When you've got it, flaunt it
Normally when I post it's to rant about one thing or another. Today I decided I needed to post for the opposite reason. Today was a good day.
This marks my third week at the new job. The learning curve has been steep, but I feel like I have a good understanding of the problems the company faces from a technical level. Now I'm working on learning the business. I'm nice to be excited to go to work in the morning. When I get home, I find I want to pop out the laptop and continue working on whatever project I left at the office. Everyone at my new company has been great. We will actually go out to lunch from time to time which is a departure from what I had come to expect. I show up at 8:30 and no one expects me to work past 5:30. In fact I stayed late the other night working on something that had frustrated me all afternoon and they wondered what I was still doing working at 7:30. The decision to switch definitely wasn't easy, but I'm so glad that I did. I still feel the need to prove myself, but I don't think that part of me will ever go away.
I'm energized on several levels. Work is 12 minutes door-to-door as opposed to 30-45 minutes each way. I have time for myself and I want to work on getting into shape. So far this week I have been to three martial arts classes. I can make the 6:00 classes unlike before. Monday was Mui Thai and Jiu-Jitsu. Tonight was kickboxing with some knife fighting. I was also awarded my green belt this evening. Truthfully the belts don't mean a great deal to me, but it is a nice demonstration that my instructors recognize that I'm progressing.
Not working 80 hours a week means I'm can also pick up side work. One of my old bosses referred me to another business. I wrote up a proposal and sent it to the client along with my hours and rate. He wrote back asking for an address to send the check and that everything looked good.
It's not often that I feel like I'm at the top of my game, but for this brief moment that's how I feel. I'm my own worst critic and that part of my personality is already trying to bring me back to earth. There are things I'd like to work on. I want to feel like I'm being a better husband. I want to find my own spirituality again. I want to get into a shape that doesn't resemble round. I want to... Well the best word I can come up with is grow. I want to grow as a person. I want to continue the risk taking and try new things even when they sometimes scare me.
Today was a good day. Maybe I'll be ready to tackle those tomorrow.
