I know I haven’t written in a while. It’s because my mind’s been preoccupied with a shocking bit of potentially good news. I’ve been offered a new job. It’s a classified new project whose details I cannot reveal. Very cloak and dagger I know, but all I can say is that this is a great opportunity for me.
You see, over the past couple of years my job as a web designer/producer had morphed into more of a managerial/corporate position. Though I was still the same Stephen in appearance, the increased boredom and stress levels had killed my spirit. I was no longer as creative as I had once been. Giving up on my music was probably the most serious symptom of this ailment. Sure I was writing more on my spare time but let’s face it, I write about my nights out getting drunk. Although fruitful, it’s not exactly a healthy subject matter.
In recent weeks I had been thinking of leaving my current job for a life on the road. Do that whole beat writer jazz. But when wind of my plans to leave blew towards the company who pays me, they offered me more money to stay. So, I stayed. This threw me into a murky, deep funk and just last week I was planning on saying, “Fuck the money, I’m out!” Then this offer came along. Totally out of the blue.
It’s a chance to get back to what I liked doing on the web. Design and Production.The money will be about the same as I get now at first with a chance for more in the near future, but most importantly the stress will be half. The work load will be less too. Oh I wish i could talk about it more. If all goes well it will be a very cool move and I’ll be blabbing about it all over the place real soon.
Until then, wish me luck. I have more meetings and negotiating this week.
