March has been a pretty rewarding month for me. As I mentioned last month, I received a raise, the first paycheck of which was reflected this month. On top of that, I received my bonus and March also happened to be a 3-paycheck month! I allocated the majority of my bonus paycheck to my 401k so for the rest of the year I only have to contribute the minimum to get my employer’s match. Of course, with every high comes…
I’m riding on quite a high this month. My manager was finally able to secure the raise I had been asking for! And I’m not kidding when I say I’ve been asking for it. I point blank asked for a raise over a couple of 1:1s with her because I honestly made a mistake when switching over to her team by not bringing it up. In hindsight, I realized that’s when I would’ve had the most negotiating power. Anyways, at…
November was one of the best months I’ve had in a while. I went on my last trip of the year and it was so relaxing. I definitely went into it with the mindset that I wanted to have a really relaxing tropical vacation after the year I’ve had so while I did some planning, it was a pretty laid back trip. Mid-November, my team also finished up a huge project for work and since then, if I’m being completely…
July was an anxiety-filled month. Work has been crazy and my manager broke the news that she spoke with higher ups and I will not be getting a salary increase. Their rationale is they have hired a dedicated person to help alleviate the work I was helping with for a different department. Another person from my department is also finally coming back after having taken a month leave. I was assured that once that’s in motion, she’d take back the role…
If I thought May was bad, well, June did not get any better. It has been absolutely full of madness. I’m so glad I have this 4th of July long weekend to take a breather. Work has been absolutely crazy. You really don’t know the consequences of what you wish for until you get it. What I thought was just a transition into the new team doing what I was already doing turned out to be much more. Somehow I…
Ah, I can’t believe it’s already mid-June. I don’t think I’ve ever been this late in doing my monthly updates. May was just a non-stop busy month, starting with closing on my home, buying appliances, and starting with the move-in process. Then I went on my pre-planned week-long vacation at the end of May which was a much needed break. The day I came back to work, I was met with the news I’d been wanting, which is a transition…
And just like that, it was over. Last month, I mentioned that I was doing nothing but working overtime including weekends. By mid-February, the overtime opportunity was over. In hindsight, I think I made a great decision (what a rare occurrence!) with going all out in January to work those extra hours. Now the opportunity is gone. I can make many excuses on why I’m so late on this month’s update. I was catching up with friends, shows, trips, and…
The first month of 2021 has been a month full of confusion for me. I have a bad habit of keeping things bottled up until everything has cleared up which is why I have been lagging on writing any new posts. Sadly, everything is still muddy in my mind, but I’m hoping that by writing through this, it’ll provide some clarity. Thanks Ms Afro Penny for the much needed nudge to put my thoughts into words (or at least try)…
Welcome to my 2020 Year in Review! 2020 flew by like nothing. It seemed like it was just yesterday that I was excited to see 2020 roll around. A new decade, a new start. Well, as we all know, that didn’t pan out quite as planned. Instead, a pandemic struck and before we knew it, we were just waiting for 2020 to finish to get to 2021. With that said, I wouldn’t say 2020 was a complete disaster. While many…
I quit! After 3 years as a retail pharmacist, I have finally freed myself of this hell otherwise known as retail pharmacy. This is my Declaration of Independence! Okay, that was a bit dramatic, although I did cry when I called my manager that I would be putting in my 2 weeks and quitting retail pharmacy. As I reflect on these past three years, there were some good and some bad moments (see here, here, and here), but I will…