Work matters

For a while now I've been feeling a bit blah about work. Not unhappy, but not entirely satisfied either.

Part of it, I think, is the old 7-year itch. I still love the work I'm doing, and I'm getting great projects, but it's been six-and-a-half years now. I'm kind of ready to do something else.

On top of this, I've seen many of my female peers - including those with children my age - progress to very high positions... while I'm stuck at the same level. It's not that I actually want to be in senior management, but still, sometimes it feels like things are passing me by, somehow. No, not even that... more that I'm realising the limitations my choices are imposing, in a way I hadn't felt in my 30s.

And, you know, it's getting a bit old being at home all the time. I'm good at being by myself, even need to be alone sometimes, but a little more interaction with non-family members would be nice too.

So, I was feeling all this, and not really knowing what to do about it. Yes I could look for a regular job... but despite the isolation, it's very very convenient for me to be at home, kid-wise. And I love the flexibility, the lack of a commute, the lack of office politics.

What would be ideal, I was thinking, would be a long-term contract, rather than simply working project by project... something where I'd be part of a team and contribute at a higher level than just writing communications products, but still be able to work mostly from home according to my own time schedule.

And guess what? Such a position just landed in my lap! With an environmental organisation! Based not too far away! Woo hoo!

It's possible there may only be funding for a few months, but still, I'm feeling pretty good.

Yay!

In other work matters, prior to getting this contract I created a website in order to better promote myself, which, if the contract pans out the way I hope, makes the website totally unnecessary, but there you go. Or - given I spent quite a lot of time, not to mention a couple of hundred bucks - there goes Murphy and his stupid law. Anyway, if you'd like to know a bit more about what I do, take a look at www.emmaduncan.info

And, I also got a paid blogging gig! In my first post, published today, I gush about the village - not to be missed!