Black Friday and Other Life Sfuff
Nov. 29th, 2019 11:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaissonOn the one hand, I'm happy that I have a desk job instead of retail or warehouse at this time of year. I still remember the Q4 insanity all too well...stock quadrupling and the deadlines to get it all out shortening, the exhaustion of extended days and weird schedules, the stress of shitty commutes...the inevitability that I'd end up damaging my back and/or catching the flu...I don't miss those parts of it at all. All I have now is a front seat to witness all these clients attempting to finish up their quarter-end business transactions at the last possible microsecond. And a frustrating but not entirely hellish commute.
Lately I've been feeling a lot like I'm at a crossroads. Not exactly a portentous one, just one that's kind of fallen into my lap. My schedule has changed considerably -- not exactly detrimentally, as I'd originally thought it would -- and I've just completed a major writing project and have not exactly started a new one to any serious extent. But instead of wasting my time throwing a fit or falling into despair or whatever else would end up wasting my time, I've decided to turn them into positives: I can work with this. I suddenly find myself with time on my hands and nothing long-term that desperately warrants my attention.
Which means: I've been thinking lately about focusing more on my art and music again. I've got about two dozen guitar riffs that I've recorded on my phone that I think I might be able elaborate on, and I've been meaning to properly teach myself how to record music on my PC for years. And on the art front, I'm finding I really miss creating book covers and playing around with photography. I've been focusing so much on my writing for the last couple of decades and kept putting these two avenues aside for 'when I have the time'...and damn it, I HAVE THE TIME NOW. So why the hell not, right?
Even the job search is temporarily on hold. I mean, it's Q4 and I'm getting inundated with 'We need warehouse workers STAT!' spam (I'd rather not go that route ever again, tyvm) and not many new opportunities, so I'm thinking of putting that all on hold at least until the start of the year. Maybe keep one or two searches active, but that'll be it. That'll also give me a fresh outlook on it all as well, which is yet another thing I've been meaning to do.
Change is a-comin', and I'm down with that.
Lately I've been feeling a lot like I'm at a crossroads. Not exactly a portentous one, just one that's kind of fallen into my lap. My schedule has changed considerably -- not exactly detrimentally, as I'd originally thought it would -- and I've just completed a major writing project and have not exactly started a new one to any serious extent. But instead of wasting my time throwing a fit or falling into despair or whatever else would end up wasting my time, I've decided to turn them into positives: I can work with this. I suddenly find myself with time on my hands and nothing long-term that desperately warrants my attention.
Which means: I've been thinking lately about focusing more on my art and music again. I've got about two dozen guitar riffs that I've recorded on my phone that I think I might be able elaborate on, and I've been meaning to properly teach myself how to record music on my PC for years. And on the art front, I'm finding I really miss creating book covers and playing around with photography. I've been focusing so much on my writing for the last couple of decades and kept putting these two avenues aside for 'when I have the time'...and damn it, I HAVE THE TIME NOW. So why the hell not, right?
Even the job search is temporarily on hold. I mean, it's Q4 and I'm getting inundated with 'We need warehouse workers STAT!' spam (I'd rather not go that route ever again, tyvm) and not many new opportunities, so I'm thinking of putting that all on hold at least until the start of the year. Maybe keep one or two searches active, but that'll be it. That'll also give me a fresh outlook on it all as well, which is yet another thing I've been meaning to do.
Change is a-comin', and I'm down with that.
