I’m Coming Out
"I'm coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show."
-- Diana Ross
She’s in the sun, wind teasing her hair. Stepping into the street, the burger joint next door wafts a savory scent.
Walking out meant more today: it meant walking off the job. Freshly resigned, her brain tingled. On pure, involuntary impulse, she stuck her finger in the air, and looked up briefly. Then strutted down the street, and hopped into her sporty black car.
Windows down to embrace the fresh warm breeze, she peeled away with a music blast swirling in her wake. Off to meet with her girlfriends and celebrate a new day.
They left the same company not long before: on to bigger and better opportunities. Now she follows the same path.
Soon she strode into the high-ceilinged and high-energy restaurant. It felt like the center of the universe: booming with popularity and lively voices. A pure reflection of the sentiment of the day.
Her countenance no different, she headed to the bar. They catch each other’s eyes. Gal pals Dame and Beckums flash sudden, exhilarating smiles. The new arrival swings her arms above her head, beaming and singing:
“I’m coming out!”
The ladies bust out laughing, as they erupt into dance and exchange hearty high-fives all around their cocktail table.
The song matched the freest of feelings: of a new threshold, of achieving a higher goal. A sense of pride in self, and joy for what is yet to come.
Dame exclaims, beaming: “This the happiest I’ve ever seen you!”
And happy she was. Leaving for advancement, new challenges, a higher salary, and the opportunity to serve clients you’d know by name: it was all she dreamed. A true acknowledgment of the endless work, the long nights. Of all she accomplished over years of trailblazing work in website development.
These were the heady early days of the internet: dot-coms boomed, and demand for talent soared to a peak. She rode the wave of an employee market, where hiring was swift and competition by employers permitted her to take her pick of jobs.
In that instant, a sense of pride washed over her. But yet in that exhilarating moment, her brain still nagged with a sense of regret and bittersweet.
Should I have given more notice to my old boss?
But the other company wanted me NOW.
Should I have walked out on my last day? Such a strident snub, for this liquid lunch with my buddy colleagues?
But it’s time to CELEBRATE!
Am I too full of myself?
NO! Well yes, maybe that’s a little bit true.
The push and pull swirled in her head. But one thing’s for sure… she was off to a proper Digital Consultancy. And it was all about to start on MONDAY! Future, here we come!
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