tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165438487967120486.post5630090186034177266..comments2023-08-09T06:30:41.800-04:00Comments on Count it Pure Joy: WorkReneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15763036860412775202noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165438487967120486.post-5601870927187358682007-12-16T21:55:00.000-05:002007-12-16T21:55:00.000-05:00Hi EE - Thanks for your comment, and sorry it's ta...Hi EE - <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment, and sorry it's taken awhile for me to get back to it. When I wrote the post I realized how it sounded, but couldn't quite figure out how to phrase it better. I've asked my husband before if he wants me to quit, and he always just says it's up to me, he'll support me in whatever I want to do. That day was the strongest comment he'd ever made, and it was still just as a question - "why don't you quit?" and I'm sure just from knowing him that if I'd said I was going to, he'd have said "wait, are you sure about this?"<BR/><BR/>What this has done is make me about 99% certain I will leave the job after the project finishes in February. The many reasons to stay until then, only some of which I wrote, make me really uneasy when I think of leaving before then. I've learned to trust those feelings. <BR/><BR/>I also really do think that things will be better once we return from vacation. The job really isn't that bad usually; December is usually a more difficult month with end-of-the-year craziness and the seminar I was arranging made it exponentially more difficult. But that is over so I am very confident January and February will be more like the job once was. As in enjoyable and invigorating, not the energy-quenching misery it was for awhile.<BR/><BR/>I hope this makes sense, although I'm not sure it does. Does it seem like I'm just trying to justify doing or not doing something? I don't think I am, but maybe I'm blind to it.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763036860412775202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165438487967120486.post-27456654687954350312007-12-13T10:43:00.000-05:002007-12-13T10:43:00.000-05:00Hi - just came upon your post and thought I'd add ...Hi - just came upon your post and thought I'd add something...<BR/><BR/>You said "L was strongly encouraging me to quit my job today, as in immediately."<BR/><BR/>AND <BR/><BR/>"I am continuing to pray though that God will make it clear to me what I should do about the situation - quit now, quit later, don't quit at all"<BR/><BR/>Sometimes we are expecting God to answer our prayers in one way, when He has already answered our prayers.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you already have the answer about whether or not you should quit - since that seems to be your husband's desire...<BR/><BR/>God does tend to direct us in our marriages, through our spouses - primarily a wife, through her husband.Edihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01881967873653190545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165438487967120486.post-79757429010642133832007-12-13T07:55:00.000-05:002007-12-13T07:55:00.000-05:00Thanks Di!Maybe we will end up coming home at the ...Thanks Di!<BR/><BR/>Maybe we will end up coming home at the same time - that would be great. I forgot about a financial reason to stay as well - I'll get an extra contribution to my retirement account if I stay through the end of January. You mentioning your bonus reminded me of that, and it is something to think about. <BR/><BR/>I am very glad we've met electronically!Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763036860412775202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8165438487967120486.post-84847945099216397402007-12-13T04:22:00.000-05:002007-12-13T04:22:00.000-05:00Hi Renee, can I encourage you the way you encourag...Hi Renee, can I encourage you the way you encouraged me, that coming home is the right thing to do?!<BR/><BR/>I am so sorry that your job is really sucky, and I know exactly how you feel, but if you have an end date, then it makes it easier somewhat. I am only staying at work until March for a couple of reasons 1) we have 2 mortgages to pay for the next couple of months, which we can't do on H's salary alone and 2) my bonus is paid in March (I accrue my bonus Jan-Dec, but it gets paid the following March), and 3)I have a new boss starting imminently, coming over from the US, so I thought it would be nice to settle him in as there is only me and my boss in our dept.<BR/><BR/>It would be really exciting to share the journey home with you - do you think that God has brought us together electronically to support each other during this time?!<BR/><BR/>Love Di xDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547218881979823481noreply@blogger.com