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seraphcelene) wrote2023-03-15 10:34 pm
seraphcelene) wrote2023-03-15 10:34 pm
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A Sytem of Reward
Tuesdays and Wednesdays are job hunting days.
Not to put the totally wrong energy out there ... but ... well ... I can't stand job hunting.
I will stay at a place for years and years so long as there's new things to learn and I enjoy what I do. That was the case for most of the last seven years, to be honest. I had not yet gotten bored with my job. Plus, I have the added bonus of having an incredible manager.
Alas, my company is ... doing things ... they say they aren't selling but all signs point to yes. Layoffs, not replacing almost anyone, very little investment in any true improvements, overloading a single department with like, ALL, the processes.
It's frustrating and annoying, plus they are restructuring and I'm not interested in the addition of collections into my daily job duties which means that I have to find an elsewhere to be.
UGH. I would rather be writing.
Like, seriously.
So, I've committed to three applications, minimum per week. Focused searching on Tuesday and Wednesday and maybe (most probably) Sunday. That means that Monday and Thursday - Saturday, I can write my little heart out. The novel is coming along so well and I really like where it's going and I am going to have it finished before this summer.
Goals -- if I could drum up $20K per year in net sales, I could take a reduced role at another company. Something very truly 9-5 and just write and write and write. Working on manifesting that. $20K minimum in net book sales! We can do that, can't we?! YES WE CAN! But first the book. The book that is nearly there and then I can start the next book in July.
In the meantime, tomorrow, we write.
Not to put the totally wrong energy out there ... but ... well ... I can't stand job hunting.
I will stay at a place for years and years so long as there's new things to learn and I enjoy what I do. That was the case for most of the last seven years, to be honest. I had not yet gotten bored with my job. Plus, I have the added bonus of having an incredible manager.
Alas, my company is ... doing things ... they say they aren't selling but all signs point to yes. Layoffs, not replacing almost anyone, very little investment in any true improvements, overloading a single department with like, ALL, the processes.
It's frustrating and annoying, plus they are restructuring and I'm not interested in the addition of collections into my daily job duties which means that I have to find an elsewhere to be.
UGH. I would rather be writing.
Like, seriously.
So, I've committed to three applications, minimum per week. Focused searching on Tuesday and Wednesday and maybe (most probably) Sunday. That means that Monday and Thursday - Saturday, I can write my little heart out. The novel is coming along so well and I really like where it's going and I am going to have it finished before this summer.
Goals -- if I could drum up $20K per year in net sales, I could take a reduced role at another company. Something very truly 9-5 and just write and write and write. Working on manifesting that. $20K minimum in net book sales! We can do that, can't we?! YES WE CAN! But first the book. The book that is nearly there and then I can start the next book in July.
In the meantime, tomorrow, we write.