I have a new job at my hometown credit union as the Accounting Manager. After twenty-four years at my current job, I put in my notice last week. My final day there will be July 31st. I start at the credit union a few days later.
I’ve been working remotely since the start of the pandemic. About a month ago, my current org announced a change in their work arrangements that would have had me back in the office an average of four days a week. I did that ninety minute a day commute for 18 years and I don’t want to go back to it.
I am extremely fortunate at the way this new job came about—and how quickly it came about. The office is five blocks away, which means that even though I’ll be in the office three days a week, I’ll have zero commute.
This is not quite the way I envisioned this part of my career but it feels like the right next step. As Wendell Berry says, “we live the given life, not the planned.”