I started my new job at the beginning of February and so far I’m quite enjoying it. It’s a refreshing change from where I was previously. No longer having people breathing down my neck to sort out customer’s problems and fix the same things that break on a daily basis; for the moment. So the change is definitely a welcome one though it’s not indefinite, I’m still in the process of acquiring the skills necessary to do my job, which is a rather arduous task.

However, as much as I like my job and enjoy where I am I’m already having doubts. Life somehow managed to throw the proverbial spanner in the works this time. The latest increase in petrol price has really started to make me worry, and by the sounds of things the situation is only going to get worse next month. Considering my training regime, I eat a lot of food, so whenever petrol goes up I feel the pinch particularly in that department. Unfortunately this time I appear to have been bitten and not stopped bleeding, only made worse by the recent haemorrhaging of funds due to my car and my ill-conceived trip to Cape Town.

Alas, such are the decisions life presents. Do I start looking for a new job now? Or do I try angle for a raise at my current company. Obviously I would prefer the latter, but then of course things don’t look too rosy as I’ve already been told I have to wait till the financial year end… July.