Changes

[stef_tm]

An interesting day.
- Helped my ex move out the last of her things. Her new studio is very nice. The cats are gone, too. It's quiet.
- Rearranged my bedroom to improve the layout. Feng Shui does make a difference apparently - it's so much more relaxed and seems like there's more space.
- Downsizing is happening at work; I am being cut to 3 days a week. My company has a very short runway left. Despite 14.5 years in Silicon Valley, this is a first for me. On a happy note, I received two calls from recruiters today.
- I immediately took some cost cutting measures including the garden clean up and design. It's sweat equity for me.
- I guess I'm supposed to take this news poorly as many of my friends were all OMGWTFBBQ!!!1! and I was grateful it's not zero days a week. Maybe I haven't absorbed the news fully.

Comments

[peters67.livejournal.com]

Naw. A month ago you might have taken the news harder than you do now. Glad to see that your emotional buffers have gotten a lot stronger. :-)

[yaaresse.livejournal.com]

Years ago I was in an airport, desperate for reading material that was NOT John Grisham or Danielle Steele, and picked up a book about the origins of feng shui as a strategic and defense tool. So much of it made sense when explained in that context. Of course that got adapted and added onto over the centuries, but the basics still seem to work to make a space more appealing and comfortable.

Could it be that, in light of all the other changes going on, that the changes at work somehow fit? I know it sounds very woo-woo, but from the outside looking in, it really does seem like life/fate/destiny/The Big IT is trying to move you toward your next stage, whatever that may be.

If you should have a desire to adopt an older, healthy, but rather spoiled and plump indoor kitty, please think of me and the small ginger one. As much as I am attached to HRH, there's some things I will need to do soon that require being away from home for extended periods.

[maetang.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[revdrmarsh.livejournal.com]

I am glad you keep finding ways to make your home better and more comfortable.

Sorry you are getting cut back at work, but funny how when we move on, by choice or not, we often end up in a better place than before. Plus, it isn't like you don't get the recruiter calls on a regular basis.

*hugs*

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised I wasn't more upset than I was when I lost my job. I was upset, but I realised I was also disappointed with my job and management, and needed a BREAK from working long days because I wasn't holding up well physically.

I think you need a break, and you've needed one. Just a space to breathe, after all the stress and work you've had to do in the office and at home. Having 3 days of work a week is still bringing in money -- albeit less. But it is also giving you space to breathe, to be, and adjust to your new life.

[cjhm.livejournal.com]

Things will work out - and sometimes we can't see that what's down the road is so much better than where we are.

I live by the creed: when one door closes, another one opens. But it's hell in the hallway.

[itsmeroe.livejournal.com]

"Hell in the hallway." Wow... I"ll have to remember that. And yes.. yes it is.

*hugs to the Stef*