So here is mine: I am so crazy excited and I can't tell anyone IRL except H. When I went to college and chose to major in English and journalism, I figured I'd always have a very low salary. And when I moved from Fortune 50 to a much smaller organization, I figured I'd put the nail in the coffin of a chance for a high salary. But I have worked really hard and been promoted five times at this company, including a new promotion today. With this one, I have more than tripled my starting salary and I hit six figures!! I can't stop smiling. And I am so grateful to work for a company where you can advance and grow, and that will promote a woman who is almost eight months pregnant and about to take a three-month leave.
See my washer and dryer post. I'm living large. SAH so I don't have a job or promotion to brag about. My house isn't clean (yet) and I'm on hold with the delivery department so that's my good news.
I'm taking a tribe of 11 year olds to the beach for a long weekend. Girl Scouts and we have plans to earn many badges. Living the dream.
I got a 20% raise and a very, very nice annual bonus yesterday.
With the raise we can live on my base income only in our VHCOL area and use H's income for savings, vacations, and things like my small SL & car payment which we purposely took out debt for instead of paying cash since it was so low interest.
I worked my butt off last year on a two major, concurrent initiatives. As a result, I was promoted in the fall. We just had year-end reviews and the standard is that when you get promoted, you automatically get an average rating for that year, since you are rated at the new, higher level. Well, my boss was planning to give me the average rating, but based on feedback from my peers, he decided that I excelled even at my *new* level and gave me a higher rating! I'm really excited that he recognized how hard I worked all year. It also means a bigger raise this year :-D
Well, I read Lean In two weeks ago and thought it was ... not saying anything that couldn't be said just as effectively in a 3-page Marie Claire article. Does that count as a "lean in moment"? (Also, I can't be the only one who didn't like it, right?)
The first five days of my new job have been excellent. Such a positive change. But I guess I need to add the "so far" caveat because of my newness
I (barely) reached my weight for the dietbet (Tgank you hormone swing! ) Now I cannot get Wilson Phillips out of my head because I literally have to hold on for one more day.
Well, I read Lean In two weeks ago and thought it was ... not saying anything that couldn't be said just as effectively in a 3-page Marie Claire article. Does that count as a "lean in moment"? (Also, I can't be the only one who didn't like it, right?)
The first five days of my new job have been excellent. Such a positive change. But I guess I need to add the "so far" caveat because of my newness
After a few chapters, I also lost interest. I don't dislike it, but I don't think it's mind-blowing either.
In other news, I am considering a job offer from another company right now.
Well that's big news. Were you looking, or did they come find you? Same kind of work?
I am kind of freaking out about it (as you know, I've been with my company for a long time & love so much of it...but we are getting really big...and I wonder if I am getting too comfortable...)
Re: New oppy...I met one of that company's founders 5 years ago (we had a mutual client) and we hit it off - at the time he told me "Hey, if you EVER want to consider making a jump, call me - we'd hire you in a minute." So - 5 years later, we were catching up and I mentioned I might consider making a move - a few weeks later and I have a dinner with him next week to go over final offer. I would be moving to an ad agency! (Something I dreamed of doing when I was little.) Eeek.
I don't have much good going on work related, but I realized that in large part, it was because I wasn't feeling happy with myself and that was reflecting in my work. I decided to make some changes, and I've noticed a huge difference in my mood. I'm exercising regularly, forcing myself to go out and be social, getting the house in order instead of spending my weekends lazing on the couch, and making myself what I want for breakfast instead of whatever is fastest. Whether or not this helps me at work, I'm just feeling so much better. The breakfast thing, especially, helps put me in fabulous mood for the morning.
I'm working on tying up loose ends of projects prior to maternity leave. In doing so I've gotten some great feedback/praise from some higher ups who said they're really going to miss my insight on a few things while I'm gone.
I might be hormonal, but it really made me feel like a million bucks
Thank you, gogreengowhite, I am inspired after seeing so many wonderful & successful transitions here, too. I am so happy for YOUR update!!! YAY FOR LOWER STRESS LEVELS!!!!
I had lunch yesterday with a friend and mentor who has been great. She always boosts my mood. I asked her for advice on fear-driven perfectionism, which has been driving me to put a lot of pressure on myself lately and making me feel never satisfied. She gave me great advice to focus on what HAS to be perfect, and dare to be adequate on the rest. It was good advice!
THEN I had drinks last night with another long time friend and mentor. She and I were scheming on all kinds of amazing things, including how I could become involved with a major new project my local university is undertaking. As in, FREE TRIP TO ITALY in 2016 involved. Um, YES!
I got a pretty big raise this year, even though few raises were given out (increased responsibility + great performance review), and that combined with my 1% raise in my check on Friday means that my annual salary starts with an 8 now!
This week keeps getting better! My husband was just told he will be getting the new job he wanted within his company and it is a 20 percent raise, plus it is bonus eligible. And even better, it is a career change to a field he is much more interested in. I am so happy for him.
IDK if this is really good news or not, but I've decided I am actually going to apply to the MSW program that I've been talking about. I was thinking about it earlier this week (again) and realized the application deadline is SUNDAY. Whoops. So I'm scrambling to get everything together and apply. One of my three references sent me a copy of his recommendation today, and it was so positive and he rated me very highly on everything. That made me feel good.
I'm absolutely terrified about what this means for my long term financial future, but otherwise I'm really excited. I hope they accept me. And I have 6 months to back out if I get too scared, lol.
This week keeps getting better! My husband was just told he will be getting the new job he wanted within his company and it is a 20 percent raise, plus it is bonus eligible. And even better, it is a career change to a field he is much more interested in. I am so happy for him.
That's awesome great news for both of you! AND a new baby coming soon! I'm so happy for you guys
I'm transitioning out of a high stress high responsibility role to what nearly amounts to staying home. Yesterday I was able to babysit for a friend who needed a break. THIS is so rewarding to me... Spending time on things that really matter. She was so appreciative for the break.
Saturday is our 11th anniversary. I win becuase: We're going away! We're going away for the first time childless in almost 2 years! AND, we're staying for free! WOOT!