I love what I do. I love the pressure I have at work, and I love the rush when I make my target. I received such a good review from Top Management during December, and shortly after wards I received a letter informing that I received a huge promotion and off course a raise as well. To say that I was over the moon is not even to beginning.
Now, very seldom people actually know this about me, but I hate living in Cape Town. Not the actual suburb I stay in. It is Cape Town itself. Actually I must just rather say that I hate working in Cape Town. If I could avoid going to town, then I could, but unfortunately for me, I work in the CBD. There is days that I get to work just after 6, and only leave the building just before 4 in the afternoon. Well, I park inside the building, so I never actually leave the building. Now do you get the picture on how much I actually hate town.
I have never actually fully searched for another job, as my current one is just so convenient. More than enough leave (29 working days) sufficient sick leave, sufficient family responsibility leave etc. And the pay is not that bad. Really! But I have longed to move to the platteland for years. I was born in the Free State, and it seems that I have never actually lost that part of me. I yearn to get out of the city! Unfortunately there is just no way for us to do something like that, as my DH has a skill that is just not needed on the platteland. He is a toolmaker by trade, and his skills is not really required anywhere else than in the major cities.
Now seeing that I hate staying in a major city, that proofs a problem. Unfortunately that is part of life, so I just have to bite the bullet.
This morning I get a call from my brother. His friend is desperately looking for someone in my field, but it will just be too far for my DH to travel. He all ready travels almost 101km to work (just to work), I can’t expect him to travel even further than that. And also the road that he will have to travel on is more dangerous etc.
Now what do I do? Even consider the job offered (o yes, they will match my salary and all the extras like leave etc) just because it is on the platteland, or do I just stick to what I am doing at the moment?
Even though my heart is telling me one thing, my mind is telling me to not even consider the offer. This is a small firm that is making the offer. Where I am employed at the moment at a national firm, with at least some form of stability. But yet again, my heart is telling me another….
O well, I believe 2010 is my year, and this just proofs it. I believe there are better and bigger things to follow.
So, watch this space.
xxxx
