Who knew that a month of unemployment could be so busy? I’ve spent the last two weeks running around on what I like to call my Friends and Family tour – visiting everyone I can in Maryland and Virginia before I leave. I also had the chance this week to spend a few days in Baltimore working and absorbing at the home office of my new job. I got to meet some of the people I will sail with, got to see some of the behind the scenes stuff that I will be taking over in Greece and just generally began absorbing this huge task ahead of me. It’s going to be a big job.
I find myself currently feeling torn between wrapping up life here in the states – saying my goodbyes, visiting, packing, trying to find time to relax (haven’t found that yet but I’m still hoping) – and starting to focus on my new job responsibilities – there are so many things to prepare, begin planning and just simply learn, absorb and understand (I sometimes just sit at the computer or lay in bed staring not sure where to even begin). I want and need my priority to be focusing on wrapping up things here but at the same time I feel the need to focus on preparing for the new job so that I don’t feel completely overwhelmed when I arrive in Greece. The struggle has been that I find myself not being completely “present” to either task. While I was in Baltimore I found my head not totally “in the game” at times because of thoughts of the other things I need to do/people I need to see. And when I’ve been spending time with friends and family I find myself distracted thinking about work.
I think I’ve decided that my goal for these last two weeks is to dedicate one to two hours a day to work stuff but then I will leave it alone, try not to stress about it, and just focus on what I need to do here. We’ll see how that goes.
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