My Job

In December I learned my job would be changing.  I'll still be doing the same job but I won't be handling IL claims anymore.  I've handled IL claims for my entire 20 plus year career.  In mid March I will be handling claims entirely on the west coast, 11 states in all.  When I first learned this news I was upset.  I took it personally but as I've had time to absorb the news I am confident that in the long run it will be good for my career and the bottom line is I'd rather have a job than no job at all.  I got home today from spending the week in Cincinnati.  I met my new team and my new supervisor.  I also met my home office supervisors.  The good news is I really like my new supervisor, team and home office supervisors.  There really isn't any bad news.  But learning these new states will be a challenge.  As I get older I get a little "edgy" about my job.  I think it's because I know all things change and I work in a basement office day in and day out.  Certainly the winters can be LONG and there are some days I question my sanity and wonder if I should move to OH and end my career in an office.  However, after spending a week in a office it was a good reminder to myself that cube farms give me the creeps.  Unless I'm forced to, my behind will continue to work from my basement until I retire (if I'm lucky).  In todays corporate world I am well aware of the fact that things change but I don't have a crystal ball.  I can't predict the future.  All I can do is what is best for me and my family and move forward.  I remind myself often that God has taken such good care of Mike and I with our jobs, more than we deserve.  I have no doubt that God will continue to guide us, open doors or shut them when needed.  It is my job to make the best of what I have, continue to work on myself and be the best worker I can be and trust.  I trust that God's plan is always better and when my brain takes off in a million different career directions (none of them provide any sense of real clarity or reality) I can rest knowing that God's got this!