inspired...

is how i felt lastnight - i caught up for tea with a friend from uni (one i haven't seen for a while) before uni lastnight and it was great - great to see her, great to catch up on each other's news and great that she has offered to introduce me to the person in her company who manages all 'coaches'....

i was pretty chuffed - got me thinking about all the stuff i need to think about to create a business - name, logo, website, business cards, business development (this one's kinda key and something i'm not great at)...so much so when the alarm went off this morning and ben chose to go back to sleep, i just lay there thinking of how excited i would be to wake up every morning knowing that i was doing something i love!

honestly, i'm not sure i'm gonna be able to wait 14 months - and now i know you are asking - so why am i waiting 14 months? well it's a financial reason - see when i was doing a more senior job (ie my finance job) and when i was a high performer (ie a bit more serious about the whole corporate life thingy) my employer gave me shares - however, like all such 'incentives' they come with a vesting period - in my case 3 years and so on 18 dec 2009 they will all be mine...

and frankly, i'm not one to stick around somewhere if i really hate it! and i don't actually really hate it - i'm just a little unchallenged right now, but a number of sage and trusted advisors assure me that this is par for the course when working on an integration and that things will 'busy up' soon enough!

sooo i've decided to stick this role out - coupla reasons really....one is that the person i work for is gonna be left in the lurch if i bail out now and that's not really my style! secondly is that having worked on such a project is gonna make coaching people experiencing big organisational change much easier when a) i've experienced it myself and b) it'll mean i'm more credible having lived through it...

soooo in the meantime i'm gonna try and stay positive about work, remember why i'm there, and plan for my future! a future that's gonna involve a lot more passion in my work and one where i am truly helping people....

bring it on!