Those were the days..

I miss the stability of working in the military. You know, you never had to decide what to wear, you never had to worry about where you wanted to live as they would send you to the places that best suited you and them, you never had to worry about a company car, you never had to worry about what to make for dinner when you were working.You didn't have to worry about the downturn in the economy as your job was secure, and you never had to worry about taking trips and they arranged all your travel around the world for you in far off exotic lands, and lets not forget the camping in camouflage!

I do miss those days and I do miss hanging with friends. I know I have a good life and I have enjoyed what I have done since leaving the military. I also know I am well off because off the military. The training they gave me helped make me what I am today.

I do appreciate what the people and companies I have worked for in the last 12 year's have done for me as well. I have made some good friends in the oil patch, and I have learned a lot from the best. I have had some great opportunities to succeed and I have moved up with the help of others trusting my talents. My advantage to succeeding in my current positions though started from the training and discipline the military gave me.

So this is another reason I am so torn right now. I typically like stability in my life and I like to know where I am going to be in a year from now. In this industry I had that, up until a couple years ago. Now I don't know where I will be from one month to the next. This is really hard on someone that likes to be organized and stable.

That being said, I do like challenges and changes of project work but without the worry of of employment or having to change positions. I suppose if I wasn't so driven to succeed then I could settle into a 9-5 manager position and just enjoy myself...maybe in in 10-15 years. I suppose then I will also be looking back to now and saying Those were also the good old days!