10-09-2010, 04:08 PM
Hey everyone. After much deliberation, I have decided to go back to my original job full time and deal with the issues there. I think the second job opportunity served to allow me to get away from the source of my stress for a while and look at it objectively. Today it all just hit me, how I could work out these issues, and how I was happy to have the chance to be a good example in a place that is kind of depressed at the moment. I'm not sure exactly how everything clicked so suddenly, but it was groundbreaking for me. I realized I need to grow up and solve my problems, not just run away...I think my higher self did a great job of illustrating that point by allowing the same situation to arise, and I apologize to him/her for getting so upset about it. I realize now I just wasn't going to see it any other way. In the end it all worked out perfectly.
These feelings were confirmed today when the manager of my department came up to me and expressed his feelings on how the department seems to be falling apart and he asked for my advice on what I thought might work to make it better. I'm not sure how great my suggestions were, but just the fact that communication was going on was a huge step. My main suggestion was to establish more and clearer communication between department members. Hopefully it might actually work. Also, one of the people there who was giving me major catalyst decided to switch to a different department, which I think will greatly reduce the constant stress she is under and hopefully make our interactions more pleasant. She was already much nicer today than she ever has been.
The co-manager of my second job also happens to be a close friend, and he totally understood and said he thought I was doing the right thing working my issues out, so there were no hard feelings from my leaving. In the end, things wound up okay. I just hope I can remember this the next time I get all paranoid and stressed about something...that God DOES provide to those who ask.
Thanks so much for all the replies and advice...I couldn't have done it without you guys.
These feelings were confirmed today when the manager of my department came up to me and expressed his feelings on how the department seems to be falling apart and he asked for my advice on what I thought might work to make it better. I'm not sure how great my suggestions were, but just the fact that communication was going on was a huge step. My main suggestion was to establish more and clearer communication between department members. Hopefully it might actually work. Also, one of the people there who was giving me major catalyst decided to switch to a different department, which I think will greatly reduce the constant stress she is under and hopefully make our interactions more pleasant. She was already much nicer today than she ever has been.
The co-manager of my second job also happens to be a close friend, and he totally understood and said he thought I was doing the right thing working my issues out, so there were no hard feelings from my leaving. In the end, things wound up okay. I just hope I can remember this the next time I get all paranoid and stressed about something...that God DOES provide to those who ask.
Thanks so much for all the replies and advice...I couldn't have done it without you guys.