Yesterday was the first day I have been back in control of my whole day for at least 2 weeks.
A quick run down.... I finally got my position at our business set up so I could work from home. I did that for 1 week and it was absolute bliss. I could have washing going while I did reports and put dinner on in between answering emails. I felt completely happy.
Then I decided to fire the manager at our other business which meant that I was the person to take over there and have been working there every day straight for the last 2 weeks. My day was dictated by a roster and that I had to be there to open the store and stay until it closed. It was nothing short of horrible.
Now I have hired another person and yesterday was able to get back to working from home.
So it got me thinking.... now that I have had a taste of working from home I don't think I could do it any other way. Does me not being happy unless I am in control of my day make me a control freak?
I think the realisation that I will never work FOR someone again has just hit me. I will never have to answer to a manager, I will never have "work hours" where I need to be at work between 9 and 5 and I will never have my day determined for me again. How great is that!
My concern is that with me getting comfortable with this lifestyle will I turn into a control freak who can't have any demands put on me? Will I get cranky when my husband or my brother want me to be a work by a certain time? I guess I need to be really conscious of that control freak that lurks inside me (I know it's in there....) and make sure it doesn't become a selfish person who only works for herself. I guess babies will change all of this but in this small window I have to just be with me I think I am going to make the most of it.
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Showing posts with label control freak. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Being Back In Control = Control Freak?
Yesterday was the first day I have been back in control of my whole day for at least 2 weeks.
A quick run down.... I finally got my position at our business set up so I could work from home. I did that for 1 week and it was absolute bliss. I could have washing going while I did reports and put dinner on in between answering emails. I felt completely happy.
Then I decided to fire the manager at our other business which meant that I was the person to take over there and have been working there every day straight for the last 2 weeks. My day was dictated by a roster and that I had to be there to open the store and stay until it closed. It was nothing short of horrible.
Now I have hired another person and yesterday was able to get back to working from home.
So it got me thinking.... now that I have had a taste of working from home I don't think I could do it any other way. Does me not being happy unless I am in control of my day make me a control freak?
I think the realisation that I will never work FOR someone again has just hit me. I will never have to answer to a manager, I will never have "work hours" where I need to be at work between 9 and 5 and I will never have my day determined for me again. How great is that!
My concern is that with me getting comfortable with this lifestyle will I turn into a control freak who can't have any demands put on me? Will I get cranky when my husband or my brother want me to be a work by a certain time? I guess I need to be really conscious of that control freak that lurks inside me (I know it's in there....) and make sure it doesn't become a selfish person who only works for herself. I guess babies will change all of this but in this small window I have to just be with me I think I am going to make the most of it.
A quick run down.... I finally got my position at our business set up so I could work from home. I did that for 1 week and it was absolute bliss. I could have washing going while I did reports and put dinner on in between answering emails. I felt completely happy.
Then I decided to fire the manager at our other business which meant that I was the person to take over there and have been working there every day straight for the last 2 weeks. My day was dictated by a roster and that I had to be there to open the store and stay until it closed. It was nothing short of horrible.
Now I have hired another person and yesterday was able to get back to working from home.
So it got me thinking.... now that I have had a taste of working from home I don't think I could do it any other way. Does me not being happy unless I am in control of my day make me a control freak?
I think the realisation that I will never work FOR someone again has just hit me. I will never have to answer to a manager, I will never have "work hours" where I need to be at work between 9 and 5 and I will never have my day determined for me again. How great is that!
My concern is that with me getting comfortable with this lifestyle will I turn into a control freak who can't have any demands put on me? Will I get cranky when my husband or my brother want me to be a work by a certain time? I guess I need to be really conscious of that control freak that lurks inside me (I know it's in there....) and make sure it doesn't become a selfish person who only works for herself. I guess babies will change all of this but in this small window I have to just be with me I think I am going to make the most of it.
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