You know, life really is too damn short. If you hate your job, if you think you can do better, then DO it. Bitching never helps. You do, however, want to be smart about it, make plans, don't take the leap without having a safety net. But by all means, if you need the change, make it happen.
Take me. I have an interview for a church gig on Sunday. It could be everything I want and need: full time, benefits, a much bigger program that has the potential to allow me to do some much bigger, better things with music than I have heretofore been allowed. I didn't seek out this job, wasn't even looking for a job, because I am very comfortable where I am currently employed. That's the important word: COMFORTABLE.
With my current job, I may not have the resources I want, I may not have the talent pool I want, I may not be able to make all the music I want to make, but I am comfortable there. This job requires that I work at Statbucks for extra money and benefits, and working at Starbucks can blow, because, well, working in any form of retail can blow. But I am comfortable.
I know where I need to be and what I need to do, where my money is coming from and how I need to budget that money. All my little ducks are in a row, and a change now is gonna make me have to go and round up all my escaped, freaked-out ducks, slip them some lithium and line them all up again. But I'd be nuts to not jump on this opportunity just because it would temporarily upset my level of comfort.
Just go for it. The worst thing anyone can do is tell you 'no', and trust me, I've been told 'no' from everyone from Mom to casting directors to cute chubby boys. You get over it.
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timeasmymeasure
Oh, be a man!
Date: 2003-02-13 11:02 am (UTC)Take me. I have an interview for a church gig on Sunday. It could be everything I want and need: full time, benefits, a much bigger program that has the potential to allow me to do some much bigger, better things with music than I have heretofore been allowed. I didn't seek out this job, wasn't even looking for a job, because I am very comfortable where I am currently employed. That's the important word: COMFORTABLE.
With my current job, I may not have the resources I want, I may not have the talent pool I want, I may not be able to make all the music I want to make, but I am comfortable there. This job requires that I work at Statbucks for extra money and benefits, and working at Starbucks can blow, because, well, working in any form of retail can blow. But I am comfortable.
I know where I need to be and what I need to do, where my money is coming from and how I need to budget that money. All my little ducks are in a row, and a change now is gonna make me have to go and round up all my escaped, freaked-out ducks, slip them some lithium and line them all up again. But I'd be nuts to not jump on this opportunity just because it would temporarily upset my level of comfort.
Just go for it. The worst thing anyone can do is tell you 'no', and trust me, I've been told 'no' from everyone from Mom to casting directors to cute chubby boys. You get over it.