Can I just shamelessly boast and gloat and bask in my own amazingness for a minute?

[SmuggyMcSmuggerson]

I didn't work for almost 8 years when my DC were little (apart from weekend pub work etc). Had no career to abandon in the first place (v good A Levels but dropped out of uni for various reasons) and then DH (now ex) earned enough to make it doable (Looking back I was an idiot to leave myself vulnerable being unmarried etc but thankfully I ended up being one of the lucky ones whose ex didn't try to shaft them).

When youngest DC started school in Sep 2018 I started applying for NHS admin/reception jobs as had always fancied a career in NHS. Got hired as a receptionist and quickly moved upwards through various roles in the surgery.

I've just been successful at interview for the role of Assistant Practice Manager 😲🤗.

I am so bloody proud of myself after a lifetime of failing to live up to my potential (and being reminded of it every turn by my mother 🙄).

It's SO monumentally huge for me and my DC.

<passes round 🍷 and 🍰>

Thanks so much everyone.

I don't have a huge circle irl and want to shout it from the rooftops but figured MN would have to do instead 😀

I've been on here since having DC1 in 2008 and have posted lots over the years in difficult times and been given excellent advice. It's lovely to be posting something so positive ☺

You are a proper star! Well done.

Congratulations op!!

so similar to my life, currently working as an SEN TA but really need to make a better long term plan. I know I’m bright but always feel that my lack of degree lets me down.

Fantastic news! Well done you.

Can I just shamelessly boast and gloat and bask in my own amazingness for a minute?

Yes you bloody well can !! Well done !!

👏👏👏👏

Woohoo! Well done, that’s amazing. You have every right to feel proud of yourself. You rock! 🤘🏻

What a lovely post!!! Congratulations op, you should be so incredibly proud of yourself! All the best in your new role!

Congratulations OP, well done.

GO YOU! 🥂

Well done you ! Bloody fantastic 🎊🎉💐

Congratulations.

Amazing! Well done! Congratulations! 🎉🙂

Congratulations! Well done 😀

Well done you 🥳👏

Well this is odd as I started with the NHS as an apprentice (an old one 😂) a few months ago and have got on really well in the job. I was taken to one side yesterday and asked to apply for an admin lead role which is basically 2 steps up the ladder from where I am now. Not sure whether I had the confidence to go for it but your thread has inspired me that I can. Bloody well done too you, that's amazing! I hope your new role goes well and I'm sure you will be absolutely amazing at it 🥳.

This is amazing, OP, well done! Did you have any background/ experience in admin before? Or was it a case of learning on the job? I keep considering a change…

Excellent, well done!

🎉🎉🎉

Very well done, you should be proud of yourself.

Well done! 👏

Congratulations! Sounds like they’re very lucky to have you! 🎉🥳

Ooh, I love threads like this!
Can I bask in your reflected amazingness as well?

That's genuinely made me happy to hear from a complete stranger! Well bloody done you! You SHOULD brag

Go you!!! Bask all you like.