I've had to make a very tough decisions these past few weeks. Since moving to Cape Town, I received incredibly tempting job offers. Ones I would have jumped at two years ago. Nothing really stood out. I enjoyed having the time to settle in, write and work on the various projects that we've started. The time I've had with the boys has been an absolute blessing.
Last week I was offered a rather senior position at a rather wonderful agency. I can't tell you how excited I am. Of course I love freelancing, but this is an opportunity that is not going to come along again. I can always freelance again in ten years time. I am able to continue with my other projects in my free time. I only need to be at my desk at nine am, and the office is five point nine km from home (I checked). There is no traffic in that direction either, so I am not going back to my old 'hate'. I'll be leaving the house at ten to nine, basically. I really do cherish my sleep-ins, cuddles and lazy breakfasts with the boys.
My working hours will be about the same, except that I'll get home about half an hour later. That's fine, right? It's not really going to change much. Not like in Johannesburg... At one point we were leaving the house at seven thirty am and getting home at seven pm. That was bad. We couldn't really afford to live closer to town four years ago, so the traffic was exhausting and time consuming. Never again. This is a very different situation.
So I'm a bit nervous, really excited. I need to put teams together and start a new department, so it's all very fancy and unnerving, but I know this job and this industry. I've got this.
So things are changing again. I love change. We're making other decisions right now too, but more on that once it's all figured out.
So next week will also be jam-packed with finishing off projects, invoicing and handing things over. Graeme is going in to production with his next design soon, so I need to make room in my free time (by free time I mean eight pm to ten pm) for all sorts of things.
I feel really happy. We're doing well (Graeme got FOUR Cannes Finalists today??) and have most things under control for the moment. We might seem 'too' busy, but man alive. You really only live once, we all have so many talents that we should be using. I want to stand at the gates at the end of my life and say "Thank you, I used EVERYTHING you gave me." I used ALL the time I had. We're so passionate about life and opportunities and making things count. Even when things are bad and when your heart is hurting -still embrace that feeling. You're alive.
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?