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The
Journal of Alan Howard
17th March 2001
What an enjoyable period of
time these past couple of weeks have been! The past has
allowed me to move on into the future, and it's been
fantastic. I've been going through a process of finding
myself, and as a result I feel much stronger, and more confident
to get what I want, and to not accept what I don't want.
It's been remarkable, as I've never been in this state before.
I was made permanent at my place of work just over a week
ago. I'm not a contractor anymore! Woohoo! Job
security has become higher. I was very pleased that they
agreed to my wage expectation, which was about the same as I was
getting as a contractor, and that helped me agree to becoming
permanent. I didn't want to earn too much less than what I
was already getting. It also affirmed for me the value
that I give to the company, because if they didn't think I was
worth it, they wouldn't have made me permanent, especially with
the wage expectation that I had. I feel as if I've taken
it all in my stride, and that's probably because I didn't expect
anything less. The celebration will occur later...
This time next week I'll be in Brisbane. I'm really
excited about that! It's been 15 years since I was there
last... Apparently Dan is taking me to MovieWorld, which
should be exciting. I'll also be catching up with Miss
X. You remember her... she featured heavily in this
journal for a while about a year ago. She's moving from
Canberra to Brisbane in 2-3 days from now, so we're going to
catch up when I get there, probably over dinner or something.
I've met a lovely lady recently who has helped inspire me to get
back into spirituality, more than I have been in the past few
years. It's time I started writing articles and working on
the actual section of this website that hasn't seen any work yet
- The
Spirit. I think I can be of value in some way towards
others, based on a few things that have happened recently, so
I'm going to really get my act together and see where this takes
me.
Based on how much I'm enjoying myself here, and with work
becoming permanent, it looks like I'm going to be here for
another year or two, at least. I know I'll be returning to
Canberra eventually, but there's no urgency and no need at this
stage. Life is good, life is exciting, and I'll travel
this path to see where I end up.
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