Happiness

I have entered a blog posting about how happy I am at the moment.

Though I am out of work currently - which most definitely is a worry - I am very contented. I am not under any personal stress and don't have to answer to anyone. Not having people bugging is absolutely fantastic.

These thoughts and observations motivated me to post heere as I reflected on the relevance of this to my job situation and when I am in work.

When I am not under pressure I can work very effectively and productively; when I am not, it all goes the other way. This extends, in my opinion, into the work environment. If I am unhappy in a job then I cannot work productively.

I have just left my last position. I wasn't happy and I wasn't being treated well; indeed, I believe that I was being constructively dismissed. However, I faced reality and, for the first time in my career, I decided that I wasn't going to let events dicate to me; I was going to take control and effect my own destiny.

In the past I allowed the former to happen. To be faor, it was a job that meant the absolute world to me so I was loathed to anything different. I was also very raw and didn't have the benefit of the subsequent experience. As a result, my confidence was seriously dented which, as a person with Asperger syndrome, can - and did - have very long, detrimental effects.

That experience taught me the important lesson of refusing to let that happen. Looking back, I am all the better for it. By refusing to work in an unhappy scenario I can ensure that I provide the environment for myself that always enables me to work productively.