LAST COUPLE OF DAYS

So just a couple of days left till I start my new job. I am starting to feel more excited than nervous. Maybe that's how I feel right now. The one thing that I started thinking about was how I was going to show up for my job. 

I am not sure where I am going with this so I hope it will make sense as I continue to write. Of course, I have my best outfit for the first day of work and plan to get my nails done etc. So looking good and dressing like a professional is all set.

I was thinking about how I am going to really put my best foot in right from the first day. I really want to succeed in this role. I don't know what that measure of success would look like but I guess if they have not fired me in 90 days, then at least,  I have passed the first stage. I have this awesome opportunity to start at a new job and I want to start on the right foot and make sure it lasts for as long as I am employed there. 

So what is my plan. The plan will evolve once I start and get to learn what my new role will entail. I do know that my goal is to do the best work that I have ever done in the last 14 years. I want to master my responsibilities and go above and beyond whats required and to keep learning new things.

So why is this so important and doesn't everyone do that anyway. Well, yes we all( I hope) go into a job, doesn't matter if it is old or new, and do our work. When you love what you do, that makes it easier and time flies. You always put your best in and it does not feel like work. When you do something as a means to an end and think of it as just a job to pay the bills, it requires a little more motivation, or when you have been there for so long that you get comfortable and are no longer feeling the push or excitement. It becomes another day at work. 

The choice is to go in and say, well this is going to help pay my bills so I am going to do what I need to and leave at the end of the day without much thought. My goal here is to go in and do what I have to do as part of the job, but not to let the feeling of its a means to an end get to me that I stop doing my best.

I hope that my next job is the best job I have ever had. And why not make it that way everyday even if I am there 3 years , 5 years or 10 years. We will have days where we are tired and feeling down but I still want to do my very best every single day and push through the feeling of getting too comfortable. 

I hope that this job will help me transition into something else that I really love doing. I don't want to go in and think about that transition now. I want to go in and work as if this is what I love doing. We all have our reasons for doing what we do or taking the job that we need to. There is always a reason. But I am planning out for my life and this is part of that plan. This is a way to get me to transition at some point down the road maybe in the same area or another.

Whether it is going to work, or being a stay home parent, your own boss etc, no matter what it is that you are doing, do the very best that you can every single day so when you go to sleep at night, you can feel proud of yourself. It also leads to less regrets down the line since you know you did your best.

In this particular instance, I am starting a new role with a different company. So for me, its a chance to set my goals from the very start and to really think about what I want to get out this role. When I do leave the company, I don't want it to seem like I just mastered my responsibilities but was stagnant in acquiring other skills that could have been useful. So getting the experience and being exposed to a variety of other things, other than my responsibility, for me would be considered doing my best work there.

I don't have a plan laid out and probably won't till a few months for now, but once I do, I can really focus on what skills do I want to gain while being employed here. The company has a lot of resources and why not use them. Why not make use of what they have and offer. I mean really.

I did not do that while I was at my prior job cause I got real comfortable. I do not want that to happen here. Who knows, maybe one day I might get laid off so while I am there, I need to use the job to further myself and how do I do that? By my doing my best work and constantly reminding myself of the plan.

So for those of you out there that are starting a new job, I do wish you all the best. Get in there and really lay out a plan for yourself. Take the time to know people in other departments, don't be afraid to say hi to whoever is passing by or if you are in the cafeteria or copy room. Make that first move and find out what others are doing. Learn more about them. Find out all the free resources that the company offers and make full use of it. Your time there maybe limited so make the most of it. Get comfortable but not too comfortable. Keep planning and re-planning. 

I am ready and the time is just right. I know that it will be great and I will keep posting how things go. 

Wish you Peace and Love!

Peace,

Monita