So it's only been, what, 3 years since I last updated this blog. Am watching American Idol (auditions, hating the guest judges Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry - both seemed annoying and not very nice people) and eating raspberry flavored jello, following some home-made oxtail stew. Feeling relaxed, finally.Just felt like writing as it definitely feels like I am at some form of crossroads on my life - let's see:
1) just quit my job last week - happiness and freedom! but also some reluctance at giving up a job I genuinely liked and having to turn away work that I had worked hard the last few years to get to...
2) transitioning out of work and working mostly from home and focusing on closing a few assignments only. not having to worry anymore about office politics. this part is lovely.
1) just quit my job last week - happiness and freedom! but also some reluctance at giving up a job I genuinely liked and having to turn away work that I had worked hard the last few years to get to...
2) transitioning out of work and working mostly from home and focusing on closing a few assignments only. not having to worry anymore about office politics. this part is lovely.
3) figuring out how to get to San Francisco! There are jobs aplenty out there, it's just that the visa issue and the timing is a real bitch. I had never realised how hard the USA makes it for qualified foreign workers to enter the country. And it's frustrating as I can see so clearly where I want to be. But it's unclear at this point how I get there. Go back to school for the summer? Persuade a firm to hire me part-time? Set up my own firm and do cross-pacific search work? hm....so it goes, I am looking for creative solutions to the problem. The whole process of job searching in USA has actually taught me I am more self-motivated than I ever even knew before. It's allowed me to meet a lot of cool folks I would never have other wise met and opened up my eyes to other worlds and jobs and possibilities. That in itself, has been a wonderful thing.This is one of the times in my life where I just don't even know what, where, how etc I will be doing in say, May. Which makes it yes, a little scary. But also liberating. I am honestly excited for this year. Letting go, cutting ties, seeing how things flow, finding the path of least resistance...ah...and seeing where that path leads me :-)
Being in SF made me happy. Feeling that there were possibilities in life. Running along Crissy Fields. Walking the streets of downtown SF all wrapped up in my coat, cashmere sweater and killer boots. Wandering the Farmers Market. Fresh fruits and granola. Being grateful to be alive, and to be there.Let's see how 2010 unfolds.
