New Year, New Me

So I may have done something ridiculously stupid.  Something a sane person wouldn't have done.  Something I didn't think I'd do.  But I did and I'm actually pretty happy about it now. To really understand why I did it, you have to understand, I have no idea what I want to do when I grow up.  I know I should but I don't.  As of this moment, I'm an Instructional Designer.  Yep, it's not nearly as exciting as it sounds...

So because of this, I've been looking for jobs.  In theory, even if it's not the perfect job, I'll get experience interviewing - which we learned a few weeks ago I'm terrible with.  Anyway, I applied. I interviewed.  I dazzled for a change.  And I was offered the job.  And I was offered lots more money than I'm currently making.  Yep, it was more of the same that I'm doing now.  Yep, it was still techy boringness. But I was going to be paid a lot for it.  More money equals more travel which equals a happy me.

However, I still struggled with it.  Did I really want to start a new job in a new company that was so giant?  Did I want to start a new job right before Summer?  Did I really want to have to deal with the devil I didn't know as opposed to the ones I did?  After going back and forth, a million times, I decided I'd take the job.  Until...

I spoke to someone who had worked there before and actually worked with the person I'd be working with.  What I was most worried about turned out to be the least of my worries.  There were other issues and other "interesting" quirks that this person had that would have made my work life much more miserable than it is right now.  Also, there was a dress code that I wasn't aware of - a dress code that would make me look like I was living in the movie "9 to 5" which is just not me. 

So I 100% decided to not to take the job.  When I lead this story, I always talk about the money first.  Everyone thinks I'm nuts for turning it down.  However, after I give them the rest of the reasoning, most people think I'm at least a bit more rational than they did.  I'm happy with what I did.  I just don't want to make a deal with the devil just to make more money.  I'm proud of myself for turning down the cash in favor of mental health.  

Of course that was before Broadway Con 2017 was scheduled this afternoon - a little extra dough would come in handy right about now... : )