I am the Stressman ... Coo Coo Ca Choog
I admit
It was me
I was the cause of the stress the LW unfortunately had to go through. She (because she is awesome) has been so good at not telling everyone here in EP land exactly why she was stressed and for that matter – how it was going to be fixed. She also hasn’t let it be known outwardly that she was really concerned – even though I knew she was. Well, I am now here to tell you what was wrong with her (because she won’t).
In late February, I became a victim of the restructuring that was going on at the company I worked for. It has been an interesting transition to say the least but I quickly realized that we were going to be better off for this in the long run. I wanted to get back into agency life but never had the impetus to do so – in other words, for security sake (ironic isn’t it) I was willing to be content with the corporate world and deny my need for more. So I suppose in some way I should be thankful that the decision was made for me.
Nevertheless, I had many changes that I had to take care of – the key to moving on is taking care of you first – and everything else will fall into place. The first thing I did was to get myself a membership at a gym because health has become so important to me. That and I knew that if I let myself get into my own head (oh the vastness) then I would be my own worst enemy. Family Fitness is now my friend – at least four times a week and I really like it – even better than what I had before.
Second, I needed to get the dental work that I do badly needed but was always too chicken to get and didn’t have the time to recover from (pick one). I also always wanted to get a tattoo (frivolous spending when unemployed is so fun) – so I got one of them too. And I basically took some time to get myself mentally in a place where I could move on with the next phase of my life – professionally.
Needless to say I am happy to report that today I began my new job working for a new media agency back in the downtown area (yay me). And even better is the fact that I know the owner of this company quite well and he is ecstatic to have me working for him and let me tell you – that feels really good and it happened so quickly.
To make things even better than that – I broke through the plateau that had plagued me for the last month or so as well and lost a whopping six pounds at weigh in yesterday (how’s that for a segue).
Thanks to everyone that has visited my blog only to once again see that I was nowhere to be found. And thanks too to the LW just for being you…
Coo Coo Ca Choog…-