It's been a busy couple of weeks! Several major things have happened in my life over the past two weeks, but I'll just cover the work situation here:
About a month ago I started applying for all sorts of random jobs. Pretty much anything I possibly might be able to get. And then two weeks ago, three of them suddenly came through. Two of them were very promising interviews which looked like they might come up with an offer, and one actually did come up with an offer. And I took it. It's a kitchen job in a five star resort complex.
One of the others was a software engineering role in a small company - so this led to some interesting career direction pondering: Should I try to give my old career another crack? Or should I just go with the kitchen job? Noting that I'd already accepted the kitchen job offer, and it would really be bad form to pull out within a week or two of signing the contract and going through their induction and all. So I decided to go with the flow of least bad karma there. The software company hadn't even offered anything officially yet, so withdrawing that application wasn't really such a big deal.
At any rate, I'm starting at my new job tonight. I've had a very full week of (paid) induction and training, but no actual work yet. As far as back-of-house hospitality jobs go, I don't think you can really do any better. But we'll see how it goes with the actual work tonight of course. And with the routine that follows in the next couple of weeks.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Friday, October 11, 2013
NYRs 2013 - Revisited
I was just looking over some old posts, and noticed my old New Years Resolutions post for 2013...
I totally forgot about it. And whoaaaa! A couple of those have severely "failed", but also not really - there's a context behind it. The context of "going with the flow", which I mentioned in the post itself.
The main thing which "failed" is the Lazy Evening Routine. When I initially looked over that, it looked pretty bad, but now when I think of it - relaxing in the evenings is justified, as life stands right now. I'm waking up very early and doing relatively productive things during the days, back at the end of 2012 I wasn't.
Looking back on where I was at earlier in the year, I'm certainly better at mindfully living in the moment, and going with the flow. There isn't much point stressing about not doing enough with your evenings, for its own sake. Relaxation and wind-down time are totally justified, especially when you're actually doing quite a bit of productive stuff during the day.
This is one of the pitfalls of New Years Resolutions I think. If you get too specific and overplan things, and then get very attached to those rigid plans, they just become a source of stress. And it's better to be results-oriented than routine-oriented. So for example: A goal like "get a truck license" would be a result-oriented goal, while a goal like "don't be lazy in the evenings" is too routine-oriented and subjective. And depending on how your routine evolves, it might make sense to break. Since you're not really being "lazy" if your routine evolves into something where relaxation in the evenings is justified. And besides, I'm not even being that lazy with my evenings - most of the time I do things such as catch up on emails or do some reading.
Something to think about for 2014, if I even bother with NYRs for it.
I totally forgot about it. And whoaaaa! A couple of those have severely "failed", but also not really - there's a context behind it. The context of "going with the flow", which I mentioned in the post itself.
The main thing which "failed" is the Lazy Evening Routine. When I initially looked over that, it looked pretty bad, but now when I think of it - relaxing in the evenings is justified, as life stands right now. I'm waking up very early and doing relatively productive things during the days, back at the end of 2012 I wasn't.
Looking back on where I was at earlier in the year, I'm certainly better at mindfully living in the moment, and going with the flow. There isn't much point stressing about not doing enough with your evenings, for its own sake. Relaxation and wind-down time are totally justified, especially when you're actually doing quite a bit of productive stuff during the day.
This is one of the pitfalls of New Years Resolutions I think. If you get too specific and overplan things, and then get very attached to those rigid plans, they just become a source of stress. And it's better to be results-oriented than routine-oriented. So for example: A goal like "get a truck license" would be a result-oriented goal, while a goal like "don't be lazy in the evenings" is too routine-oriented and subjective. And depending on how your routine evolves, it might make sense to break. Since you're not really being "lazy" if your routine evolves into something where relaxation in the evenings is justified. And besides, I'm not even being that lazy with my evenings - most of the time I do things such as catch up on emails or do some reading.
Something to think about for 2014, if I even bother with NYRs for it.
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