Work for GE, forever.....

I have been thinking about my career lately. I am currently working as a contractor at GE. I see myself doing ministry at some point in my life, but that could just continue to be volunteer based. I thought about the idea of working for someone like GE the rest of my professional career. The chances of this happening are very slim just from a normal turn over perspective for a company like GE. At the same time this company is huge, I manage a critical piece of it that will NEVER go away, and I get to work from home every now and then. To clarify this, I am a contractor at GE, not a full time GE employee. So being a contractor for 30+ years could happen, but again is not likely. Then I thought about the idea of, working for GE, like on GE's pay roll. This is a weird road to walk down and here is why.

I have an issue with working for a company that is so big. I really do prefer working for the small to medium sized company. Some things at GE work so well, and others not so much. I happen to manage a very small section of GE's infrastructure. So everything I do has to get 'cleared' by at least 3-5 people each time I want to do something or fix something. This gets tiresome and it tends to weigh on me. I like making progress and solving problems in a timely manner. There really isn't room for that with all the checks and balances involved with working for such a big company.

So where does that leave me? I used to think that question was a very important one to have answered. In fact, I still find myself asking that question on occasion. I have come to realize that I need to aspire to things, but I cannot let them consume me. I have to work daily at what I do and strive to follow God's plan for my life. For me that looks like engaging my relationship with our Creator daily and trusting Him with my next day, next step, and next breath. This has brought me so much freedom. When I say that I mean I don't have the weight of tomorrow or a year from now or 10 years from now or when I die on my shoulders. I just embrace the life God has given me and live it. This makes living life so much easier and really allows me to be the man God wants me to be.

I would love to talk more about this, you know where to find me.

I can't spell and rush sometimes

So I created a blog last week. Unfortunately I created 'nicklesoda' and not NickelSoda. I am awesome at rushing things and not editing. I am also awesome at spelling, so go figure that I wouldn't spell the actual site name correctly. Either way, this is my blog, let's go.