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02 April 2011
My New Job
I said in January that I had accepted a new job, and I am pleased to say it was the right move. I'm am the Business Office Manager (BOM) at the Rochester, MN branch of Amedisys Home Health.
After one week on the job, I got to go on a real, big-girl business trip to get training from the BOM at the Amedisys office in Minneapolis. So all week, I got to stay in a Marriott and watch cable. (I tried jumping on the bed, but it was not very bouncy.)
After about four weeks on the job, I realized that I was born for it. Or it was made for me. Or something. I love it sooooooo much. I can't really explain why, except that it feels like my whole life has been leading up to this job. Even my unemployment in Portland was a factor in my getting here; if I hadn't been unemployed, I never would have worked for Amedisys as a temp in Portland. Funny how all that works.
I tried to explain to my siblings what I do at work all day, and all I can really say is, "I fax things and write emails and answer the phones and make coffee and files papers." It sounds boring, but I'm never bored.
I always thought that a job I'd love would be in an industry I love. But my life experiences have proved me mostly wrong. I worked in travel and in bridal (industries I love), and I loved neither one of those jobs. Now I'm working in home health (which I'm not even that excited about), and I love the job.
Perhaps the biggest thing that has come from this is, I've stopped trying to get somewhere with my life. This job is a place where I can just be. Ever since college, I've always been looking toward the future, analyzing how "where I am" could take me "where I want to be," wishing I were already onto the next phase of life. But here, I feel like I can invest and delete all my subscriptions to CareerBuilder and Indeed.com. After over a year of job hunting, that is a very, very nice place to be.
Don't get me wrong - I know I won't be in this job for the rest of my life. But if I died tomorrow, I wouldn't regret not being elsewhere. If that makes sense.
What about you? Where have life crazy connections taken you? Or where do you wish they would take you?
After one week on the job, I got to go on a real, big-girl business trip to get training from the BOM at the Amedisys office in Minneapolis. So all week, I got to stay in a Marriott and watch cable. (I tried jumping on the bed, but it was not very bouncy.)
After about four weeks on the job, I realized that I was born for it. Or it was made for me. Or something. I love it sooooooo much. I can't really explain why, except that it feels like my whole life has been leading up to this job. Even my unemployment in Portland was a factor in my getting here; if I hadn't been unemployed, I never would have worked for Amedisys as a temp in Portland. Funny how all that works.
I tried to explain to my siblings what I do at work all day, and all I can really say is, "I fax things and write emails and answer the phones and make coffee and files papers." It sounds boring, but I'm never bored.
I always thought that a job I'd love would be in an industry I love. But my life experiences have proved me mostly wrong. I worked in travel and in bridal (industries I love), and I loved neither one of those jobs. Now I'm working in home health (which I'm not even that excited about), and I love the job.
Perhaps the biggest thing that has come from this is, I've stopped trying to get somewhere with my life. This job is a place where I can just be. Ever since college, I've always been looking toward the future, analyzing how "where I am" could take me "where I want to be," wishing I were already onto the next phase of life. But here, I feel like I can invest and delete all my subscriptions to CareerBuilder and Indeed.com. After over a year of job hunting, that is a very, very nice place to be.
Don't get me wrong - I know I won't be in this job for the rest of my life. But if I died tomorrow, I wouldn't regret not being elsewhere. If that makes sense.
What about you? Where have life crazy connections taken you? Or where do you wish they would take you?
February and March reads
I only finished one book in February, so it was hardly worth making a post for.
February: This Much I Know by Wally Lamb
Then in March, I kind of got on a Ted Dekker kick and read:
Thunder of Heaven by Ted Dekker
Immanuel's Veins by Ted Dekker
Burn by Ted Dekker and Erin Healey
Also, I read
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
And, of course, I couldn't forget Moby Dick. I got really far in February and kind of slacked off in March, but here are my current stats:
Pages in book: 654
Pages read: 158
If I have to read 54.5 pages per month, I should be at 164, so I'm more on target than I was in January, for sure.
The thing that makes Moby Dick so hard to read, is the narrator is suuuuuuper introspective and detail-oriented, and he thinks that we care about his thoughts and surroundings as much as he does. Here is what has actually happened in the first 158 pages: Ishmael meets Queequeg. They get on a boat.
BUT, I have knocked another book off of my "unread books" count on my shelf. Treasure Island makes the count 9, and I'm working on three others.
February/March recommendation: Thunder of Heaven, with Treasure Island as a close second.
What about you? Anything you read in the past couple of months that you want to share?
February: This Much I Know by Wally Lamb
Then in March, I kind of got on a Ted Dekker kick and read:
Thunder of Heaven by Ted Dekker
Immanuel's Veins by Ted Dekker
Burn by Ted Dekker and Erin Healey
Also, I read
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
And, of course, I couldn't forget Moby Dick. I got really far in February and kind of slacked off in March, but here are my current stats:
Pages in book: 654
Pages read: 158
If I have to read 54.5 pages per month, I should be at 164, so I'm more on target than I was in January, for sure.
The thing that makes Moby Dick so hard to read, is the narrator is suuuuuuper introspective and detail-oriented, and he thinks that we care about his thoughts and surroundings as much as he does. Here is what has actually happened in the first 158 pages: Ishmael meets Queequeg. They get on a boat.
BUT, I have knocked another book off of my "unread books" count on my shelf. Treasure Island makes the count 9, and I'm working on three others.
February/March recommendation: Thunder of Heaven, with Treasure Island as a close second.
What about you? Anything you read in the past couple of months that you want to share?
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