Monday, March 15, 2010
Happiness or Contentment?
Thats what i'm trying to work out on my daughters face here. The sugar around her chops (frosting around her mouth) just adds to the effect! I have been assured that was a very good donut!
Friday, March 05, 2010
Decisions
That cold and cough was severe, beyond normal man-flu I tell you. Until earlier this week I had been unable to go outside for the previous ten days, because of the cold and its effect on my cough and chest. It's a great relief to be clearing up from it now at last. Someone suggested that maybe it was the infamous 'Swine-Flu' that has been talked about so much, but personally I think it was just a nasty 'Piggin' Cold.
Things are back to normal for life and work again. When it comes to work, normal means dreadful. My true feeling is that I really am unhappy in my work, but I have always believed that work is a means to end. So I should be able to find a little place of contentment knowing that it funds my real life. Thing is now I can't hide away from it, the reality of redundancy is looming for many including me. The discussions about cost reduction and headcount has made things a little more complicated. I can't go into the details as it could easily be the catalyst for making my severance a premature one. So its like this, do I sit it out and just wait and see what happens? Or do I take the bull by the horns and turn my hand to something else. The latter option is the one I really like, because I hate the thought of being a victim and having someone else decide my future. Thing is though, I have a family, a mortgage, a loan and to pay and two pets to care for. I don't want to put them under pressure unnecessarily, the family I mean, not the pets, they might become the meal at this rate (only kiddin of course). I have had enough of the corporate world, and would love to turn my hand to other things, but I need to earn a minimum that covers the essentials.
I think reality is that I will have to sit this out, even though I really don't want to. It's realistic that I might have to look at other options anyway, as the situation could easily turn terminal (in a work sense). In that case what does a man do who has IT skills but lives away from the big towns and cities and lives by the sea, where a lot of old people have retired? Decisions, decisions.
Things are back to normal for life and work again. When it comes to work, normal means dreadful. My true feeling is that I really am unhappy in my work, but I have always believed that work is a means to end. So I should be able to find a little place of contentment knowing that it funds my real life. Thing is now I can't hide away from it, the reality of redundancy is looming for many including me. The discussions about cost reduction and headcount has made things a little more complicated. I can't go into the details as it could easily be the catalyst for making my severance a premature one. So its like this, do I sit it out and just wait and see what happens? Or do I take the bull by the horns and turn my hand to something else. The latter option is the one I really like, because I hate the thought of being a victim and having someone else decide my future. Thing is though, I have a family, a mortgage, a loan and to pay and two pets to care for. I don't want to put them under pressure unnecessarily, the family I mean, not the pets, they might become the meal at this rate (only kiddin of course). I have had enough of the corporate world, and would love to turn my hand to other things, but I need to earn a minimum that covers the essentials.
I think reality is that I will have to sit this out, even though I really don't want to. It's realistic that I might have to look at other options anyway, as the situation could easily turn terminal (in a work sense). In that case what does a man do who has IT skills but lives away from the big towns and cities and lives by the sea, where a lot of old people have retired? Decisions, decisions.
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