trying this thankfulness thing, day 1

[abendgules]

...inspired by kes_zone , fineum , and larmer : trying to post one thing a day that I'm thankful for. Willing to give it a 30-day trial, after which we'll see about continuing...

Also decided that if I don't post daily, I'll have to keep picking up from where I left off, so if I miss a weekend after day 7, my next day is day 8, rather than day 10.

I'm using Linus as icon, because he's an optimist at heart.

Day 1: I am thankful for finding meaningful work in the UK. It's taken me a long time to get out of technical writing and into the field that I'd hoped to be working in when I left college in (ulp) 1997.  Starting this permanent role in the HPA gives me a chance to work in a field that I care about, human health and medicine, for a modest wage, with some prospect of growing into a bigger role in future.

Comments

[merlyn-gabriel.livejournal.com]

what a nice idea.
maybe I'll try that.

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Yay! I knew that you'd gotten a job, and also that you were in the technical medical writing field, but I hadn't really gathered from your blog posts that your job was filling the right niche. I'm glad to hear that it does. Finding employment that you enjoy is something I think is really important. (Thankfully, I've found over this semester that I love teaching. There are not many things I can do for three hours straight each week that I can come away from feeling more enthusiastic and energized than teaching.)