I’ve been showing up four days a week at the same time & place for the past 20 years, as of today. I’ve been trying to wrap my head around that for a while… a plant just showed up on my desk that spells it out in black & white, so I guess it’s really true.
My work life has always represented stability. I’ve worked since I was in high school, except for five years after Maddy was born when I was determined to be a SAHM*, but only a handful of jobs/employers. And I’d still be happily working as a typesetter at the Northwoods Shopper, the Bargain Bulletin, the Tillamook County Shopping Guide, or Metro Press if any of them were still a thing** (and where I’d be staring down 50 years in that occupation)! I worked for my dad at the first & third of those jobs, and for the same large family at the second & fourth — and it was connection to that large family that landed me where I am.
I had just discovered knitting blogs 20 years ago, having rediscovered knitting (again), and began blogging myself just a few months later, so the two are very much entwined. When I think about all of the things that have happened in that time — much of which I blogged about (but not all) — it boggles my mind. It actually makes me a little anxious! So here’s a gallery of skies, all taken at work — in the morning, in the evening, or on my walk to the mailbox — the sky is always calming (even when it’s not). Remember Saturday Sky?
I plan to be sitting here for another five years… though, as of the new year, I’ll be cutting back a little. At first, I was going to cut back to three days a week, but 20-year-old habits die hard, so I’m easing in with cutting back to three days every other week. haha. It truly is “a little.” Technically, still full time, but I’ll have a stretch of five days off every other week, alternating with regular weekends off — and that, my friends, is the game-changer. I cannot wait! (It might make cutting back every week a little easier.) (But I like my paycheck, too!)
*It was difficult to get used to not working, but I did get used to it… and I loved it!
**Or for my mom at On The Avenue Antique Mall.
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Congratulations on your 20 years, and enjoying your job so much that you don’t want to cut back too much! My SiL is a family practice physician, 72 years old, and she does not want to cut back any more than her current 3 days/week. She says she loves her job and would do it even if they didn’t pay her (but the paycheck is a nice perc)!
And I do remember Saturday Sky; yours are stunning!
Congratulations Vicki on 20 years! I think our generation, or maybe one behind us, may be the last of those that stay with one company for a long time. I just celebrated 21 years with my company and look forward to the day I can cut back a little too. Beautiful sky photos … they made me smile. Happy New Year. 🥳
yay for TWENTY years!!! wishing you more beautiful skies and only good vibes for the next five.
Congratulations Vicki on reaching this milestone. I alway tell young people that if you find a job you love it’s not working. I worked in grant writing for a local school district for over 30 years and did not want to retire. Other factors played in like moving, etc. and off I went. I also love being retired!
Happy Work-versary.
I DO remember Saturday sky. I also remember Friday Eye Candy. Ahhhhhhhhh…. a simpler time on the old inner-nets.
Congratulations on 20 years and good for you on that decision to cut back (and easing into that for the win, too)! I’ve been at my current job for 24 years as of last September and it really boggles my mind.