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i am: 40...a capricorn / moon in pisces / libra rising...an old soul with a young spirit...older than i look...contemplating my 3rd tattoo...NOT a web designer...a lesbian...working things out with the g.f....a native iowan...a graduate of cornell college and ohio state...a critical reader and thinker...really rather shy...agnostic...an ardent feminist...a bleeding-heart liberal...a pacifist...and so not your average white grrl...
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feeling generous? *grin*
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December 10, 2003
big decisionsso, you may be wondering about last week's interview, since i mentioned it in my last post but didn't elaborate. sporting a simple (and newly altered-to-fit) 3-button black suit and a pale lilac, sueded silk blouse, i met with 5 different people, including the vp and the director i met for coffee a few weeks ago, plus a coordinator who reports to them and both the president and senior vice president...i.e., all the potential decision makers and influencers. it went extremely well...i surprised even myself. when i talked to the vp to follow up a couple of days later (after, of course, the obligatory next-day thank-you e-mails), she told me that they needed to write a job description and post the position internally, via established protocol, but that she didn't anticipate having any qualified internal applicants and that she was planning to put together an offer package for me after that. everything may be delayed somewhat...i'm out december 15-16 for my conference and she's out december 18 until after x-mas...but it looks like i will probably have that decision to make, after all.
i don't make a big decision without a 2-column "pros & cons" list...on paper. when so many different factors are swimming around in my head, colliding and making a general mess of my thoughts, it's really the only way to go. these are abbreviated for the sake of space and discretion, and there may be more that i add later...but these are the big ones.
PROS | CONS |
| more $$ (~14%) | leave time (~1/2) |
| "director" title | employer-contributed retirement $$ (~1/2) |
| leaving bad boss | no ethnic diversity |
| learning new environment | leaving comfort zone * |
| helping hospitalized kids | more formal business attire ** |
| expanding responsibilities | medical coverage changes? |
| good vibe (?) | cubicle possibility?? |
| remaining close to home | parking (cost, distance) |
| quitting part-time gig | mac => pc |
| - | too much work for one person? |
| - | "coming out" an issue? |
| - | earlier hours |
| - | more traffic |
* especially when work is just about the only comfort zone i'm in right now.
** like i've said, suits ain't cheap.
this is one of those times in my life when i really, really wish i hadn't inherited one of my mother's most troubling and annoying traits: indecisiveness.
3:10 PM
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