2005 Review

It's all about the best and worst of this, that and everything in the newspapers of late. Best and Worst songs, best and worst movies, best and worst events. So in that spirit I thought I'd do the good and bad of my year 05.

January: Good and Bad After resigning from my job and returning home from Hong Kong. I spend most of January in Melbourne. Happy to be free of the stress, unsure of what I'll be doing next.
Also in January: Good Went to Australian Open for the first time.
February: Gooooood! Japan ski adventure. 3 weeks in snow heaven in Niseko, Hokkaido. Sleeping, snowboarding, eating with a bit of drinking thrown in. What a life. Want to go back again.
March: Good but painful Spent the month studying and doing assignments and exams to finish off my 5 years in the making graduate diploma in finance. 5 years wow. And I don't even know if I want to pursue the paths that this degree offers for me now.
April: Good ... in the beginning Found myself contract work within one week of looking..it pays to know the right people. Pay was way beyond my expectations. And seemed like a good place to work.
May: Good My birthday was going to pass with a wimper...until my good friend rounded up my friends for a night out on the town. It was a good night. I think it pays to celebrate your birthday no matter how you feel.
June, July, August Good and mediocre Went to NZ for the first time! With a motley crew...and had a great time. Snow was a bit crap but company was great. Must go back again when snow is better. Was also in the midst of a winning streak with the oztag team. Subsequently had to miss our semi-final appearance due to aforementioned NZ trip but we came back to lend our hand to a disappointing defeat in the grand final to our arch nemesis throughout the season. Starting to feel disinterested and disillusioned at work. I've mentioned this in previous blogs. Will not bore you with the details again.
September, October, November: Nothing of note to mention these months. I'm preoccupied with deciding what I'm going to do with myself in the following year work wise. Do I find a new permie job? Do I find a new contract job? Do I go back and study Marketing?
End November: Goood Finally moved out of home - found a great place in Pyrmont after 6 weeks of looking. Will look forward to the experience here. I wonder whether this will alleviate some of my boredom?
December: Surprisingly Good I've made the decision to look for a new job - contract or otherwise. I actually started this entry before xmas holidays. Since then I've been on a good trip to Jervis bay, and had a great nye to see in 2006
Happy New years everyone. Wishing you all great things for 2006. Make it a good one, I know I'll be trying to as well.

Another year

My work is boring. It is boring for a number of reasons..
I realise that my job involves using the knowledge that I have accumulated over the last few years and applying it to the projects I am put on. I don't get to learn, I don't get to improve myself - I'm not challenged. I realise I am seen as somewhat of an expert. But I feel like I'm standing still as far as achieving my own personal goals.
Not one project I have worked on this year has progressed past the stage of analysis for one reason or another - budgeting, politics etc. Hence there is no sense of purpose or direction with alot of things I do.
I don't connect on a social level with my workmates.

My work isn't BAD, it is just not fulfilling my needs for challenge, social activity and personal achievement. My first priority after the xmas break is to find a new job.

New-ness

New Car.
New Home.
New Year.
Officially moved into my new apartment last night. Not the dramatic farewell I'd pictured in my mind some years ago of my foray into independence. Just a 'see ya mum, i'll pop by next weekend'.
Of course my situation is tempered by the fact that it wasn't the first time I'd been out in the world on my own. Even when I went on my first overseas trip there wasn't much in the way of dramatic farewells at the airport.
I'm still waiting for my bed. I'm sleeping on a fold out sofa at the moment. The moment of waking up to new surroundings is always interesting the first time.
It is also a first for me in that for the first real time I'm having to spend alot of money on things that aren't just for personal enjoyment. I now have financial commitments and obligations.