Have A Break? Never!

Whilst some people live to work I think I actually work to live.

Today I started my new job as Campaign Manager at Unruly Media. I work in Shoreditch, near Brick Lane, in an old converted brewery, which is really cool. The atmosphere is amazing, and the people are really nice and relaxed. Happy and shiiiiiiiiiiny. Quite Zen.

As I walk to work from Liverpool Street Station in the morning, I pass shopkeepers setting up shop at Spitalfields Market. Photographs, paintings, handmade jewelry, painted glass lamps, quilts galore... it was almost like a treasure trove of wonderful exotic things. It reminded me of Pasar Malam in Malaysia. The area seems to buzz with energy and high spirits.

Starting work again felt good.

I don't think I ever felt this excited about working before, I thought I would be quite happy being the stay-at-home wife. They gave me the option of working from home as well, but I told them I'd be more than happy to go into the office. I can get quite lonesome at home and for some reason I work better when there are people around me, even if we don't talk. Their very presence gives me motivation to work harder because I feel like we're all in it together so I have to contribute what I can.

And I think the job role suits me well. I am an internet junkie and spend hours and hours online reading blogs and randomly surfing. I like to look at websites and figure out how it's put together, especially now that I am also working on developing my husband's business website and teaching myself HTML.

I even enjoyed the tube ride. Oh how I missed The London Paper and Lite. Not so much Metro because I think Metro interact as much with readers. I love the daily guest columnist section on the London Paper, it's so refreshing to hear the perspectives of other commuters and sometimes in the tube I try to imagine what kind what the person next me in the tube would write about from their facial expressions.

Things have a way of working out perfectly, I find. I don't think I would have recovered from my operation in a week to be well enough to go back to work. So being made redundant was a good thing. It gave me a chance to recuperate, recharge and really reflect on what I really want.

At the end of the day I just want a working environment where creativity is encouraged, hard work is rewarded and people treat others the way they want to be treated. That would be work Nirvana for me.

I heart my job.