Wordpress!
Please, follow me to this new place. I'm making the decision, as with my time constraints, it's been tough to write and read, using the method that i was. I have some more options with wordpress....so cross your fingers. I'm hoping this means more writing, more reading, and more fun!!!!
http://justmeandthebirds.wordpress.com/
Please, follow me to this new place. I'm making the decision, as with my time constraints, it's been tough to write and read, using the method that i was. I have some more options with wordpress....so cross your fingers. I'm hoping this means more writing, more reading, and more fun!!!!
http://justmeandthebirds.wordpress.com/
what's going on...
i'm sure you could sense in some way....i've been a bit disgruntled lately.
we have a saying in our office on a print that states "We tend to seek happiness when happiness is actually a choice". i think i got caught up in the poor me attitude that is SO easy to fall into and luckily, this weekend, after a particularly dull time, i realized that i had a choice to choose happiness and i was choosing to feel the opposite.
so, i'm back on the horse again and there every day with a good attitude. At one job, i'm closing on a house soon...at another, i'm doing my HR assistant job, along with training for a recruiting position, where i'll be taking over for a woman's maternity leave. i LOVE the recruiting piece... i mean, i think i really love it. but in the end of it all, this experience will give me just that....experience.
i'm hoping that my niche in life will come. do i love real estate, yes. but i cannot deal with the thought that my salary would be unknown and dependant on such volitile things. so, i figure that i'm destined for other things. do i love school counseling, yes. but it may not be what i need to be doing. so, i found a field that i have the potential to use both skills and for now, i feel thankful.
we have a saying in our office on a print that states "We tend to seek happiness when happiness is actually a choice". i think i got caught up in the poor me attitude that is SO easy to fall into and luckily, this weekend, after a particularly dull time, i realized that i had a choice to choose happiness and i was choosing to feel the opposite.
so, i'm back on the horse again and there every day with a good attitude. At one job, i'm closing on a house soon...at another, i'm doing my HR assistant job, along with training for a recruiting position, where i'll be taking over for a woman's maternity leave. i LOVE the recruiting piece... i mean, i think i really love it. but in the end of it all, this experience will give me just that....experience.
i'm hoping that my niche in life will come. do i love real estate, yes. but i cannot deal with the thought that my salary would be unknown and dependant on such volitile things. so, i figure that i'm destined for other things. do i love school counseling, yes. but it may not be what i need to be doing. so, i found a field that i have the potential to use both skills and for now, i feel thankful.
compensation
not being compensated for a job well done is a tough pill to swallow. i guess in the past, compensation meant being paid....now, i realize, there are many ways of being compensated or feeling worthy. it has much more to do with feeling recognized and appreciated, than it does to do with having cash in your hand.
i would say also that many of us would say that we are paid less than what we are actually worth? maybe not, but i guess i've always been in nonprofit jobs that i expected to make less than the average person. it was the feeling of having done something for the good of others that made the job for me. it always has been. when i was in real estate, i would honestly say, it was one of of the first times that i felt that i made more than enough and i made what i was worth. if i didn't, i always had the ability to plead my case and usually, if nothing else, i was heard.
it is very hard then to be in a position that i'm in now. granted, i realize that i'm in a few jobs, so you have no clue what i may be talking about. i feel very strongly about the fact that i've put my all into a job that i was WAY overly qualified to do. i spend endless amounts of overtime, sweat and sometimes tears in this position and regardless of how meaningless this job seemed to others at times...i got it. they needed the position to make the bigger whole run.
so, when my compensation is a few cents more than what i was currently making, you can understand my frustration. i don't have the internal comfort of knowing that i'm doing a social/moral good for others. just a few cents to say, "thanks for your work". and i have to say, i'm not sure that its worth it right now.
the fact that most days, i'm away from my home for 16 hours...probably not worth it. the fact that i know less about what' sgoing on at home, than i do in a small cubile space that now seems like a universe...not sure.
i would say also that many of us would say that we are paid less than what we are actually worth? maybe not, but i guess i've always been in nonprofit jobs that i expected to make less than the average person. it was the feeling of having done something for the good of others that made the job for me. it always has been. when i was in real estate, i would honestly say, it was one of of the first times that i felt that i made more than enough and i made what i was worth. if i didn't, i always had the ability to plead my case and usually, if nothing else, i was heard.
it is very hard then to be in a position that i'm in now. granted, i realize that i'm in a few jobs, so you have no clue what i may be talking about. i feel very strongly about the fact that i've put my all into a job that i was WAY overly qualified to do. i spend endless amounts of overtime, sweat and sometimes tears in this position and regardless of how meaningless this job seemed to others at times...i got it. they needed the position to make the bigger whole run.
so, when my compensation is a few cents more than what i was currently making, you can understand my frustration. i don't have the internal comfort of knowing that i'm doing a social/moral good for others. just a few cents to say, "thanks for your work". and i have to say, i'm not sure that its worth it right now.
the fact that most days, i'm away from my home for 16 hours...probably not worth it. the fact that i know less about what' sgoing on at home, than i do in a small cubile space that now seems like a universe...not sure.
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