Back at it again

Friday - We went to Woody's BBQ since we had a $5 off coupon, pretty tasty :) I also love it when a restaurant has really great fries.

Saturday - I had dinner with a friend and watched the fireworks at GlobalFest. It was really nice catching up with my friend who I've been friends with since junior high. So nice to catch up and we plan on hanging out more!

On Sunday we had double date brunch at Brokin Yolk, and then went over to our friends' house to chill and drink mango pineapple slushes. :) Then I made a post on my blog and went live with my blog site. Yup, I bought the domain after doing a ton of research for the best price, speed, and space for me right now. Lovin' it so far.

I also started to look at other jobs again. I'm at a weird place in my career life right now. I definitely want to pursue blogging... but I know that will take quite some time. Also, because I start work so early in the morning, it makes it super difficult for me to be like other bloggers, when they started out they would wake up early in the morning to work on their blog, use their lunch hour, and work after work. I can't do the mornings, I'd have to wake up at 6am since I start work at 8am. And for my lunches I like to take those as a relaxer from my work day and break up the work day. I also wouldn't lug my laptop to work each day since it's so heavy (maybe if I had a tablet and keyboard :)). After work and on weekends seems like the only time I can promote my blog and work on it, and I'd love to do more promotions more often.

But yeah, I started looking at other jobs because I do want a more flexible work schedule and I also want to break out of this routine. Right now I feel like I can't really turn to anyone to ask the things I want to ask to help me break out of these routines. I often feel and find that my managers are too busy for me, and I remember in my first year of work, I didn't get 'scolded', but because I was new, I didn't know some of the higher ups would react to certain situations as they would. They would show a side that I had not seen before, pretty much making me afraid of asking them. I'm very afraid of their rejection and when they are negative or in a bad mood. I can feel the atmosphere. :( I understand that they are busy for a reason and have their own work to do, but if they could give more authority to the employees or set time for feedback/suggestions each week, that would be ideal. So I'm looking for something that would encompass that.

I have found a position that I am going to apply to this week. I am really loving their personality and online presence.

Update on the staycations/me time though. It looks like only one person can take vacation as there is a blackout period for the next couple of months due to the high volume of things going on. It's great that it's getting busier, but that means I might feel very exhausted. I am looking forward to learning from the digital media festival and taking some time off at that time to focus on me. I wish there were metime days.

Anyway, the takeaway from this is that I either find a new job I like so that it makes my work day better and makes me happy while I pursue my blog on the side.

I will find a new job!

(I can't believe I am saying that, but affirmations are the way to go.)

I have experience and I will find a new job!