Time out

Mel and I had planned to take a long holiday to visit his sister and brother-in-law in London & a detour to Paris in September this year. We put aside a travel budget and started saving up for it, accumulated our leaves and took note of any flights promotions on offer. We were really looking forward to it.

Earlier this month, I accepted a management role in a new company and will be starting work in June.

In that instance, all our travel plans flew spectacularly out the window.

It was a hard decision to make (not so much for the holidays) but because I have come to enjoy my current job and have grown very comfortable with the company's culture and its surroundings. However, I understand that one has to move on to the greater world out there and take chances from time to time in order to grow in ones career.

So come May. I will be the new States Sales Manager for a switchgear manufacturing company. I will have a team to lead, business plans to draft and goals to map for the future. My direct manager will be the managing director of the company and I will be THE "man" in-charge of the NSW office. And to tell you the truth, if I allowed myself to take all that in one sitting. The apprehension of the responsibilities that awaits me is sometimes far more overwhelming than the excitement of a management role itself! eek!

Anyhow.

With my new job commencing in May, plans for any major holiday this year were no longer a reality. So instead of waiting till 07, I am seizing the opportunity now to take a month off in between jobs. One full month starting April. That should be enough to settle my nerves and take a well-deserved break!

I can’t wait to feel the pre-holiday buzz again and to smell the sweetness of freedom in the air.

We’ve already booked our tickets to Singapore and are making plans for Vietnam and Cambodia!!!

Come what may. I’m ready for any challenges that await me now!!!

The delusional empowerment of holidays! I love it!

Wowhoo!!!