Back to the office
This week I've been back at my old office, which was my home from home for the last four years until I handed in my notice this summer.
It was such a daunting prospect handing in my notice and deciding to strike out on my own. I didn't have any projects lined up and I had no real back up plan in place, but I knew that if I didn't go for it now, I never would.7 weeks on from my last day working with them and I'm back in the office working as a freelancer rather than a full time member of the team. It's still early days yet, but it definitely feels like I did the right thing!I spent the last 6 weeks working at a different agency, which was a huge learning curve. As quite a shy person, suddenly I was surrounded by people I didn't know and in a sprawling office that I did not know my way around - in sum, it wasn't the ideal situation for me, but if I was going to go freelance I knew I had to get used to starting out somewhere new.The first few days were especially awkward, I'd gone from running the office to not knowing where the meeting rooms were or how to use the printer, which I ended up avoiding for all 6 weeks! Also, I am the worst at striking up conversation with people I don't know, but luckily the people I was working with were so friendly, chatty and helpful, so I was let off the hook and I soon felt comfortable, if not quite at home there.So this week, I've been back in familiar surroundings, but everything is ever so slightly different. Firstly, I'm at a new desk and there are new people in the team, but it's more than that, the everyday discussions about the office don't apply to me anymore, I don't have a stake in any of the decisions or outcomes.It took a little getting used to, but then I realised, this was exactly what I was looking for when I handed in my notice in back in summer. I'm now officially an events producer, not an events producer slash office manager, not an events producer slash IT help desk, not an events producer slash web manager. Just an events producer.So now, when I'm not in the office, doing my events producing, I can focus all my energies on other things, such as building this blog, improving my illustrations one drawing at a time and spending more time at home with my family.I think 2015 will be an exciting year :)To celebrate not having to dream about my perfect job any longer, I decided to focus on what I have at the moment, so rather than my dream work wardrobe, here's a quick illustration of what I actually wore on my first day back in the office - I told you I'm a jeans and jumper kind of girl!
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