Jason has taken a swing off work because our very good friends who live in Margaret River are having a special birthday celebration this weekend. He can't take days off here and there or just fly out for the weekend, he has to take the entire 8 days off. Which is fine. On his next swing he is doing a course in Perth and won't be able to look after the kids while I go to work so I am making up the extra days in advance. Which means I am working every single weekday that Jason is on holiday. At least we get to leave the kids with my parents for the night while we go down south for the party.
Working every day doesn't leave much time for much else. It makes me realise I've been really spoilt getting to work part time. It is a wonderful thing. You enjoy the work a lot more, believe me.
I have been given a big resource model to complete by mid April, which is not a lot of time, I will be trying to grab as many extra days at work as I can until that's done. That's okay though. I'm paid hourly, so more work means more money.
I like working, I have friends here, I work with some really nice people I've known for nearly 10 years. I have deadlines, but I get to decide how long to spend on different aspects of my projects, I get help when I need it but I work independently and I don't have to talk to anyone if I don't want to. I learn new things with every new project, so it never gets boring. And each finished project is an achievement. That's satisfying.
I used to worry that I had stayed too long at one place, that maybe I should have got more diverse experience, but after I had Olivia and got to work part time in the city I was really glad I had stayed. When I got made redundant it was such a bummer, because I felt I was on such a good wicket but then it turned out I was pregnant, and after I had George, the mine had changed owners and I got my old job back. Happy days again!
Tomorrow I'll be starting a special mentoring program for women in mining. I have a long term goal to start an exploration company, but no idea how I'm going to get there. My mentor will hopefully help me set some career goals and decide how to get there, but now that I've been accepted into the program, I'm wondering if it is what I really want. It's a pipe dream.
3 comments:
Love it! Well done you Maja, I often regret not having gone and gotten myself a mentor when I was trying to be a super duper exec type. You need to have someone that sees things from a different perspective and gives you the kick that you need when you have talked yourself down and think oh what the hell, I probably can't do it anyway etc etc.
Looking forward to seeing how this goes - maybe you can hire me as your pa when the company is off the ground???
Yay mentoring and career goals, I hope you can get some valuable and interesting guidance!
xx
P.S. You're also killing this regular blogging thing, I love reading the updates!
Haha, thanks!
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