The ups and downs on the Corporate Ladder

So work... I'm not sure which I like more... my job or the Kudos it provides me...

I'm in a high profile position and get to liaise with all sorts of amazing people, there are tremendous perks (I got nearly $500 worth of dresses for nothing last week - well I say nothing but really I worked my arse off for them), but I also get stressed out and tired and over it on a regular basis...

Should I really be living my life thinking "When there are more bad bits than good bits, I'll move on"?

New Friends, Romans and Countrymen

So I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about my social life or lack there of and decided in a "You are a Master of your own destiny" kind of way, that I need to make more of an effort at life and stress less about work...

So the stressing less about work isn't going so well but I'm working on it....

Invitations

I wonder sometimes what it is about me that leaves me so often off the invite list to impromptu gatherings of my friends...

I have encountered this so often in my past and never really figured out an answer... I seem to have many friends and acquaintances, although I only truly get along with a small group of people, but I often seem to get left out.

I feel like the kid chosen last for the sports team (which I often was - at least that was because I sucked at sport!).

The Begingings of Betwix and Between

I'll be 31 in 2 weeks tomorrow...

Birthdays always make me think about where I am in life. To start with I'm a hell of a lot happy than I was this time last year. The wants are the same but I'm in a more stable place mentally.

Last year all I wanted was a partner, a baby and a house. Preferably immediately. Now I still want those things, but I have enough sense and stability to know that if they are going to come, I need to be patient and not rush things... No use trying to force the issue!