It's a long way down the holiday road.
Or so sang Lindsay Buckingham. I need a vacation. I need to take my Little One on a vacation. But it is not to be until Christmas break, probably. School resumes on the 15th of August. I am hoping we can take a weekend trip to some coastal area before it gets too cool. Perhaps September, after Labor Day.
I am nice and busy with work, but I am also trying to explore some training opportunities to more fully develop my resume in case things change. I am also considering the option of leaving the white collar, corporate world for the world of a free-lance contractor, a white collar for hire.
The current project I am on here is rife with such folks. And they are paid outrageously. In their defense, they are working without a net: no insurance, no 401k, no retirement plan. All of this they must provide for themselves. No career track, either.
Some of them eagerly jump at full-time jobs within the company if offered. Some say they want to quit the grind of business travel. Others want the benefits. Others want the certainty of a career, and not a 12-month contract and then another job hunt.
I think the lure is stronger than the reality for me. My Little One needs me at home. I need to be here for her now. Perhaps when she has left the nest I will try the traveling life and see where it takes me. For now I am content to be a company man.
Then again, perhaps the hunt isn't as exciting as the reality of it all.
ReplyDeleteWhy throw away what you are good at to settle for the uncertainty.
Think about what I said. Hunt. Reality. Settle. Uncertainty.
I'm kind of free-lance you might say, having gone into private practice but I'm married to the insurance, 401K and so on. I'd probably still be the medical equivalent of corporate if I needed benefits. I like not having an overbearing boss but it can be a bit lonely here in flying solo land.
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