The last year has been horribly disruptive for me. I've wrestled with job choices in which I've probably put too much emphasis on the job itself instead of the reason why we work. The good part of it has been that it's given me no shortage of opportunities to critically examine my life, what i want to do, where i want to be, and take inventory of what my skills are. The conclusion - at this point in my life I don't want to be a director. Managing people is a pain in the rear. I'm tired of traveling. To that end, yesterday I gave my resignation to the company i just joined 4 months ago. I was miserable all the time, and it's just not worth it. My old company has asked me to come back, and I'll do so in a non-managerial role, which is great, and suits where i want to be at this point in my life just fine. The only thing that makes me a wee bit nervous is that when i joined the new company, they asked me to sign a non-compete. It wasn't a condition of the employment, and was sort of a surprise to me. I didn't sign it, they never asked for it and just assumed it was signed. Two legal opinions i've sought said that there's really not much there to be concerned about. Since it wasn't a pre-employment condition and nothing was signed, nor did i verbally agree to it, risks are very low that they'd be able to take any action. However, as each of them pointed out, anyone can sue for anything at any time, and just because they don't have a valid case doesn't mean i don't risk spending lots of money in court proving it. I guess worst case scenario is if they do have a chip on their shoulder and come out swinging, i take a job at walmart for a year until the non-compete runs out.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to things settling down A LOT. I'm looking forward to being at > 50% of Sarah's practices and games, reading her stories (or her reading me stories), and tucking her into bed at night. We've started jogging together, which is nice (my feet are killing me - this never used to happen, they must've changed the shoes, yeah that's it...). I want to simplify my life, and if that means i don't get fancy titles and all that comes along with it, that's just fine with me. Einstein came up with this idea that how you interpret your world depends on (is relative to) where you're viewing it from. Change your viewing location and you gain a new perspective and understanding. The last 4 months have been a good proof of relativity as the result has been I've got a much clearer understanding of what i want to do, want to be, and want out of life - at least at this point in time.
I'm REALLY looking forward to taking a vacation this winter. Somewhere warm where I don't have to do anything but eat and sleep and brush the sand off of my feet. Am currently soliciting recommendations 8-)
Now pray that i don't get sued into oblivion for a contract that doesn't exist...
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