I don’t know. If you’ve been following along, maybe you can tell that there certainly are many things about my job that make me question my sanity. Then again, I’m sure that would be true of any job, right? Well, each time I find myself feeling a little bit down on myself for still doing what I do, I end up looking for the positives about it all. In the end, after all is said and done it doesn’t seem so bad.
I think I can boil it down to two big points. First of all, like I mentioned the other day, I think the bit of routine is necessary for my type of personality. I think, if put in a situation with many options before me I might end up sitting around looking for at least some clue as to where I should be headed. With a defined goal and a set of tasks I feel like I have purpose, know what I mean? The second big point is that it seems like my colleagues and I have grown really close; we’re like brothers and sisters. We’re all equally caught up in all of the bullshit. It seems that we’ve all decided that the only way to make it through is to stick together. I genuinely think that those of us that remain really have each other’s backs. I’m not saying it wasn’t like this before, but as our numbers dwindle the ties seem to be growing stronger. I remember someone telling me a while ago that no matter where you go you will find “good people.” Of this, I have no doubt. However, the confluence of supportive, intelligent, like-minded people we have here is just hard to imagine happening elsewhere. There’s something special going on here; I have no other way to describe it.
So, these are some big reasons why I put up with things the way I do now. With the ball in our hands, we have the ability to wrest a bit of control from the powers that be. And when things are out of our hands, we’ve vowed to stay within our parameters. Trust me.
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