Time to change

I have had the opportunity and the pleasure of having a couple of weeks built into the time between when I left my job at NewSpring and the time when I will start working in Greenville.  This has been a great time to think, clean and ready myself for a new mindset and new task order with the new job.

I think it would have been foolish to try and rush into a new job without letting myself unwind and reset from the previous job stresses and mindsets.  I believe that not taking a break is a good way of saying “I’m not human and I don’t have to live by the rules that God has set up for creation.”  God set up a system of taking a break after completing a huge task.  I would say that a career change would be completing a huge task.  It is more than just on week or month or year long project, but a massive amount of time placing efforts and attention to one goal.  When that time ends, I think it is a good idea to break to give not only my mind a rest, but to allow it to adjust to new policies, procedures and pressures.

This new job seems like it is going to afford me the chance to explore some elements of myself that have been either held back or uncharted to date.  I am about as excited about this as any job I have had, with the exception of when I found out I was going to be scooping ice cream for Ben and Jerry’s.  That turned out to be not quite as exciting once I got into it.  I am definitely looking forward to full time work with benefits.