On focussing on my current job
Aug. 7th, 2007 09:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebThis entry was supposed to be all about just doing those job duties I'm dreading and getting them out of the way. Plowing through. It's not as bad as I think, and then I'm done.
And when I'm working on the fun part of my job and get stuck on something that is out of my hands (program bug, etc.), I should just make a note of it and move on. And after a while if the problem is still not addressed, just work around it. Get it done.
After all, one of my job duties is taking confusing stuff and explaining it so that people can understand it, which is just like my dream job except for the part where I want the content to be interesting.
And I was going to say how if I don't worry so much about other jobs, I can have more free time for fun.
And I was going to tell you about a new way to calculate my salary. I can calculate how much more I'll be collecting from my pension from working an extra year and from substituting a higher salary for the lowest of my list of five highest salaries, and then calculate how much I'd have to save on my own in order to withdraw that amount, and how much I'd have to earn to save that amount after taxes, and let's just say that my salary would need to more than double.
But days like today where I get really bad vibes about where my current job is going next make all this hard to remember.
I fantasize about becoming an academic counselor. Then I remind myself I'm not a people person. But you see people one-on-one--I wasn't that great of a teacher but I was a pretty good tutor. But then there's also summer orientation, which is two solid months of group presentations. Plus, people have sad and terrible problems that make me want to cry. But hey, those aren't my problems. I would just be in charge of academic issues, and would just tell them their options in dropping courses, withdrawing, etc., plus refer them to people who could actually help with those issues. I'd also have to deal with whiny people, but I could tell them tactfully to grow up. Except I already know I don't want that job--I have told myself to memorize this!
I fantasize about things that would make me quit without having another job lined up. The only thing I've thought of is the pension plan getting trashed, which isn't likely until the state legislature is back in session in two years.
What would I actually do if I quit my job and refused to work for any place with that pension system again? I'd take a few weeks off for fun, but what would I do next? I have no idea. That's an interesting question. You always hear about people who are forced to make changes, and then find out that things have actually gotten better instead of worse. Of course, some of the people things got worse for are dead or living on the streets or otherwise not getting their stories told and re-told.
And when I'm working on the fun part of my job and get stuck on something that is out of my hands (program bug, etc.), I should just make a note of it and move on. And after a while if the problem is still not addressed, just work around it. Get it done.
After all, one of my job duties is taking confusing stuff and explaining it so that people can understand it, which is just like my dream job except for the part where I want the content to be interesting.
And I was going to say how if I don't worry so much about other jobs, I can have more free time for fun.
And I was going to tell you about a new way to calculate my salary. I can calculate how much more I'll be collecting from my pension from working an extra year and from substituting a higher salary for the lowest of my list of five highest salaries, and then calculate how much I'd have to save on my own in order to withdraw that amount, and how much I'd have to earn to save that amount after taxes, and let's just say that my salary would need to more than double.
But days like today where I get really bad vibes about where my current job is going next make all this hard to remember.
I fantasize about becoming an academic counselor. Then I remind myself I'm not a people person. But you see people one-on-one--I wasn't that great of a teacher but I was a pretty good tutor. But then there's also summer orientation, which is two solid months of group presentations. Plus, people have sad and terrible problems that make me want to cry. But hey, those aren't my problems. I would just be in charge of academic issues, and would just tell them their options in dropping courses, withdrawing, etc., plus refer them to people who could actually help with those issues. I'd also have to deal with whiny people, but I could tell them tactfully to grow up. Except I already know I don't want that job--I have told myself to memorize this!
I fantasize about things that would make me quit without having another job lined up. The only thing I've thought of is the pension plan getting trashed, which isn't likely until the state legislature is back in session in two years.
What would I actually do if I quit my job and refused to work for any place with that pension system again? I'd take a few weeks off for fun, but what would I do next? I have no idea. That's an interesting question. You always hear about people who are forced to make changes, and then find out that things have actually gotten better instead of worse. Of course, some of the people things got worse for are dead or living on the streets or otherwise not getting their stories told and re-told.