‘It’s like getting children to eat their greens’

That’s a big part of my mission – I don’t mean it literally of course, that’s just an analogy. I’m glad that I’m not working with like money, money and more money. My vision for myself for the next 3 months is to learn FAST, be positive and settle into the new work environment well, do my job really well, and keep ‘myself’ intact. That’s why I’m glad I’m working on the online aspect of things- cos I’m able to keep more grounded and not morph into some materialistic, uninteresting.. ‘product’ of the banking industry as plenty have become. 

My first day of work started off with me forgetting where the department is. I went to the correct floor at first, but because I didn’t recognise the outside, I was worried I went to the wrong floor and proceeded to travel to 2 other floors until i decided I was correct at the veryu beginning. And prideful me didn’t want to call my new boss and tell her i forgot where my own department was. Anyway I found it in the end.

Everything was so refreshing. The way things are run, the people are nice enough – so far. They work hard but at the same time they’re fun. Sitting at my new desk I felt strangely comfortable, at home. Some parts were daunting or course, I’m not superman. There’s plenty of terminology and jargon that I need to learn quickly. But I felt I was ready to pick up and run with the projects – and excited at getting started. There are so many outlets for my ideas and creative juices. Which I will embark on tomorrow. While I dread the burdens that come with work, worrying about projects and all, I know I will truly become a proper marketer here and I have much to prove to the people around me. Those of us who are younger than most people around us at work because we started working younger have to work doubly hard to earn respect, and to show that we are every bit as good as them and age is no issue.

Here’s to all of us with new careers – may we thrive and be happy and successfull – so that we may retire earlier!! wahaha.

Tomorrow’s a new day. I’m going to start reading my textbook for my exams in June but it just means that within 15 minutes, my head will be in between the pages If you know what I mean.

 

 

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