How’s that
for an opening? Do you wonder why I
wouldn’t want to love my job?
Until
recently, I hadn’t realized that liking my job vs. loving it would even be an
issue. There are many authors who work
while they try to write…it’s just par for the course. Until you can make a living doing what you love
to do (or win the lottery, whichever comes first), you have to make a living
doing what pays the bills (and covers your health insurance). But what happens when you forget about why you got that job in the first place?
What happens when so many factors seem to pull you away from what you love to do?
Sometimes
you become immune to the initial idea of the original plan, you become equally
complacent in your role and you get comfortable with what you know.
That, right
there, is where the problem lies.
Many factors
came into play when I had to make a career change and decide to work for
someone else rather than myself. It’s
not a decision I especially wanted to make but it was necessary at the time. It’s not a decision I can regret making but recently
I’ve realized it’s also one I can’t become comfortable with.
When I get
comfortable, I resist change. When I get
complacent, I ignore the fact that there are other fulfilling possibilities out
there.
I don’t want
to get comfortable. I don’t wish to
become complacent.
Due to this,
I’ve discovered I also don’t want to love my job. I want to like it and the people I work with
but I can’t become satisfied to the point that I forget I have dreams to realize,
I have goals to reach and I have so much more to do in this life than plod away
at an 8 to 5 job (whatever happened to the 9 to 5 job?).
As I said, initially
the idea of liking my job vs. loving it wasn’t a factor. It was just a job. I liked my job, most days, and I enjoyed the
people I work with, most of the time, but every long day kept me from what I
truly wanted to do. However, the past
few months the job has provided me with more satisfaction and less frustration
and when I thought about my future, it somehow involved more of the job than it
did my writing.
That is not
where my mind needs to be.
I have to
remember not to forget myself…my plans, my goals, my dreams.
So now
what?
Well, I’m
keeping the job, of course. I’ll
continue to enjoy my job when I’m at work but I’ll leave it behind once I walk
out that door every day. The rest of
each day will be focused on those goals that will eventually help me move on
from the regular day job to something I can truly enjoy and call my own.
Until then,
I’ll keep reminding myself that the day job can’t get in the way of the dream
job.
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