Hugrekki ae hlusta á inns?ie

For my foreign friends - english version is below :-)

Maeur ae nafni Allen Saunders sagei eitt sinn "…life is what happens to you while you′re busy making other plans".

Tae er ótrúlega mikie sannleikskorn í tessari tilvitnun tví tae er alveg sama hvaea pl?n maeur hefur, lífie getur tekie mann og teytt í allar áttir án tess ae maeur geti nokkue gert í tví. Tá er gott ae hafa íslensku seigluna ae leiearljósi og berjast gegnum storminn mee vonina um ae ?ll él stytti upp um síeir. En hvernig fer maeur ae tví? Hvernig fer maeur ae tví ae fyllast sjálfstrausti tegar vinnuveitandi segist ekki hafa t?rf á tér lengur og tarft ae fara sannf?ra ókunnungt fólk um ae tú sért rétta manneskjan í n?sta starf? Hvaea styrk tarf maeur ae hafa til ae hlusta á hjartae og segja vie tae sama fólk nokkrum mánueum seinna, eftir ae tae tók sénsinn og réei tig, ae tig langi ae gera annae og sért á f?rum? ég get alveg sagt ykkur ae tetta er ekki auevelt en er samt h?gt.

á síeasta ári lenti ég í tví leieinlega atviki ae vera sagt upp st?rfum eftir rúmlega 7 ár hjá tví fyrirt?ki. Starfie mitt var lagt nieur og 2 mínútum eftir ae ég skrifaei undir starfslok var ég búin ae afhenta t?lvuna mína og aegangskortie og labbaei út mee fj?gur augu yfirmanns og mannauesfulltrúa á beinu bakinu en mee ósynilegt brotie stolt og ótrúlega leie. Gárungarnir segja ae maeur eigi ekki ae taka tessu persónulega en tetta er ekkert nema persónulegt. Tae er einhver ást?ea fyrir tví ae tú varst látin fara en ekki einhver annar, tae er eitthvae sem tú gereir, sageir, gereir ekki eea sageir ekki sem r?eur úrslitum. En galdurinn vie ae komast í gegnum tessa ótrúlegu h?fnun er ae vieurkenna tilfinningarnar sínar og horfa svo á tetta sem mesta t?kif?ri lífsins. Hurein galopnast allt í einu upp á gátt og tú hefur allt í hendi tér. Tú getur sagt allskonar á ferilskránni, sótt bara um hjá fyrirt?kjum sem tér finnst spennandi, talae og hitt allt tae fráb?ra fólk sem tú hefur einhvern tímann unnie mee eea tengst á einhvern hátt. Lesie b?kur, dustae rykie af persónuleikaprófum, fókuserae á styrkleikana, sett sér raunh?f markmie og allt í einu ertu fáránlega peppue. Tú f?re boe í atvinnuviet?l sem eru stressandi en l?rdómsrík. Stundum ganga tau vel og stundum illa en ef tú tekur inn l?rdóm hvers vietals fyrir sig tá b?tir tú tig í hvert skipti. Ert meira meevitue hvaea spurningar á ae spyrja, hvaea laun á ae bieja um, hvaea hlunnindi tú vilt og fleira. Maeur f?r fljótt tilfinningu fyrir tví inn í mieju samtali hvort maeur raunverulega langar ae vinna hjá viekomandi fyrirt?ki eea ekki, sér yfirmenn sem spyrja skrítna spurninga eea fráb?rra spurninga og allt í einu er maeur oreinn sérfr?eingur i atvinnuviet?lum. Svo fékk ég nyja vinnu og tá hoppaei ég h?e mína í ?llum herkl?eum eins og Gunnar á Hlíearenda gerei foreum daga :-)

Ae byrja í nyrri vinnu er stressandi. Tae er mikie ae taka inn, maeur vill sanna sig frá fyrsta degi en sjaldnast er tae h?gt. ég er eins og svampur sem syg í mig vitneskjuna, vil l?ra allt og geymi upplysingarnar einhversstaear í fórum mínum enda er One Note minn besti vinur. ég er ekki manneskjan sem finnst t?gilegt ae vera hent út í djúpu laugina strax og turfa ae troea marvaeann og er best tegar ég f? ae vaxa jafnt og tétt í starfinu. En eftir bara 2 mánuei í nyrri vinnu kom annae t?kif?ri upp í hendurnar sem mér fannst meira spennandi (tie munie ae hurein var galopin). Hvae gera b?ndur tá? Nybyrjue á nyjum stae, rétt ae kynnast ?llum, nybúin ae ganga í gegnum upps?gn og á meean á ?llu tessu stóe gekk ég líka í gegnum aera persónulega raun sem var óv?nt og langvinn veikindi maka. Erfie ákv?reun ae taka en eitthvae í hjartanu sagei mér ae st?kkva en ekki hr?kkva og ég gerei tae. Sagei bless vie gott fólk eftir aeeins 3,5 mánue og byrjaei á ?erum vinnustae. Hafei unnie tar áeur og tekkti tar ae leieandi margt en ekki allt. Aftur ny vinna, nyr vettvangur og ny leie í vinnuna og núna 2,5 mánuei seinna veit ég ae ég gerei rétt. ég hlustaei á inns?ie, klappaei mér á bakie og henti mér í djúpu laugina, tví tetta reddast allt saman einhvern veginn!

The courage to listen to intuition

A man named Allen Saunders once said "...life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans". There is an incredible amount of truth in this quote because it doesn't matter what plans you have, life can take you and whip you in all directions without you being able to do anything about it. Then it is good to have Icelandic resilience as a guide and fight through the storm with the hope that ineventually everything will be fine. But how do you do that? How do you go about filling yourself with confidence when your employer says they don't need you anymore and you have to convince strangers that you are the right person for the next job? What strength does one have to listen to the heart and tell the same people a few months later, after they took a chance and hired you, that you want to do something else and are leaving? I can tell you that it is not easy, but it is still possible.

Last year I had the unfortunate incident of being layed off after over 7 years with that company and 2 minutes after I signed my resignation, I had handed over my computer and access card and walked out with the four eyes of my boss and HR office clerk on my back but with an invisible broken pride and sadness.?People say you shouldn't take it personally, but it's nothing but personal. There is a reason why you were let go and not someone else, it is something you did, said, didn't do or didn't say that determines the outcome. But the trick to getting through this incredible rejection is to acknowledge your feelings and then look at it as the greatest opportunity of your life. The door suddenly swings open and you have everything in your hands. You can say anything on your resume, only apply to companies you find interesting, talk to and meet all the great people you've ever worked with or connected with in some way. Read books, dust off personality tests, focus on your strengths, set realistic goals and all of a sudden you're ridiculously excited. You get invited to job interviews which are stressful but educational. Sometimes they go well and sometimes badly, but if you take in the lessons of each interview individually, you will improve every time. You are more aware of what questions to ask, what salary to ask for, what benefits you want and more. You quickly get a feeling in the middle of a conversation whether you really want to work for the company in question or not, you see bosses asking weird questions or great questions and all of a sudden you have become an expert in job interviews. Then I got a new job and I jumped my height in all armor like Gunnar on Hlíearenda did in the old Icelandic Sagas :-)

Starting a new job is stressful. It's a lot to take in, you want to prove yourself from day one, but it's rarely possible. I'm like a sponge that soaks up knowledge, I want to learn everything and keep the information somewhere in my possession and therefore One Note is my best friend. I'm not that kind of person who feels comfortable being thrown into the deep pool right away and having to survive and I'm at my best when I get to grow steadily in the job. But after just 2 months in a new job, another opportunity came my way that I found more exciting (you remember the door was swing open). What do you do then? Just started in a new place, getting to know everyone, just gone through a layoff and during all of this I also went through another personal difficulty which was some long term illness of my partner. A difficult decision to make but something in my heart told me to jump and not flinch and I did. Said goodbye to good people after only 3.5 months and started another job. Had worked there before and therefore knew something about it but not everything. Again a new job, a new platform and a new way to work and now 2.5 months later I know I did the right thing. I listened to my intuition, patted myself on the back and threw myself in the deep pool, because it will all work out somehow :-)

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