I'm going thru changes....
Ozzy couldn't have sang it better....
I've recently accepted a position at a new company. My old company wasn't that bad, and I liked a lot of the aspects of my job. I loved the people. What a great bunch! The job was automated testing, and I really preferred to do development, but hey, no job is perfect, right?
The problem was me.
I have grown far too stagnant. I've become fat(ter) and lazy, satisfied with myself and I no longer strive to improve and grow professionally. Certainly not like the old me did. Sometimes, we have to realize that we are in our comfort zone, and that the rut becomes as comfortable as a womb. I've heard it once said that a rut is a grave with both ends knocked out.
Not that being satisfied with yourself is bad. I don't mean to put it down, but it's not really how I see myself. My lack of satisfaction with myself has long been the source of my drive to do better, and achieve greater things than I thought I could.
I remember once reading a missive that suggested that at any point in your life you should have at least one portion of it about which you have yourself "Can I do this?". If you are not scared that you might fail, then you aren't trying hard enough perhaps. Again, only you can tell yourself if this applies.
So, here I am...preparing to start working my behind off again, and you bet I am asking myself if I can do it.
posted @ Tuesday, February 20, 2007 1:03 PM