Challenge 247: THAT girl, ALL the time

Well...today has been incredibly busy again and also really great. I feel I'm starting to get my juju back and grew a pair today.

I talked to my boss. I thought about all the things I really like about the job and all the things I hate. And I told him everything. Everything about how he's stretched the boundaries of my job responsibilities to the point that I'm uncomfortable and unhappy and no longer willing to do it, how I feel that what he expects out of me is worth MUCH more than what he pays me, and that I'm stretched thin and done doing the shit I hate (exact words). And I told him what I would still be willing to do. And I'm not going to budge. I also wrote him out an email listing out everything I do for him. Seeing it listed like that...it's CRAZY how much crap I've allowed. No more. Uh uh. That's it.

The conversation went much better than I thought. I thought he'd get defensive or try to argue, but my case is so strong that there was nowhere for him to go besides agreeing with me. And he did. And I feel a million times better. Not just for the change in the situation, but for sticking up for myself in such a firm way. In a "not taking your SHIT anymore" way, with not trying to sugar coat or worry about my words. I wasn't wimpy. And that's what I want to take away from this. That I need to be THAT girl, ALL the time. I'm done with wimpy.

I have two more months with the family to fulfill my original contract and obligation to them (which I value in honoring). And now, those two months will be filled doing things I like. Next up...total freedom!