Going with your gut

[ellie]

Hmmm, the last week for me has been quite interesting.

I've been really trying to hone in my inuition and I've amazed myself how accurate I have been.

What has been really great, is writing my thoughts and then looking back on them with amazement and it's helped me really feel at ease with my final decsions.

Yesterday I took accepted a job, today I knocked it back and I'm completly at ease with this result.

Anway, it was amazing what I wrote a week ago about the job.

March 2nd -I might have a chance with one job, but I'm unsure I even want it. The managing director, just **** me personality wise; cocky, youngish and just expects that everyone will bow down to what he wants. So I know his personality would grate on me.

So I guess I would take the job, because really how often am I going to see the manager?

I just have this feeling that even if I did get the job, I wouldn't last there very long - gut instinct.

March 4 morning - So what's my gut saying? Will I get the job? I feel I will be offered it. However, I do have a feeling, that this job will be less than perfect. Something not quite right with it and so I don't think I will work there for very long.

However, it is a stepping stone.

March 4 afternoon - Well I got the JOB I knew I had, when I left, just a gut feeling.

The people are nice and upfront, but there's going to be a hell of a lot of work and lots of overtime - but at least I get paid for it. The pay is what I wanted and hopefully I get $10,000 -15,000 grand on top of that through overtime.

I am worried that it's too much of a technical role, but I said that to them and they didn't think it will be a problem. So at least at the end of the day, I can say, well I told you straight up what I thought.

March 5 My horoscope - yesterday after what I had written above.
A new and exciting work assignment is likely to come to you by the same solar eclipse, March 18, plus or minus five days. Still, if you are offered a new job, realize the move would be lateral, not a step up. If you want a better job, then you need to wait until mid-July to act, or, until the last quarter of this year when you'll get a very long, sustained chance to reorganize your career life.

Still, having said that, the new assignments you get in March will lead you to that better job. If you do change jobs, it looks like you may not stay long.

March 6- How quickly things can change. I'm out of a job - lol
So guess what I knocked back the job. Yeah bizarre right.

I'm happy with my decsion, basically I understood from yesterday that there was a lot more work involved than I first anticipated. which was ok, because I understood from a staff member that you get overtime. Anyway, there was no overtime for me - so you know what ************ it.

The job isn't really what I want and I don't want to waste my skills.

I've got the attitude that I no longer want to be bullied and I have to stick to my guns and ************ get a backbone.


Anyway, maybe it's not a big deal to others, but it really helped me be at ease with my final decsion and have no regrets

What do you all think?

[A.K.Light]

“The only real valuable thing is intuition.” - Albert Einstein

It's a great thing, and if you ignore it, you often don't feel good about what you're doing.

[bellbird]

I've had similar experiences and you are very right: stick to them, otherwise >>pouff<< and **ouch** and $$%$#&^&)( hahaha. Well you get the picture... I find these intuitive feelings help thru out my life, although I still go by the figure of speech 'trust in allah but always tie your camel...'
PS: I had two job offers 10 months ago and decided to work for a smaller firm instead of the bigger one. I picked up a lot of male weight throwing BS at the bigger one and didn't think I would last there long being quite a strong minded anti 'authority-crap' female Hey and it's working out well. Even got a company car to boot so that comes in handy too.