i thunk so

I have a compulsive urge to move on. It applies to almost every area of my professional life. At a project level, I literally need to have three or more things going on at once so that I can choose what I want to work on at any given time. When I get bored of one project, I push it off to the side and move on to the next boring thing. Rare are the moments when I dive headlong into a task only to find that it’s addictive. When those moments do come along, the feeling is euphoric; and the by-product is usually something I am very proud of. Almost always, these projects are related to side work, and not my bread-amd-butter work.

At a career level, I seem unable to stay in one job for more then a few years. I haven’t decided whether this is attributable more to the career path I’ve chosen which lands me at dot-coms or small Internet firms. The company I’m consulting at now is the first big-time Internet retailer job I’ve worked for as of yet. I’ve been there for about six months, and tones of repetition are starting to set in.

I don’t feel like this is symptomatic of my personality because I am someone who prefers consistency on many levels. For example, the married life definitely suits me. I enjoy eating the same types of foods — most say I’m a picky eater, so I’m definitely not a “grass is greener” kind of guy when it comes to cuisine.

The long and short of it is that I would like to get to the point where I can work on something without hearing a ticking mental time bomb.

Filed by JP at 6:41 pm under Personal Drama, Business