IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!

It's been a bit since I last blogged... and a LOT has changed! I put in my two weeks notice at work yesterday, and as much stress as I'm feeling about not having a job for the time being, I have to say a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I had hit a point where enough is enough, and I learned a lot in the process. What did I learn exactly, you say? Oh don't worry... I was gonna share!

1. Don't ever be friends with your boss. There are some supervisors who are good at wearing both hats, but those are few and far between. Sometimes it's best to just draw the line yourself, because honestly, even though they are supervisors and have been at the job longer, their people skills might be lacking.
2. When you screw up, admit your mistakes. I know, I know... basic, common sense. But this is apparently really hard for some people. I'm aware of my mistakes I made in the situation leading up to this point. I apologized and accept full responsibility for my part. The other part has yet to be accounted for in the way of an apology, but whatever. Big part of why I'm leaving.
3. When you're told to do something, even if you reeeeeeally don't wanna do it, just do it. Even if you don't agree with it. I fought this really hard for a long time, and it screwed me. By the time I realized that this would have been MUCH easier, it was already too late. There was too much tension. I'm really stubborn, and I can admit that.

Yeah, not exactly rocket science, but for some reason, it just didn't make sense before. It was something I knew but I guess I didn't see the consequences of not doing those things before. One of those things that you really don't fully understand until you've been there and experienced it. Some things can't be taught in classrooms or learned in books.

So what now? No, I don't have a job lined up yet. I am in a great position to do this right now, though, and I have a lot of possibilities open to me. I'm not that worried about it. I have a great husband who has me taken care of until I can find something, so this really couldn't be a better situation for me. I hate that I'm leaving a job I've had for 5 years, but it's time to. I have literally hurled myself back into my jewelry making and that's been amazing. I have so many ideas that I just can't seem to bring to life as quickly as I think of them. I'm not much of a doodler, but I've had to start a sketch pad just to get them out of my head until I can put some work into them. I've got a website, an online store, a Facebook page and business cards on the way!

I know today's post wasn't much of one... I've had a lot of stuff going on in that big ol' rock on my shoulders and not much of it funny, I'm afraid!