building a career is like running a marathon. you know, its a long term thing. its not a sprint.
and like a marathon, at around the 23rd mile you hit
'the wall'.
i think 4 years is about the average time before i hit my career wall. in my past two jobs, i only lasted four years before getting bored, and restless and going through that period of unhappiness and eventually giving in and quitting rather then staying on and going past that wall and making it to the end.
well, i'm coming up to the wall again. in a few months it would be four years at my present job... i'm already starting to get that familiar feeling. last friday, i feigned sickness to avoid a meeting where i was to give a progress up date for a project i'm leading - only there was no progress since the last meeting.... those are the kind of situations you get into when you hit the wall.
i'm hopin i'll be over this soon and this time i will work hard at getting past that point and going on to finish the race, instead of bailing out.
muffy, any songs about walls you could load up? :-))