zaliachimera

Had my annual review at work last week, and I was worried about it (I always feel like I'm not doing enough, like I'm lazy, because I get distracted a lot, and working from home doesn't help sometimes), but it went really well!

I'm getting a pretty hefty raise, especially now I'm working full time. Holy shit this is just... gonna make some stuff a lot easier, y'know? Especially since I only have 1 more year of payments left on my graduate loan.

I don't want to go crazy but there's some small things it'll be nice to have the money for, like booking an actual hotel room for myself when I go somewhere instead of staying in youth hostel dorm rooms where I inevitably end up on the top bunk of a bunkbed (which I hate) and have a shitty night sleep. Not gonna be booking a penthouse suite or anything, but just being able to get a decent night's sleep when I go to events is going to be *lovely*.

Also, quite probably gonna try to go private to get an ADHD diagnosis because it has been a *year* and i have heard nothing from the NHS.

Also got reminded by my boss that each year we get £250 to spend on something related to work. Since I work for a game company... I am *totally* planning to wait until black friday and get a Switch XD

It's just so weird. I never thought I'd be in this position of having a job that I don't hate, where I feel appreciated and relatively secure and have adult things like a pension.

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kalloway

It's just so weird. I never thought I'd be in this position of having a job that I don't hate, where I feel appreciated and relatively secure and have adult things like a pension.

1. Congrats on the raise and everything, and

2. It is weird, isn't it? I've been in that position for a few years now and have gotten my finances under the most control ever and honestly wtf, what is this weird feeling?

zaliachimera

Thank you! It's really nice! And it is just so strange, especially after working pretty shitty retail jobs for so long. I'll have finished paying off my graduate loan in a year which is a huge chunk of money saved already, but mainly it's just so nice to feel appreciated. I've already learned a *lot*, and I'm doing a lot, between QA testing and production and social media (it's a really tiny company XD) so I feel like I'm in a good place.