my career in retrospect

This week has passed super fast for me and i'm starting to feel like a really busy bumble bee... running around from place to place in school. Breakfast and lunch are taken in so many sections that by the time i finish my final portion of lunch, it's almost 4 plus 5... nearly time for dinner...

Despite all that busy-ness, I am grateful to God for the many windows of opportunities placed in my life... Last year, at around this time, I was extremely frustrated in school. I felt I had lost a sense of direction on where I'm heading and what I'm doing... career-wise. I was tired of being over-worked and under-paid. It didn't help that the bulk of my never-ending work load was coming from covering someone else's work load. In fact, I was so frustrated that I indicated to be direct boss, my EL HOD, that I wanted to have more flexibility in my career...

Then I received a calling from God to rise up to a leadership position. My boss was promoted to become my Vice-Principal and so her position was vacant. I was approached by her as well as the big boss, my Principal, to take it up... initially, i thought they were kidding me...

I asked God to renew my purpose at work and lead me where he wants be to go... but somehow, he gave me big shoes to fill... For a 3 year old teacher, there are times I feel stretched like a rubber band, closed to snapping a few times...

Although this 7 months have been really tough, straddling my old portfolio, my new portfolio, additional meetings as well as my studies, I am grateful for this opportunity. I never knew I was capable of working at a much higher level in my work place...

There's a saying: "Women are like tea, they get stronger in hot water". That pretty sums up my life so far.

When God closes a door on you, he opens 3 others for you. He doesn't just opens windows of opportunities, he will also send angels in the form of people around you in you life to help you out... Without his providence in the form of support from family, friends as well as colleagues, I wouldn't have lasted through this period...