While 2018 ended on a good note career-wise, 2018 wasn’t as pretty with my dad’s deteriorating health. 2019’s first 4 months challenged us as we took care of him. By April, he went back to his Maker.
Work took a beating in 2019. Targets were not being met. There were issues on supply, employee performance, support from the trade. And the year ends with flat growth.
All that will change in 2020 as I wave goodbye to a company I have been part of for 29 years, more than half of my life. I got “the call” to talk to the president of the company. That talk led to a re-assignment, effective January 2020. A new decade, a new responsibility.
It is not my area of expertise. I cannot even say I have been trained for it. But my general management exposure has given me enough of a background to handle this new role. I am more anxious about negotiating through the work relationships: new boss, new clients, new direct reports. And it comes from being an outsider suddenly thrust into the mainstream. And in a position that holds some power and influence.
But I am equal parts challenged and excited, too. I will be learning much. And hopefully be proven worthy of the immense task. Management seems to have the trust in me. I just need to do the right things.
Finally, 2019 is the year a dream came true. I found a piece of sunset to call my own. I never imagined though I have fantasized about it. That I would have a vacation house on a beachfront, with a lovely sunset to gaze at. It was only in January when I stumbled on the property for sale over at FB marketplace. By October, I was having the house blessed.
I write this post on the way to the property. I am maximizing the last days of 2019, of the decade, by spending time there. I know that come 2020, my life will be upside down as I take on the new role.
Cheers to 2020!
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