There are a number of categories of major emotional upsets in life. They include the end of a relationship, moving house and changing jobs. People in the know say that you should never do more than one of these at the same time. Well I disagree. If you do two or more of these emotionally upsetting things at the same time, somewhere through it all it becomes difficult to feel the feelings associated to each major event and it just becomes a blur… so you get superstressed and then its over and a new life has begun. Why prolong the agony? Just get it done…
Right in the middle my life being turned upside down by NH and PA moving out, and DC and HF and I trying to find our new rhythm, I started a new job. Just to show you that I am a person who in fact practices what I preach, NH’s decision to move out happened a mere 3 days before I started my hot new job with a GREAT travel company, specialising in inbound travel to Africa. Its a high pressure job, and I have been promised a promotion to Online Marketing Manager at the end of November this year if my performance is up to scratch.
I have been in online marketing for 4 years and it is my passion, in theory. That’s because in theory it works wonderfully, when in fact, in practice it’s all a big guessing game. A gamble through and through. But I love it. I love the pressure and as much as I complain, it’s what drives me daily.
The stresses come in, obviously, in fitting my killer job in with being a single mom and having tight schedules with both kids. And, of course, starting this job with so much emotional stuff going at home and having to make a good impression in my first days here. Not easy, but because I am the kind of person who CANNOT be seen to be failing at anything, I threw myself at the challenge.
Tomorrow, I am presenting my Marketing Strategy and Business Needs Analysis to the Board, and I am having a breakdown. I am nowhere near being ready for this. I probably should not be sitting here blogging about what I haven’t done. I should probably be doing it, but I need to just take a little break from the major drain on my brain power right now.
I digress. I work with an amazing bunch of people who have managed to drag it out of me, and to open up and confide in them about the situation at home. They have covered for me and helped to get through some of more rough patches, and made sure that I always come out shining, and I am sure tomorrow will be more of the same. They will make tea, we will grab a ciggie and then I will be in there doing the best I can and delivering a marketing strategy that will blow the Board away. At least, thats what I am hoping for.
So in a nutshell, thats my job… Let me recap here so that I can make sure that I have covered all the “boxes” of my life before we through the boxes away and I let you in on how all the segments of my life come together to form a semi-perfect whole. You have looked into my relationship with NH (or the very tip of that iceberg, at least), my kids, and my job… Soon I will write about the beautiful people I call my friends, and that will be the end of chapter one.
I truly hope you are enjoying the experience so far!
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