Time marches on
Yesterday marked the 1 year anniversary of the closing of the Bowling Green REC. It seems amazing to me that I've been a Tennessean for over a year. I'm just glad I have such a hectic schedule to make time go by very quickly.
This anniversary date brought reflections on how a life can change so drastically. I worked there for almost 8 years and interacted with the same people for the majority of that time. Most of the people I saw 5 days a week and only learned the majority of their names in the last 4 months I worked there. Now in a year's time, I have only seen some of those people once or twice and some not at all. It makes me think of that poetic thought of imprinting the lives of those around you. Some of those people have made a lasting imprint on my life that I'll never forget, and others I haven't thought of even once.
A recent development at my current job has me in a much more positive frame of mind. The former MREO at the Bowling Green REC, has come to work with us. He's been with us for two weeks now. He's slated to eventually be our MREO here. He was one of the few people in upper management that I always had the utmost confidence in his ability to do his job. He chose to leave the postal service to pursue a life on the "outside". In the year since we closed, he has been unable to find a job. He was repeatedly told he was over-qualified for a job. He is having to live here during the week while his wife remains back in Nashville which is very hard on him. His experience has reconfirmed in my mind that no matter how badly I may hate a job, I will never voluntarily let go of one before I have another one in place.
So while the one year anniversary of a drastic twist in my life makes me nostalgic, I'm in a much better frame of mind about my working environment. My life is being enhanced by a drastic and painful twist in another person's life. I know that the drastic twist in my life can also enhance the lives of the people here. As Scott observed on his second day here, "These people love you." It makes me feel good, and it's also what kept me from quitting my supervisor position every time I wanted to so badly. Quitting would have alleviated an enormous amount of pressure, but "my people" would have been adversely affected, and I couldn't let them down.
So time marches on......
This anniversary date brought reflections on how a life can change so drastically. I worked there for almost 8 years and interacted with the same people for the majority of that time. Most of the people I saw 5 days a week and only learned the majority of their names in the last 4 months I worked there. Now in a year's time, I have only seen some of those people once or twice and some not at all. It makes me think of that poetic thought of imprinting the lives of those around you. Some of those people have made a lasting imprint on my life that I'll never forget, and others I haven't thought of even once.
A recent development at my current job has me in a much more positive frame of mind. The former MREO at the Bowling Green REC, has come to work with us. He's been with us for two weeks now. He's slated to eventually be our MREO here. He was one of the few people in upper management that I always had the utmost confidence in his ability to do his job. He chose to leave the postal service to pursue a life on the "outside". In the year since we closed, he has been unable to find a job. He was repeatedly told he was over-qualified for a job. He is having to live here during the week while his wife remains back in Nashville which is very hard on him. His experience has reconfirmed in my mind that no matter how badly I may hate a job, I will never voluntarily let go of one before I have another one in place.
So while the one year anniversary of a drastic twist in my life makes me nostalgic, I'm in a much better frame of mind about my working environment. My life is being enhanced by a drastic and painful twist in another person's life. I know that the drastic twist in my life can also enhance the lives of the people here. As Scott observed on his second day here, "These people love you." It makes me feel good, and it's also what kept me from quitting my supervisor position every time I wanted to so badly. Quitting would have alleviated an enormous amount of pressure, but "my people" would have been adversely affected, and I couldn't let them down.
So time marches on......
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