Yesterday in particular, I was stuck in between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Months earlier, I had serendipitously run into the Director of HR of a company that I had worked for through a temp agency doing data entry. Looking for advice and the smallest inclination towards an HR position, I contacted them later for advice from their perspective as a professional. After they possibly put in a good word for me and I interviewed, I got the job as an instructor.
It's not that I have ever had the desire to teach, but the material and content was exactly what I had been craving. The downside being that I would have to wait a couple months before starting, so that I wouldn't have to quit my other job.
After not hearing from the temp agency as of late, I was a bit surprised to get a phone call about a possible job interview. It sounded interesting and I told them as such. After catching up a bit, I found out that my temp agency and my new teaching job had an agreement that they couldn't hire me without going through them first.
As I expected, I found out this morning that I can't have the job anymore. I felt an odd blend of relief and disappointment. However this loss now opened up my schedule to allow for the position that I was to interview for. After considering the options of doing both jobs versus picking one, I decided to invest my time and energy in the new job.
When I thought about why I had stayed with the Chinese restaurant for so long, I figured out that I mainly stayed because of the people and for some money to put towards food, debts, and wants as my husband (thankfully) makes enough to cover the main bills.
I soon realized that a job or career is supposed to be the means to a goal, not the end goal that we have made it out to be.
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