On a side note, I happened to be reading through an old journal tonight and came across an entry from exactly 2 years ago where I wrote, "The Denver trip was good. I think I'm going to move there." It's interesting to me to reflect back on that decision and how it came to be.
At the time, I was also working through the book, "The Path" by Laurie Beth Jones. One of the exercises was to describe your dream job. I wrote:1) Help people - I get extreme sense of satisfaction delivering completed work to people and it helps them in some way
2) Not always at a desk
3) Performing calculations / working with data
4) Being creative/fun, design something
5) 1-on-1 interactions
6) Feel like part of team
7) Being the expert or "go-to" person
Technically, my job has all of those qualities. I get to help people use the software, I'm not at a desk all the time but in clinics, I work with lots of data and information, I get to design processes and tools, I have many 1-on-1 meetings with clinic staff, I work with a team daily and I definitely am the "go-to" person for all the things I've designed or areas of the software I've specialized in. It amazes me that I did find my "dream" job. Of course now that I've met those 7 and have more work experience I could add several more to the list.
