Back To The Salt Mines
Yup, I'm back to the usual 9 to 5 job. Literally, 9 to 5.
Do I like it? Depends. If you ask me how much I want to go to work at about 6:30 am, maybe I would have said I absolutely regret going back to the corporate jungle and not owning my time. Because I am definitely NOT and will never be a morning person. That's just how I've been built.
Now try asking me at about 8:00 am, just when I would have boarded the bus. Yes, I now like travelling to work at this particular moment because this is my chance to be one with my iPod. Blasting music while staring at the New York City skyline - when you feel so much energy, and so much power. I have my own music video playing in my head, all blending in to the music I listen to.
The commute is quite crazy actually, because half of the time I'd be squished in a train with barely a pole to hold on to. I don't really mind, the music keeps me sane.
I was never fond of walking, being the lethargic person that I am, but it's this particular walk that I like - the 2 blocks from the train to the office. I see the tall buildings and the wave of people that are walking as if they were in a zone - and I stare at them with awe. It's like watching another music video - again, matching the blasting music that's been hammering my eardrums.
After grabbing my cup of coffee from a nearby coffee shop, I rush to the office and start behaving like a worker ant. I don't really know what to say at this point except that I'm just too busy to even evaluate what I like and don't like about my work. But the people I work with are great - some have been there for about 10 and even 20 years. The work is great, but it does have its own set of challenges, frustrations, and rewards. Just like any other job.
It's the in-betweens that I find amusing at work. Short conversations among co-workers, meeting new people (I can't believe that my anti-social side is dying a natural death), or simply discovering new things about people.
I don't think I could ever say that I love work. Because the only work I would ever love is being a rockstar and I guess that would never happen anyway. But all those things that are part of my life at work make it meaningful.
So am I in for the long haul with this job? I wouldn't know. I'm just taking it a day at a time, enjoying the in-betweens that my work brings.
Do I like it? Depends. If you ask me how much I want to go to work at about 6:30 am, maybe I would have said I absolutely regret going back to the corporate jungle and not owning my time. Because I am definitely NOT and will never be a morning person. That's just how I've been built.
Now try asking me at about 8:00 am, just when I would have boarded the bus. Yes, I now like travelling to work at this particular moment because this is my chance to be one with my iPod. Blasting music while staring at the New York City skyline - when you feel so much energy, and so much power. I have my own music video playing in my head, all blending in to the music I listen to.
The commute is quite crazy actually, because half of the time I'd be squished in a train with barely a pole to hold on to. I don't really mind, the music keeps me sane.
I was never fond of walking, being the lethargic person that I am, but it's this particular walk that I like - the 2 blocks from the train to the office. I see the tall buildings and the wave of people that are walking as if they were in a zone - and I stare at them with awe. It's like watching another music video - again, matching the blasting music that's been hammering my eardrums.
After grabbing my cup of coffee from a nearby coffee shop, I rush to the office and start behaving like a worker ant. I don't really know what to say at this point except that I'm just too busy to even evaluate what I like and don't like about my work. But the people I work with are great - some have been there for about 10 and even 20 years. The work is great, but it does have its own set of challenges, frustrations, and rewards. Just like any other job.
It's the in-betweens that I find amusing at work. Short conversations among co-workers, meeting new people (I can't believe that my anti-social side is dying a natural death), or simply discovering new things about people.
I don't think I could ever say that I love work. Because the only work I would ever love is being a rockstar and I guess that would never happen anyway. But all those things that are part of my life at work make it meaningful.
So am I in for the long haul with this job? I wouldn't know. I'm just taking it a day at a time, enjoying the in-betweens that my work brings.
posted by annagar at 6:38 PM
1 Comments:
hey! welcome back to the workforce! :)
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