This upcoming December, I'll be marking my eighth anniversary with my employer. I can hardly believe it nor can I quite believe all that has happened in my life within that time span. It has all went by so fast and yet amazingly, not fast enough!
I have been a part time student for half of the time I've been with my employer...eight semesters. School has kept me alive and breathing through so many difficult times because it's been the one thing in my life that I have continually and consistantly worked for. Education is my escape from the work I've wasted the "best" years of my life on. Of course, it could be argued that those "wasted" years are what have formed my character and ethic. That wouldn't be incorrect and yet, I've found I feel some bitterness in it.
I work in electronics (yawn) for a small LCD development company who is striving hard to become a big deal. We are on the cusp...if only we can nail down a fail-safe process for the product. This struggle is taking it's toll in the workplace and I am feeling really...FRIED by all of it. I'm not afraid of hard work...or more specifically, working as quickly as needed. However, I can't work quickly when the process, materials and equipment are totally f*cked up.
I giggle at reading the above line because I know no matter what my work is, some element will always be problematic. The question is, how will I handle it? Will it prevent me from doing the best job I know how to? Will it stress me out or even burn me out in the long term?
In school I am a Geography and Planning major. Planning excites me. Getting paid to be involved in the community and where it's going in the future is amazing! Land use, zoning, re-development, construction, transportation, housing...all are a part of planning and I have passion for it. Electronics? I could care less. Polluting our culture with more dumb electronic gadgets that no one really needs...pointless. Will my passion be the deciding factor in how I respond to the "problematic element" in my work? It remains to be seen.
Soon I will require a move to working second or third shift so that I can pick up the remainder of my classes that are only available in the daytime. At work, we are hoping to have a second shift up and running in January, or the beginning of my ninth semester. It's funny how this is shaping up and as much as I struggle to be grateful for my job, I can only think that I was placed here and have stayed for just this reason. It's kinda like a confirmation to me. I pray daily (and sometimes right at work!) for the strength to see the time I have left before graduation through. Paychecks are goooooood. :-)
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