Lately I’ve been pondering about the corporate world and how so many of us have to interact with it in different ways. I’ve been at my new job for about a month and a half and people keep asking me, how’s the new job? Do you like it? It seems like an easy question, but I find myself struggling to find an answer.
I don’t hate the job, but I’m also not waking up super excited to go to work. I know that leaving my other job was one hundred percent the right decision and I don’t regret it, but I’m just not feeling really passionate about my new position. Maybe passion is too much to ask for. Or maybe I’ve just learned my lesson. I was very passionate about my previous job and it made me burn out. I went from really loving it to really hating it. There was never any in between. After a while I realized that I just wouldn’t be able to last much longer.
So this time I’m being a bit more cautious. My work ethic hasn’t changed, and I’m still putting all my effort into the job, but I’m not getting emotionally involved. I’m keeping my distance and seeing how things go. But it’s kind of a relief to keep my heart out of it a little bit. I put so much of myself into my old job that I think I desperately needed to rest and and recover that part of myself before becoming emotionally vulnerable again.
Maybe I will learn to love my new job, and maybe I won’t love it but it will be a good learning opportunity. Either way I’m just taking it easy for now.
A field guide to growing up without growing apart
Snow I get it. When I visited last month and we went back to your old job you it was obvious how much of yourself you’d given to them. Everyone missed you, everyone loved you, and it felt like everyone had relied on you. I’m so proud of you for taking a step forward and as hard as leaving was and starting a new job is I know that you’ll be happier in the long run. Just find the balance.
I want more details about this job! How are the people? What’s the worst part/best part?