It’s Now…Or Later

My very first post here was an ultimatum I set for myself, but they say that man plans and God laughs.

Selling a house is a torrential whirlwind of activity, from packing to repairing to painting to staging to signing documents to negotiating. There’s the obligatory nightly runs to our storage facility, countless body aches, and it seems like we’re planning next steps all the time.

On the work front, my training has been going better. But a single job opening suddenly appeared for the very position I’m training for. Two candidates, one position. Remembering that the other candidate has outshined me at nearly every turn, I still have better credentials than him, so it’s a close race.

I’m tempted to go for it, but that could mean I’ll have less free time on my hands. This is the kind of job that frequently requires excessive overtime and involves stressful deadlines. But the pay is nice.

If I don’t get the position, that could also be a good thing. I know how to min/max my current position very well, and having a comfortable job and a boss that likes me would be a major boon when I’m traveling the country (on shoddy internet connections) trying to figure out what state I’d like to move to. In the end, I can still use the training and my recent degree to my advantage in finding a new job in my preferred field.

And if I do get the position, well, the added stress and unknowns involved could prove to be too much for me, given what’s been going on in my life lately. But sometimes braving the unknown is worth the risk. The wind seems to be blowing me in that direction, and I want to at least try (rather than ponder the “could’ve beens” for the rest of my life). Making choices like this is always a gamble, but it has historically paid off for me.

In the meanwhile, this blog hibernates nicely. I haven’t been paying for a domain, so there’s no monthly fees. I stay off of search algorithms for the most part (Almost all of my traffic comes from other WordPress bloggers), and my audience here is small.

All said and done, this site doesn’t seem to mind a little neglect. I’ll have to continue this project when things calm down (and still give it love where I can, here and there). My book has remained on the backburner due to many unforeseen circumstances, and there’s not a whole lot I can do about that right now other than jot down ideas here and there that come from random brainstorms. I’ll have to organize it all later, which will be a bear of a task.

Once I’m cozy and surrounded by new scenery, maybe I’ll find more of that inspiration I’ve been yearning for. Until then, keep writing (so I can live vicariously through you).