This is the blog for Nick and Sheldon. This is our story of leaving England and moving to Tasmania in Australia. We have been in the UK for almost 10 years and moving to a place that neither of us have lived before. Watch this spot!

Monday, June 12, 2006

2 weeks of stability . . .

I resigned from my job in IT a little over two weeks ago.

Am I totally MAAAD.

I have a good stable job in the IT Department of large investment bank. I have been in the same team doing the same role for over 5 years. I got promoted in the new year to Assistant Vice President. . . of what, I am not too certain, but it looks pretty good on business card or on the bottom of an email.

I am giving all this up and returning back to Australia jobless with no security. I must be totally bonkers!

After giving this much thought over the last 2 years - it has been two years since Sheldon and I first went to Tasmania - I have decided that I am mad and bonkers if I were to STAY in this role. I do not enjoy what I am doing although I am seemingly good at it. I fell into this type of career 8 years ago once I came to London - I call it my "accidental career".

I have 2 weeks to go and 4 weeks pay left. I think that we can survive without a little security. It is now up to Sheldon and I to create that security and then live with it.

I look forward to the challenge. . .

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Some might say that you were mad to stay in the job.

It depends on perspective.

:)

Looking forward to reading of your adventures, brother.

11:28 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Its mad to stay in the job but also totally scary to make such a big change midlife!

11:43 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've just seen the pictures of the location and now I'M scared!! It looks beautiful, stunning, but ohmigod it's raw. Hoo HA! the greater the fear, the greater the rewards - you are going to have a MAGNIFICENT set of rewards on this journey my friend!

11:08 am

 

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