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I guess I'm moving to Indianapolis
Sep. 10th, 2013 04:40 amSo, apparently I'm moving to Indianapolis at some point soon. Everyone in my entire family thinks it's a good idea, and I tend to trust their judgment. And, to be honest, I'm getting to the point where I'm about done with my current job. I've enjoyed it in a lot of ways, and I've learned a lot of things, but as it comes time for the holiday-season ramp-up, I'm suddenly starting to think about how nice it would be not to be doing that this year.
And it honestly doesn't seem like there's much opportunity for advancement at my present job, either. I've applied for a couple of advanced positions, even interviewed for one, but never managed to break out of my call center tech support rut. And God knows I have a hard time finding the impetus to look for a new job on my own. Maybe this is just what I need, an excuse to break out of my comfort zone.
When you get right down to it, I've never yet left a job under my own volition. I think I'd like to see what that feels like. I've never had a job within either of my majors, either, and I'd like to see what that feels like, too. And in a big city like Indy, maybe there's a better chance of that happening.
And how often does a chance like this come along, to move to a big city? With help, both from my family and (presumably) the bank who bought out my apartment? Moving cities is a big undertaking, and not really something you can just do on a whim. Without my whole family getting together to help, I doubt I could do something like this on my own. (Of course, this also means that them telling me, "Oh, you can always move back if it doesn't work out," rings a little hollow. Even if I do move back, I don't have my job anymore. (Though given that this particular call center is always hiring, I have little doubt they'd take me back if necessary.))
I just hope the bank will give me a couple months' leeway to arrange the move. I've been trying to speak to the people in charge there, but haven't managed it yet. There's a bit of surgery, to remove an annoying pin in my arm that was put there to heal a break, that I want to have done while I'm still covered by medical insurance. Going to have an appointment to see about that on October 7th.
And it honestly doesn't seem like there's much opportunity for advancement at my present job, either. I've applied for a couple of advanced positions, even interviewed for one, but never managed to break out of my call center tech support rut. And God knows I have a hard time finding the impetus to look for a new job on my own. Maybe this is just what I need, an excuse to break out of my comfort zone.
When you get right down to it, I've never yet left a job under my own volition. I think I'd like to see what that feels like. I've never had a job within either of my majors, either, and I'd like to see what that feels like, too. And in a big city like Indy, maybe there's a better chance of that happening.
And how often does a chance like this come along, to move to a big city? With help, both from my family and (presumably) the bank who bought out my apartment? Moving cities is a big undertaking, and not really something you can just do on a whim. Without my whole family getting together to help, I doubt I could do something like this on my own. (Of course, this also means that them telling me, "Oh, you can always move back if it doesn't work out," rings a little hollow. Even if I do move back, I don't have my job anymore. (Though given that this particular call center is always hiring, I have little doubt they'd take me back if necessary.))
I just hope the bank will give me a couple months' leeway to arrange the move. I've been trying to speak to the people in charge there, but haven't managed it yet. There's a bit of surgery, to remove an annoying pin in my arm that was put there to heal a break, that I want to have done while I'm still covered by medical insurance. Going to have an appointment to see about that on October 7th.
