Eight Things I Love About My Job

I won’t deny it. I planned to quit my job twice during my entire three months in this organization. I once hated it so much that I didn’t want to go to work anymore. Actually, it was just some days ago when I started to write a draft of my resignation letter. The introductory part was pretty easy. I was just complaining my heart out. After releasing all the annoyances, I started to have a hard time continuing my sentences. It was just hard to say goodbye to something you once fell in love with. 

I minimized the said draft. Automatically, I saw the folder where I saved it: “Thoughts At Work”. In that the same folder, I saw a file entitled “Eight Things I Love About My Job”. I remember writing it after my first week of employment. Then, I opened it.

The file slapped me. I had to gulp everything in again.

February 11, 2012, Friday

The Eight Things I Love About My Job

Seven days at work and I’ve never been this excited about going to work again on Monday! The pressure is on but I’m feeling it whole-heartedly knowing that it will not only benefit my pocket every 15^th but also boost my being as a person for a lifetime.

Here’s a list of why I love my job!

1. My office is near my residence.  I have night classes. I can’t be late, and I won’t ever be! My office is 10 to 15 minutes away from my school and condo unit. Plus! I only spend 40 pesos a day for transportation! Though it involves 5 minutes of walk under the sun, at least I can consider “exercising” as a weekday routine!
2. I’m on flexi-time schedule. The best thing about my work is that I can come in any time before 1PM! Therefore, there is the slightest or laziest possibility that I will be late! For as long as I spend 8 hours of work, then I’m good to go. For a girl who wakes up after 9AM, this is pretty awesome! No rush hours! No running! No one controls my time and I always feel relaxed when I go to work. I can even eat lunch and merienda whenever I feel like doing so!
3. I don’t need to wear heels and blazers every single day. Forget the entire corporate attire package; I will only need that about 5 to 7 times every month. I can wear jeans every day! I don’t need to wear heels; I can always wear sandals and flats! I don’t need anything collared; I can always wear a plain shirt if I want to!
4. I will have my own beautiful office soon! They're renovating an entire office for me. Every lunch break, I keep on passing by the area where I will sit and work soon. I think it's going to be really pretty; white paint, beige tiles, white seats, varnished desks, conference table, picture frames. I'm so excited! I will have my own office soon! Some quiet time to think like nobody's waiting and sing like nobody's watching!
5. It's tennis-related. I'm working to sell the sport I've been playing since I was 4 years old. It's like returning the favor to the field that carried me to where I am right now. Sounds fulfilling? Definitely. I'm going to contribute for the community of tennis in the Philippines. I'm going to sell a sport of a lifetime nationally and internationally. I'm still hoping for a Filipino-Federer in the future. Maybe not soon, but this job may contribute to some more possibilities in the future.
6. Salary, commission, and benefits. This job is enough for me to live on my own now; rent my own condo unit, pay electric and water bills, pay the laundry, buy three meals everyday, and bring me to where I need to go. Sometimes, I can be able to save some extra money to buy what I want. They're planning to provide me a phone line to contact very special people and companies soon. They already provided me a computer with a really fast internet line and a gigantic printer. They even provided me free lunch everyday! Who would have thought? It's only been 4 months since I graduated! 
7. It builds connections to the corporate world! Like what I've said earlier: "very special people". I'm talking about presidents, general managers, head officers, owners, and probably even CEO's. I'll be meeting up with people who can be able to inspire me to become like them someday!
8. Yay for such a cool position title. Every time I answer "Marketing Head and Event Manager" when asked about my job position, it makes me shy and proud at the same time. Shy because who am I to manage a national event and be a head of its marketing strategies etc., and proud because I'm actually and unbelievably that girl! I took up Psychology and currently taking up a masters degree in Industrial/ Organizational Psychology. It's not exactly the job where I am supposed to be but it's still related though and I think it unlocks additional skills, knowledge, and abilities aside from what I am getting in my classes. Awesome!

Thank you Lord for this opportunity! I hope to have a good year here at PCA. And maybe, some more good years!

There you go. A huge wake-up call. I loved my job so much. I had all the great reasons why I chose to be here. What ever happened to me? I need to put my self back in the game and turn all the stress, risks, and pressure as challenges, lessons, and opportunities, and not the other way around. I now realize that maybe it’s not the job; maybe it’s actually me. It’s not the job that disappointed me; it’s me who expected it to be perfect even though outside the box, it’s already pretty great.

Maybe instead of hating it, I should embrace the reasons why I wanted to be here in the first place. Sure, there are bigger offers ahead and there are reasons why I need to quit it but I have all the right reasons to be here at the same time. Probably, it's not that I am not happy anymore. Maybe it's just because I forgot to love and appreciate what I am doing.

Burnt-out days went by and I am still here, enjoying a blog after 8 hours of work.