All night after the conversation with the recruiter, I had an uneasy feeling about the job search - even had trouble falling asleep last night due to the anxiety around it. I felt like the conversation with her didn't go well at all. I was really unclear about the reason for wanting a career change (apart from more money), and while it was likely in my head, the vibe I got from her was one of polite irritation. Also, when I told her my current salary, the impression I had from her was that it was a reasonable amount for my job title.
If there's not much upside on the salary front to justify a move somewhere else, it doesn't seem worth it to upend my comfortable life just for a 5-10% pay increase. I don't do well with change, I don't like learning how to deal with new people, and honestly, my current job is easy for me, since I've been doing it for so long. Who knows how another company/boss might want things to be done, or whether I could go along with it if they're methods were less than efficient/outright ridiculous?
The more I think about it, the more I feel that if I really want to earn more, I should just find a side gig to make up for that difference in pay. Or I could start working some overtime, as we've been fairly busy recently and are down competent staff (we have new interns, but they are beginners). I've also been learning to code online, so maybe I just need to finish that & look for some coding side-jobs? I'm also very good at proof-reading and book-keeping, and have been casually looking into that as well, but don't know how to get started in it. (Another consideration is that, if I found something that required me to move out of town/state, I currently have way too much stuff to be able to easily do that. I'm going to work on getting rid of anything I no longer use, as well as the Dodge.)
Anyway, everything in me right now is telling me not to rock the boat. While it's true that I'm going to be losing money to inflation every year from now on, at least I have an adequate, stable income. And no anxiety...
6:21 a.m. - 2022-03-12
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