Dunder Miflin Paper Company, the Upper East Side, Pawnee, Downton Abbey, Lima Ohio, it’s been fun. You have allowed me to escape from the real world and realm into yours, where men in the office are either eccentric or charming, to were I am happy to watch some scandal unwind, where local council workers are stars, were old England comes to life and were it is always okay to sing and dance as long as you don’t mind the odd slushie in the face. But alas, the real world is finally calling my name.
Tomorrow is the first day of my new job, the first day of doing a job for more than just money and the first job I am starting that doesn’t have an end date in mind from day one. I could hate it and want to leave soon or it could be were I want to spend the next number of many years. I’m loving the lack of plans right now. Plans are overrated. I like not knowing the next chapter of my life. I like how much of a mystery it all is. As tempting as it is to want to turn to the last pages and see how it all ends, the mystery and the excitement of whats next also awaits. Let the next chapter unfold.
Congratulations and good luck!
But, wouldn’t it be fun if we could get a job at Dunder Miflen ourselves?
Dunder Miflin made me contemplate a future in sales… if only for a minute.. if only all workplaces were that fun.
Good luck. I love the exciting feeling of not having set plans. However, I’m an extremely anxious person, and so I find comfort in planning far ahead. Though planning ahead sometimes ends in a good many disappoints, it’s easier than simply walking out the door one day not knowing how things will end up (though I do find that extremely exciting and fun)! Then again, not knowing is part of life, and we either fight it or go with the flow.
I understand your sentiments, I love no plans even though it scared me a lot at the same time. But going with the flow is my new lease on life.
A bit of unknown is nice sometimes but I like having plans. In fact I need to plan
Good luck with the new job!
6 months ago I had my life planned out to a T. Everything had a time and a place. It’s very foreign for me to not be like that, and whilst I feel like a fish out of water not making ridculous amounts of plans.. its starting to feel really good.