21 September 2008
What's up with me?
Over the last days I've been looking at my LinkedIn profile and updated it. This is strange, as over the last two years this hardly interested me. I think my mind is trying to get ready for the upcoming changes when Yannick will start pre-school next year. Mind you, this is only in May 2009, and won't give me much more than three mornings per week without him.
Yes, what am I going to do with this absolutely huge amount of free time? Clean the house properly? Change my web site? Go clothes shopping? Sort through all our stuff and throw away loads of things? Clean up the back of the garden? These are all things that I would like to do sometimes, yet don't find the time for as they are slightly difficult to do with Yannick around.
More seriously, as at some point I would like to become a member of the working population again, I think I should look into some training to improve my web publishing knowledge. However I have no clue where to start and what would be really useful. Maybe I should start looking at jobs that are available in this area to get a better idea on where I need to catch up or improve. I can't say that I overly enjoy the thought of having to go to interviews. It's been a long time and the last times I was at interviews I was the person who conducted them.
I'm not sure even what kind of job I should go for. Do I want to be a supervisor again? Or rather be part of a team and just get on with things? Do I want to work from home or go to an office? Questions over questions and no answers in sight.
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On a lighter note, Frank has arrived back home today and is now snoring upstairs since 8:30pm. Yannick (who has been much better since Tuesday) was very happy that his favourite play companion was back. I sent them both out this afternoon, a) so that Frank would not fall asleep while playing and b) to be able to do some stuff around the house at last. Two and a half hours on my own did a world of good for me.
Posted 22 September 2008, 5:00. About 'What's up with me?'.
Can’t really offer any advice on the professional side of things, but I did send you an invite on LinkedIn!
Love the new header graphic, btw.
Posted 24 September 2008, 11:00. About 'What's up with me?'.
ha, it works
Chris mentioned that he saw your updated profile on LinkedIn.
Added by Sylke from a Yahoo conversation with Anke:
haha, just read your blog entry. It sounds very familiar.
First: you think you will have a lot of free time when he goes to preschool, but the first time(s) it is just weird not having him around and time flies. I’ve got Mickael at home today, teacher is ill, and although I like having him around, I cannot do what I planned on doing (studying).
The thoughts about what kind of job to go for are also very familiar. You still have at least a year to figure that out (I’m assuming you are not planning on going to work full time as soon as Yannick is in kindergarten and leave him with a nanny or at a crèche for the rest of the time). I don’t think I want to go back to a supervisory role (too much responsibility), but I don’t know if I could just be an ordinary team member either.
Do you want to work to get out of the house, do you want to work to use your brain? It is hard to decide.
So far I’m happy with my days, I work in the morning, study in the afternoon (well most days anyway), I have time for my hobbies, I’m there for Mickael if he needs me.. etc
Posted 24 September 2008, 16:00. About 'What's up with me?'.
I copied the text into the comment as I got this as a response from Anke via Yahoo and it resonated with me, especially this part:
Do you want to work to get out of the house, do you want to work to use your brain?
I was thinking about this too and at first I thought, I only want a job to earn some more much needed money, so it doesn’t really matter what kind of job it is. However, after thinking about this for a little while I believe that I actually would like a job where I could use my problems solving abilities too, not just my attention to detail (like in a data entry role). So it has to be something for my brain, at least partly. I’d also rather get out of the house if possible and work with other people than on my own - at least some of the time. Only working on my own at home would be a bit boring.