This is August 13, 2021. I can’t believe it has been more than 6 months since my first post. Did time fly so fast because of the abnormality in the world with Covid?

This post is going to be a short diary thing.

I have been working for my current company for almost two years now. In fact, I am going to leave the company in two weeks, exactly on the 2-year anniversary day. A recent job interview went well and led to an offer, which I accepted. I will be starting a new job early next month.

At this somewhat life-changing point in life, I am surprised that I don’t have much feelings. Sometimes I think I have been going through life with my eyes closed. Sometimes I think the depressed period in my past has changed me forever. I’m getting a roughly 70% increase in salary. And the work I will be doing is very good for my career. These are definitely great news, but there is less happiness, excitement, nervousness or anxiety than I expect. It feels like just another episode of life. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing. Maybe next month is too far away that I don’t feel it yet.

There are things that I don’t like at my current job. Low pay and not doing what I want to do, these are the worst disadvantages of the job. The next would be the hour-long commute time, and having to deal with difficult people. I have always wanted to leave. I reserved my vacation days for job interviews. I guess it took so long to happen because I was being immature and procrastinating, and my mental state was not exactly good a year ago. I’m really glad that the very first interview went well. It gave me some confidence.

I have submitted my resignation letter. It was really hard to break it to my supervisor. He will have to fill my position somehow. It would also be hard to break it to my team, which hasn’t happened yet at this moment. Their workload will increase for some time, especially for the busy senior guy. I feel bad for causing potential hardship for them.

The announcement email has been typed out. It will be sent next Monday.

Looking back at the above, maybe I am actually having so much feelings that I decided to write this post?

A nice thing is that I will have a week-long vacation before the new job starts! I haven’t had one in the past two years. Knowing myself, I will probably sink into video games, but I also want to build something for fun, not sure what it will be yet.

I am looking forward to everything.