What I Discovered

SO, aside from starting this blog, I actually realized a lot of things today.



First, I am a very VERY driven person. My current job is so redundant (even though I just started) and I realized that I am the type of person that needs to be challenged and given intelligent things to do. My current job is everything but. I am still in training and everyday we learn new things about the brand I will be selling (Bare Escentials.) I have worked for Bare Escentials in the past and I also have been in sales and worked with many computer systems.




For those who don't know, I work selling Bare Escentials at a call center. Glamorous, right?




Anyway, my trainer spent almost 2 hours going over looking up a customer in the system. First, she went over it, then we did it together as a class, then we had to go do it on our own. This would be a great system... for people who are slow. I am anything but slow. This could have been easily avoided with me because if you tell me something... especially something as simple as looking up a customer on that computer system, I would know it and have it down in 5 minutes. But 2 hours? Really? This happened again later in the day when we were learning about the skin care system called RareMinerals. There is one cleanser, one moisturizer, one eye cream, a blemish treatment, and a mineral powder to wear at night. OBVIOUSLY this is meant and created for ALL skin types. However, my trainer, split all of us into 5 groups for each skin type, asking us to make a skin care regimine and explain how each product would benefit our skin. Again, this could have only taken 5 minutes, instead of 2 hours because it is obvious and clear by reading about the benefits of this that each and every skin type would be benefited.




I decided that this job is a transition for me and is just a gateway to another opportunity in my life. I will find a better job soon that I enjoy much more. I just hate that I am not pushed to do better or challeneged. It's especially difficult to be around people who the 2 hours spent on one subject will benefit when I am sitting there trying to listen and getting frustrated because I want to learn something new.

I also realized that I want to take on too much in the pursuit to find challenges. At all my other jobs, all sales, I found sales to be an easy task, so I would do other merchandsing, organizing, anything to better my store instead of or in addition to selling because I just didn't feel challenged. In doing so, I lost control of the situation because I took on too many tasks. It's the same idea with school. I always give myself too much to do because I want to be challenged and I have a huge desire to learn but I get over whelmed and I end up not getting as much done as result of that. It's very frustrating to learn this about myself... it just means that I need to learn to prioritize and budget my time better. Which now, I will be learning and trying to do.

I think in order to get my life back on track, because it has been one hectic rollercoaster lately, I am going to take some time off of school to get things going such as a job, figuring out my work ethic and budgeting my time. I need to work full time and it's hard for me since I haven't really had a job the past few months and now that I have finals and am working full time, I am over whelmed. (Again, with the time budgeting!!!)

So, with that said I think I'll be able to do so and really thrive and live the way that I want to. I feel better knowing this about myself and telling you guys! (even though I know probably not many people will read this.) :P

XOXO,
S