Teeki - hope the balance all falls into place. My bestie is in the same boat, she cant seem to get the worklife balance happening with the kids and she is totally miserable and not quite sure what direction to take. She's just muddling through at the moment and is not in a good place. Its so hard keeping on top of everything when the only perk of working is the money

OP - Good Luck with the Learning Consultant role - sounds interesting

nyigi - not long now!

wysiwyg - Yeah, I guess work/life balance has a different meaning to all. For me its about not compromising on the non-negotiable family stuff - eg being home at dinner and bedtime for the kids, being able to be involved in some school stuff, and being able to have the luxury of our weekends free for us to fill without work pressures. Having those priorities certainly mean there are some job opportunities that I am missing (as long commutes, rotating rosters etc just wont work for me).

My job interview was fine, but even if I get it I doubt I'll take it. I didn't get a good feel for it and tbh it wasn't my cup of tea at all. Seeing as I still have almost 3 months of employment, I have no intention of taking a job I dont feel good about. If I get desperate in 6 months time I would look at things differently. However I just found a great opportunity on seek that is 5 mins from home and 2 mins from DSs school. Could be perfect. Would be a significant paycut but would fit all my work/life balance / family requirements which outweigh the money significantly. Going to knock up a bang on rock your socks off application and get myself an interview!!

Work is just weird now. I have inherited some team members from another Leader who has left (one of my best mates) so just adjusting there. We are down to a third of our workforce as the redundancies roll out. Some days I have very little work to do and the days just drag. However, it gives me plenty of time to apply for jobs etc. I've been very up and down. When people close to me leave I fall in a bit of a hole, it's so depressing and deflating.

Surely things need to take a positive turn soon?