Many will enter, few will win.

Life. All of us enter into it the very same way. Although a few of my friends will personally attest that i was indeed one who crawled out from underneath a rock. Everyday is endured, savored, and it's up to each individual to make the decision to enjoy life in general. And work is a whole other creature my friends.

So, how do YOU make your day worth it's weight in chocolate? That's what this blog on is all about. Learning, sharing, and enjoying.

In 2006 I personally grew very frustrated with working FOR the people I was employed with. I wasn't a rotten employee, I wasn't disliked, however, I WAS so worn out with the whole routine. The routine required that I dress as someone I wasn't, in colors I didn't care for. Wallaby darned! if I didn't match everyone else in every way, I wasn't part of the cookie-cutter medical office, and needed to be cast out!

I took a deep breath, and one night at a PTO meeting at my child's school, I finally asked the lady who always sat in the row ahead of me, about what I always heard her talking about when I saw her. It was easy to speak to her, especially when our children rode the same school bus.

I spent nearly two months researching, double checking the computer and office equipment we had at home. At the beginning of the third month, I "grew a pair" and handed in my two-week notice at the office. The Office manager didn't have time to speak with me when I approached her, at what seemed to be a very appropriate time to hand her my written notice in person. She was too busy texting, and told me "Whatever it is hon, just put it in my Inbox, and I will get to it". So I did exactly what she asked. Don't you know, that my notice of resignation went unread for two weeks. I had on several occasions tried to approach her about my two week notice. About two hours before the end of my last day, the office manager finally decided to view what I had handed in way back when. She freaked out. I tried to explain to her that on several occasions I did try to talk to her about it, and cited specifics to back up the times that I tried to get with her to tell her.
The letter was clearly dated. She had just not bothered to touch the contents of the Inbox on her desk, or so it seemed.

She made zero time for me, even at the end of the work day, several times. Too many cookie cutter habits, and forgetting that employees are people also that have lives that should be enjoyed. I felt like getting her attention seemed like a contest, and my chances of winning were slim.

And I suppose I should mention that I was "salary", and after 4:00pm I did not get paid for any time I worked. And there were many times I worked until 8:00pm in the evening. The office manager had some excuse by calling it "customer service", and that our staff should be grateful that we had jobs. Enough was enough for me. I dug my heels in, stayed firm in the fact that I indeed tried several times to talk to her about resigning, and physically gave my resignation a full two weeks before the end of my last day. From there on, I didn't look back. In some ways, I didn't win,a nd I wasn't a fair player in the game of employment. I can understand people's opinion of that. However, I had enough of being just a name, and not a person.

As I look back on my experience with becoming an independent contractor, i realize the lessons I have learned, and am glad to have endured them. I eventaully will share them along the way as I add to this bloggity. Life, work, self worth, self-confidence, family, meaning. Full circle is what it seems to be all about. Well, full circle, and a good cookie recipe.

And so it goes, many of us enter, few will win. Just like a contest.


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