Gift #23. Celebrate!
I can count on one hand the amount of times I have done something in my life that I feel I want to celebrate, to say "Good job Rose!" Probably when I graduated with my MBA--that was a "good job" moment. And when I quit college the first time around in 2003, I am still proud of myself for following my own path instead of just enrolling in school because it was the safer choice.
I just had another "Good job" moment. As I mentioned in a previous post, there was a job I was pursuing down the street from my house. They had posted a job description and I went through it, line by line, and pulled out everything I wanted to do. Then I emailed the Executive Director, and showed her what I wanted to do and asked her to hire someone else to do the things I didn't want to do. I told her how much I wanted to make (a figure higher than I have ever earned per hour in my life) and how many hours I wanted to work (2 days a week).
So what was her response? An overwhelming "please come work for us!" Yep, I got the job! The best part was when the executive director said to me "do you mind working from home? that way you can set your own hours, and you don't have to pay for daycare for Lucia". Do I mind? Hello has she been reading my blog? It was as if all my job hopes came true. So, you can believe that I am celebrating. Sometimes it's good to sit back and celebrate yourself, to celebrate the things you are proud of. And that's what I'm doing this week.
