And now for my Next Magic Trick

The Phoenix in me has yet to rise. I am still favouring my raw scars of 2009. Have to admit this past year has been the best and the worst times of my whole life so far. A love/hate rollercoaster:
• Love Melbourne- hate the company that got me out there to work
• Love the fact that I can be flexible by giving/selling all of my collectibles and housewares to move from one hemisphere to another-hate that I had to do it twice in the same year
• Love my best friends that I established in Melbourne-hate that I had to leave and not be with them as often as I was when I lived in there
• Love the fact that I am enjoying my unemployment phase now-hate the manner of how I got this way
Since I just recently took the laser/botox/dermal filler certification course at National Laser Institue I still see myself going to the familiar environment of technology project work. I feel as though I am starting all over again not with my living situation but also with my career and life!



I am grateful that there are a couple potential employments that seem to be promising to me at this time therefore enjoying my “me” time as much as possible. The lesson learned here: Always consider keeping my environmental happiness instead of making any hasty work decisions because it's glamorous.

One of my Nursing Continuing Education for Nurses booklet in the mail has a course for ‘Burnout: Impact on Nursing’. Reading through it, it applies to ANY job or career and not just in Nursing. Scanning through it, I had the classic burnout risks, manifestations, symptoms and stages while working in Melbourne. Good thing I have this information so in my job interviews, I can inquire on whether I will burnout again. Term of burnout: “The term is used to describe a mild degree of unhappiness caused by stress, as well as any degree of distress, from fatigue or major depression…..it is not a problem related to an individual but a problem of the social environment in which people work and is a function of how people within that environment interact with one another and perform their jobs.” Let me say that the fucking bitch that started the rampage of not supporting me at work Down Under definitely was the lynch-pin from my experience. Am relieved that it is something I cannot take personally but at the time, I felt like a failure; truly like going through a divorce for the length of time I worked at that company.

I am very grateful for friends that have helped me through this mess and recovery. I actually did help out a couple of friends for a living situation in the past so I guess I am getting my return of that good deed :). So…for my next magic trick, I will make sure that I avoid the risks, correct any manifestations/symptoms to avoid the stages of burnout….in my 4th career!