I’ve been busy this week at work, but it’s the exciting kind of busy. In sales if you are really busy it’s a good thing, it means that you have a lot of movement. A lot of things being submitted. Ultimately, more money in your pocket. So instead of dreading it, I look forward to it. It’s exciting. It’s like the floodgates burst open since I was told I was the one to be working this acquisition. It’s in my wheelhouse, I enjoy a large volume of tasks with many moving parts. The best part is every time I complete the process for one client there is a reward on the other side. I will be monetarily compensated for the process I’m following. It’s very rewarding, in many ways I’m not sure why I did anything else for so long. I guess on the flip side, I know not every month can be like this. Much like life I suppose. There will be ups and downs. I will have to learn to ride the waves.
I’m not necessarily emotionally invested in my job, I just enjoy that it’s fairly easy and it compensates me well. I feel very lucky to be able to say that, I know not everyone feels the same way. I hated my job for a very long time, my whole life really. Since I switched jobs in July of this year, it’s the first time since I was a teenager that I actually didn’t hate what I was doing full time. It feels good to not have to “go above and beyond” or “play the game”, I finally feel like I make enough to just keep doing what I’m doing. But if I could give advice to the version of me from 10 years ago, I’d say, “get into sales earlier”. And then that version of me would open her eyes wide and say, “there’s NO WAY you are a salesperson”. So if you think the same way I understand.
The thing is our media and even corporations portray sales as some evil money hungry soulless people with no hearts. The truth is, it’s just a glorified customer service role with more benefits. If you can find an industry that you don’t hate, a product that you believe in, you can actually make a decent living without stressing yourself out too much.
I know I’ve written something similar before, but today is the last day of the month and I finished above quota. I kept seeing the signed paperwork pile up in my inbox, and instead of dreading my emails I got excited every time I saw the notification. Ive heard a lot of talk about how awful work is, but maybe it’s just about finding the right fit. I was in management for 5 years and every day I dreaded logging in. It doesn’t have to be like that with anything in life. It’s just nice to recognize that even though in some ways this week has been difficult, overall I’m ending the week feeling pretty good about my choices in life.
The Girl Without A Face 