Wow – so here were are mid-week and I already feel like I worked a full week!!
I haven’t talked a lot about my current job on this blog – for privacy reasons (and because my company tracks all mentions of it on social media) I don’t mention the company name online, but I work for a large company in my city.
In fact, one of my New Years Resolutions last year was to get a job in my field: Human Resources. I had actually started a job in Labour Relations at the beginning of the year, but after a really bad incident (which I will talk about eventually) – I quit, that’s when my unemployment happened.
I had actually stopped looking, and then this position literally fell into my lap. It’s fairly entry level in HR, but with a lot of responsibility and deals with a lot of confidentiality, and it’s in Recruitment, which I LOVE.
The ONLY downside to my job (and honestly the only one!) is how much work it CAN be! You are dealing with dozens of people each day and balancing a lot of schedules, collecting references and answering lots of questions. This past month I have put in SO much overtime!
I really shouldn’t complain, again I LOVE my job (I can’t stress that enough!) – part of our company policy is that we get 15 Fridays off this year…I haven’t even really had the option to enjoy one yet this year as we have been travelling out of town a lot for my husbands tests that he’s taking. Between that and working overtime I.NEED.A.BREAK!!
Luckily, with all this extra time, I am able to take some time off in lieu. So I am thinking of booking myself a spa day and really enjoying some R&R!
ALSO, next week, the husband and I will be booking our trip to Vancouver/Seattle for the summer – I can’t wait to have something to look forward to!! He and I haven’t taken a vacation together since Halifax 2009!
I think, to alleviate the current stress, I will also make some time for a nice relaxing bath and a hair mask one night this week…
Do you treat yourself to some special “you” time when you are feeling a bit overworked/overstressed?? What is your favourite thing to do to relax??
So happy to see that you are in a job that you love, even if it’s keeping you crazy busy
“Me time” is very lacking in my life these days, but I can happily say that it’s getting better every day now. I have a spa gift card burning a hole in my purse just waiting for an opportunity on a Saturday or a babysitter day during the week to indulge. I need a pedicure for sandal season!!!