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Workaholic [new job news continued...]
9 years ago
My apologies for all the journals recently. Seems like a lot of chit chat over not much action...yet. Still, I want to keep everyone informed on the off chance that my commissioners are reading this.
So, there's been a slight change of plans with this new job. Well...I suppose it'd be more appropriate to say that there's been a change of plans with my decision to leave my old job. I am by no means giving up on this new opportunity! However, after speaking extensively with my store manager today, I decided that it might be wise to stay, as opposed to quitting and only working one job.
Given what my hours will be like at this new job, we started talking about how we could maybe work a 20-25 hour part time schedule around my full time schedule at the new store. It's not exactly the solution that I want, however it was a weird relief knowing that I won't just be shoving off into uncharted waters without something familiar in my days. Even if that "something familiar" is the terrible beast that is retail. And many of my coworkers were notably relieved to hear that I was staying and stopped being standoffish.
It's going to mean that my weeks are going to get a whole lot more busy, given that most of my days will now be 11 hours long between both jobs. However, my hope is that this new job will be a whole lot less taxing on my body and that it won't FEEL like a whole lot of work. But only time will tell. On paper at least, this 25 hour schedule is only 15 hours shy of the full time shift that I've worked every week for years...and my hope is that it should be a welcome boost to my income, working both jobs.
What does this mean for commissions, adopts, and projects? Uh...I don't know just yet. I'll likely be working 6 out of 7 days of the week once this new job starts. So, from that angle, things could be pretty rough towards making progress. HOWEVER. If things pan out the way I'm hoping, this new job may be relaxed enough that I may be able to start bringing my laptop along with me and get some work done during the day. But again, we'll see...I'll have more info after I start anyways.
The extra $$$ will be a real godsend though. It'd be nice to finally pay off some debt [medical, credit cards, car, etc] and maybe even start socking some away in savings. Trips on vacation might even become a possibility over time. *gasp*
We can only hope anyways...
Ahhh onto the journal matter though. Even if things weren't quite the way as originally planned, it sounds like you atleast have the comfort of knowing you got something flexible to work with! Even working two jobs for the time being. Was probably the right decision to not leave your old job just yet, even if its had its array of problems.. sounds like people still need you there also haha, aah the joys of being depended upon. Not that that's all bad. Wishing the best of luck for you <3 Should be a decent boost to income, which is always nice atleast
And yeah, it's a real mixed bag of feelings in regards to potentially leaving my current job. I've worked with some of these people for a very VERY long time and they're practically family. So, it's nice in a way to know that I won't be losing them. Only real difficulty in staying is that my main store manager loooooves to guilt people into working more than they want to. I'm going to have to work hard on reminding myself that I'm part time there now and that I only need to work what I WANT to work.
And that alone is empowering. The extra income will be nice too and I'm hoping that it leads to some better/more stable times ahead.