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Wow - what a work week!
I've mentioned before that my best friend and I trade childcare so that I get to work 20 hours/week. I've really been struggling with feeling like a professional and feeling competent and productive at work because the work I've been doing, though I'm very grateful for it, has been boring, tedious, and I just haven't had the creativity for it.
So - I've actually been praying that new opportunities will develop, and that I'll begin to get to use the skills that I'm really wanting to develop.
Well - *coincidentally,* 3 opportunities came together this week! And it just so happened to be a week that my friend and I changed up our schedule so that I worked 4 full days.
We had an invitation to respond to an RFP to basically take on the responsibilities of a planning department for 3 small towns near us. My boss asked me to take care of our response. And then, right after we turned that one in, we found out about a second RFP for an even more exciting project. THe only thing - it was due THIS Friday! And THEN - when another business contact heard that we were interested in such things, he offered us the job of future land-use planning for another nearby small town!
So I worked 4 10+ hour days this week, and was able to respond to 2 RFPs. It was a HUGE boost to my confidence and I got to use my writing skills in a big way - that's one I'm wanting to develop! SO although it was a uniquely challenging and uniquely exhausting week, it is just so exciting wondering what might come out of these RFPs. I feel like so much more is opening up to me in my career!
(Thanks for "listening "to me gush)
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It's always nice when you can show what you're capable of.
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