It’s official: I’ve quit my job and given my apartment notice. As of right now I have no job and will no longer be welcome in my apartment at the end of this month. We are moving across the country to a city my partner has never visited. The only place on the West Coast he has been was San Diego, CA which is the southern tip of the West Coast while Seattle is the northern tip.
We’re moving without a job for me, an apartment, family or many friends (I have one). This is going to be interesting, but despite my usual neuroses I know it will all work out. I don’t know if it’s my old age, experience or what but I am a lot less stressed about this stretch of funemployment and this lack of knowledge about the future than I have been in the past.
On a hopeful note, I did have a lot of interviews with a company that I would be interested in working with. Almost exclusively because the people seem amazing and to love their job. And I’ve decided that that really is the deciding factor for my jobs anyway: enjoying working with the people around you. It gives you a reason to get up and go to the office that motivates me more than a paycheck – ridiculously.
I should hear if I got this job next week. Usually I would be very nervous, asking anyone I could what this waiting means and stalking everyone involved. Not this time. I do still check up on the company because I am interested in what they are doing, but that is basically the extent of it. And if I don’t get this job – which I have only interviewed for over Skype – I will find another. There is a serious job boom in Seattle and I have two recruiting agencies to fall back on if this doesn’t work out that have been bringing new jobs to my attention.
Another positive of not getting this job would be that I could spend a whole week with my Mom in Seattle when she comes to visit at the end of August. If I do get this job I will only be able to hang out with her at night. Hopefully Seattle has a better work/life balance than New York, but with the client being a tech giant it’s hard to say. However, I do remember a tech giant as a client giving me the best work/life balance of my career so far – despite them being on the opposite coast. We shall see. The recruiting manager doesn’t even include her cell number on her signature so that gives me hope.
As for lodging, I’m confident that we can find an apartment in a week. And if we end up not liking it we can move. No big deal, especially since I’ve decided to use the power of muscle instead of paying hundreds for movers. I’m really liking this lack of neurotic tendencies I seem to be adopting. Everything is going to be alright.
Currently I am sitting at home in Georgia watching a torrential downpour engulf outside. Originally I had hoped to be working on my tan by the pool during this time, but it looks like it’s going to rain until after I leave next week. And I’m fine with it. I think that might be my greatest accomplishment in my four years of adulthood. Learning to chill.