For the last 6 years i've been pretty career oriented. I got my schooling done and kinda just worked saving money.
I started to face a crossroad. I'm single. Don't really own any property. Have little debt, but have savings. I was unsure what I really wanted. I've always wanted to go another country for a year, and really wanted to work on my arts and crafts a bit more. Another part of me wanted to become a property owner, maybe settle down and get married.
Well with corona hitting and being a front line worker, I never really took any time off from work, and was working full time from the beginning. I'm one of those "get it done people". Even with restrictions and some things being maybe unsafe protocol wise and many days of being covered in sewage, I just kinda kept my head down and said "it'll be worth it when the bonus comes"
Well low and behold bonus comes, it's a 70 percent cut of the previous year with "it's covid" being the reason (even though I see the quotes on paper and know how profitable I am) I've also been getting passive aggressive phone calls and slowly being micromanaged. I began wondering why I even became career oriented really. There is no point really working hard for someone else (unless your union). It's better to just start something on your own. I'm a firm believer if you offer a great service you will always have work. And I never realized it until I looked at the amount of sidejobs I did, and it was because my name has a reputation, and the word travelled fast.
About 6 months ago I began saving a sizeable amount each paycheck and cut expenses in alot of areas. I am putting my life on hold to move to another country to learn a new language and build up on new experiences. If I return I will be opening my own business in my own field.
I think for me if I had my own company at least the stresses become MY stresses. Working for someone else it's insane how much responsibility I have for stuff that doesn't matter. I have lots of family members with their own companies. They build their own schedules. They always go away for month on holidays when they want. Take christmas off to spend with families. Schedule their lives around themselves.
Anyways I'm kinda excited. I've began selling alot of my personal positions that I don't need anymore to simplify my life and will enjoy my time overseas.
Submitted December 28, 2020 at 06:36PM by SpartanFlight https://ift.tt/3nWGvZ0
