Ambition…

Whatever happened to my ambition?

I was going through my memory stick today looking for some files and came across a folder that I haven’t accessed in a long time. Inside was a load of files I put together when I was about 24/25 which had all these business ideas in them. These weren’t insane or off the wall ideas, but good, solid, business ideas. I’d even written business plans for a couple of them. Granted I’d need to update some of those business plans to reflect the economic position today, but they’re all pretty viable business opportunities but for one reason or another I don’t seem to have done anything with them and I was wondering, when did I lose my ambition? When did it become about the money in my back pocket rather than loving the work that I do.

It’s true that I’ve not been happy in the work I’ve been doing the last few years and even my move to Australia hasn’t changed my mindset, I still don’t enjoy doing what I do although I am good at it. And I think that’s the problem, there’s no challenge here any more for me. Yes, I can go into a new role and yes, I might get new problems thrown at me, but essentially it’s all the same old stuff – I need to source a product for a stakeholder and get the best price/service balance possible.

So maybe I should start making plans now for when I get back to the UK? Maybe it’s time to start getting those career-changing wheels in motion. I’ve got nine months until my visa runs out and maybe I need to use them wisely to plan a big career change when I get back to the UK?

We’ll have to see….