Is your job a good fit?

Things were seemingly going well. I beat my boss’ sales numbers that first month (which was all you really wanted!) But my husband’s late-night question of, “Hey, what’s happening with you?” needed to be answered.

I had never done anything like this and was not used to hurdles when it came to adjusting to new work. At one point, my husband commented that he thought I just found whatever job I wanted, interviewed, then started the job. This was different. It was a whole new body of information that I knew nothing about. Evidently, most people worked up to my new position in this industry. Also, my friend had faith in me, so I had to work hard. And I was! Reading and studying late into the night, up early, learning the information and the people that mattered. My husband wanted to know why I was so stressed.

Seemingly, this should be a good fit. Up until then, I had done money or people (staffing /human resources or cost administration) and this was a combination of both! Commission with a base salary, lots of room for growth . . . all I had to do is learn it. One of my tightly-held values was that of work/life balance and although life was tipped to one side for now, once this learning curve was over, things would go back to normal, right?

PS: The reason I beat my boss’ numbers is because he gave me some of his deals. So, there’s that… :)

Where are you in your work?

Is it a good fit? What parts do you like?

How much of an investment have you made?

Is it attractive to you when considering new work possibilities?

If you could do anything you wanted, what would you do?

I would encourage you to set aside some time to really think about these things. And of course, let’s be practical. I absolutely love to dream, but do-able is so excellent. Consider your values. What’s important to you? Will your work allow those values to play out?

Consider:

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance so we would walk in them.”

(Ephesians 2:10)