It’s been awhile since I put a photo up, so here’s one! I took this last weekend as we were on our way to a family lunch in the city. I love Melbourne city for many, many things and one of them is for the sheer number of alley ways that make this city so beautiful. This little alley way is by far the narrowest one I’ve come across in the 15 years that I’ve been living here. The photo actually makes it look wider but I assure you it was extremely narrow… Even I had to focus on my walk through it to make sure my shoulders didn’t brush along those beautiful brick walls… Oh and brick walls? Don’t even get me started! I have a strange love for brick walls. Enough said.
I have a lot on my plate at work right now which has been a good thing. My manager has gone on leave for a few weeks and while he’s gone, I’ve been put in charge of my team. An opportunity which I jumped at and certainly grateful for. They don’t come along all too often. I anticipated this period to be a little stressful and it has been quite challenging but I’ve been coping which is just a relief really. I have, however, realised just how different being in a managerial position is! I don’t have any experience leading a team or managing people. Let alone having to do a good job at it. This opportunity though has given me a good snippet as to what it may be like should I be interested in a managerial position in the future – it has also opened up my eyes at how much I still need to learn… And it is a lot! It’s so easy to talk yourself down or to harp on the negatives so I’m trying to steer my view and emotions in this very brief role towards ‘positive’ and ‘character building’. Plus I’ve grown to realise that being good at something or being confident at something doesn’t always necessarily mean knowing how to do it perfectly or that you stop learning because there’s nothing else to learn. That is simply not true. I believe that there is always room to grow, room to improve and room to learn. Especially in today’s world…
I hope when my few weeks in this brief role is up, I get to look back at it and add it to my list of achievements – whether I did a good job of it or not. Whatever the outcome, it’s important to be proud of the things you strive to achieve and do achieve. To be encouraged and inspired by the mere fact that you chose to push yourself and to step out of your comfort zone. Because believe it or not, it is not as easy as it sounds to just step out of your comfort zone… And I’m probably queen of that. Queen of routine. Queen of sticking to what I know. Queen of familiarity…
As time goes by, I honestly do try and make a conscious effort to step out of my comfort zone from time to time. I think I need that… Even though every part of my body and mind screams that I don’t. My heart knows that I do.
