Jan
8
During my days off over the Christmas holiday I decided to go through some of my old paperwork from when I was in school and organize it. I had a few pages left in a scrapbook to post some things in and I was on a mission to finish it. I ended up finding way too much stuff to put in the scrapbook, but I did find something in the meantime. I found an answer to a question I’ve been asking myself for some time now. Why do I feel so unfulfilled at a job, even if I really like the job? The answer to this question is simple, I just hadn’t realized it until now. Because all through my schooling years I was one of those kids that got award after award after award for one thing or another, no matter how small it was. As I got older I got scholarships and as I got more involved in activities, I got newspaper releases written about me. As I was sorting through my old memories, I found tons of warm fuzzies all for me. It was then that it hit me. Once you make the transition from school into the real world, your warm fuzzies and congratulatory paperwork magically seem to come to a screeching halt. Instead, they are replaced with complaining clients and a simple piece of paper every few weeks I like to call a pay check. Although a paycheck is rewarding, it’s not the same as the accolades of kudos I’ve kept for myself for years past. After all, my award certificates don’t pay my bills. It was a helpful realization - to realize that maybe work can be fulfilling. You just have to make it fulfilling in other ways than mounds of old memories and 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of certificate papers.
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