Going Back to Regular Work Life

About four years ago the world changed and so did I.

My job in hospitality was forever never coming back as it had once been. I was okay with that though. What I was doing didn’t bring me much joy, I felt stuck.

I can’t exactly say that I got “unstuck” in the last four years but I have figured a few things out.

I tried EI for the first time and then working for myself and doing some odd jobs to just barely pay the bills.

Around a month before my birthday in 2024, it was February. I had this thought, maybe I should go back to working for someone else. For a time at least.

Maybe my life wasn’t rolling out in the best way for me to find my footing. Maybe I needed a restart. A jumping off point? Some level footing at least.

So, I found a job I liked the idea of looking to hire. It would have been so interesting and have given me lots to learn and use in the future. Just a few issues in reality, it was on the other side of major highway work and big unknowns on how long my days would actually be with that in mind.

Within days of this job coming up I got sort of hit up by a person I’d previously known. Someone who had known me in my previous career in hospitality and thought I’d be a good fit for something closer to home.

Something with level footing that would allow me to start crawling out of debt hole I was in and give me a running chance at better choices.

It’s been over a month of this back to regular work life thing and I’ve learned a lot already about my goals and how hard this road back to my dreams will be but also that I know I can do it.

I know that I can find my way and that even though I’ve made the choice to make a Monday to Friday job my way there even if maybe that isn’t where I always want to be. I know it’s a good choice.

It’s a reminder I’d like to give to you dear reader.

That even if the choices might seem like a step back they can actually be two steps forward. They can be the chance you haven’t been able to find any other way to what you want.

I am so very glad for this choice that I have made and I hope to write more about all the things I’m learning from it.