Back in the game

The understandably dwindling number of regular readers of melvtopia will be aware that I've been pretty crap at posting updates.  My excuse?  Under pressure and too busy at work, leaving little time for writing, let alone writing anything interesting.

Well. all that's about to change.  The busy at work bit at least, and hopefully the posting bit too.  After almost two years at Ministry of Sound I've decided to move on.  It's been a tough shift -  some fantastic highs but too many lows, and too much relentless pressure, for me to feel that I want to continue here.

So a couple of weeks ago I put a proposition to the business: I'd work 3 days a week until Christmas then they could make me redundant.  For Ministry, it was a convenient way of cutting costs for 2011, against a background of difficult trading conditions.  For me, it works perfectly as it gives me the chance to have meetings, talk to headhunters and work on my next move, but with a bit of a financial buffer.

And since I agreed the deal a weight has lifted off my shoulders.  The pressure is off, I'm enjoying going into the office and I'm determined to finish on a high by delivering what I've agreed to deliver before I leave.  Oh, and I need to find a new job, but more on that another time.

And the timing is perfect.  My last week coincides with the Ministry of Sound Christmas party.  I'm really looking forward to that, especially as the next day isn't one of my working days...