Friday, 25 July 2014

Waiting to make a step change!

Today was a step change for me, a day that saw a few lessons come home to roost and hopefully will see me take the next step in my road to getting my life back to normal.  Lol I love that word normal it can mean so much.  When I say normal I mean that I have hopefully taken the next step in my road to recovery from that very dark place that I once found myself in.

I have taken step one in getting a dream job.  It is difficult to explain how much my current job means to me.  I think I have documented it well enough here and elsewhere to explain more.  I have never felt so committed to a job, enjoyed a job so much or got so much pleasure from a job before, especially in the space of just 6 to 8 months.

I have worked long hours, at times run myself into the ground but each day I walk across the threshold of my place of work is as refreshing as the last.  What is different and something new to me is the environment I work in, I have to say that retail is unlike anything I have experienced before.  It is a complete step change for sure after spending so many years stuck in front of a computer screen, well 25 years to be precise.

Well having learnt a number of very important lessons today things are going to change as I am not about to take a step backwards.  I have stuck a stick in the ground when it comes to my first step in my recovery and that means I am going to stay committed to my job and my employer so long as they want me.  I am not going back to IT period so I am committed to working somewhere else and the retail industry seems like a very exciting one for sure.

Things are also going to change on the blogging front too but more about that later.  Oooooooo what is the change going to be, well that would be telling but there is a change a foot.

I have also been making changes on the photography front too.  Whilst off I took a very long hard look at my photography, mainly as I have had to sell a lot of my equipment but also as I had been holding off on applying to many changes.

As you know I have been trying to apply the “Keep it simple” approach to things and as it would turn out I have not been entirely successful but at least I am now more focused and know what I need to do from now on.  Whilst I have sold some of the equipment that I treasured I have now got a plan that will see me focus on my photography and more importantly photographic projects that will see me portray more of myself and I do not mean that literally.

I am going to complete my NYIP photography course and then focus on my RPS distinction project and focus on the subjects of architecture and street photography.  Photography has been my soul mate and it will always be that especially as I am finding it more and more difficult to express myself openly.

Although I feel good about today I will go to bed with a lot of questions without answers but I think most will be answered shortly.

Until next time take care.


Si x

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