Lately I have noticed that in my life I have so many different faces, personas and so many different people who are in my life. I have my professional life, my private life, and the life that really only gets shared with Claire. I do my hair differently depending on what day it is and who I will be seeing, I dress so differently at different times it’s almost confusing even me, and it’s almost hard to keep up with.
Corporate vs. Casual
Wandering the offices it’s all clean-cut. Seeing me dressed in a Ted Baker suit, a Hugo Boss shirt and tie, and excellent cufflinks given to me by Claire is really not that uncommon. I rarely let slip even the smallest profanity, I keep rather quiet and work my ass off. I put everything I have into my work.
Weekends and commute to work, however, is a very different story. Comfortable jeans, studded leather belt, pinstripe hooded sweater, converse all-stars and a beanie. Crumpler bag over my should with badges appended to it, loaded with my geeky gadgets and things I might need. It’s a very different look compares to when I am at work.
Country vs. City
Although I grew up in the country, I have never considered myself a country person until I lived in the city. While I am definitely a city person with what I like, do and how I act most of the time, I still feel the country boy coming out of me.
Most days I am in such a rush with so much on my mind that I am just like any other city person, but I feel like I am so much more polite than the city people I see around. I still thank every shopkeeper I come across, I still let people enter and exit before me, I still say hello to people out of instinct and I still find myself far more patient than most Sydney people.
The faces of Mitch exist for a reason. If I was the same person at work as I am outside of work, I think my bosses would have a bit of a problem with the 24 year-old guy they see trying to climb the corporate ladder. And if I wore my suit out to a beer with my friends, I think they would think I was a bit stiff to be sinking beers.
I have been working so hard since I came to Sydney, it’s definitely a change from the country life. I’ve moved from a rather casual job into a corporate job, from a role without career prospects and a relaxed work ethic into a role with limitless possibilities and challenges. I’ve changed so much as a person and I love the guy I have become.
