As the title of the post say, it’s been a very long week for me. A. Very. Long. Week. Long enough that it seems like what happened on Monday happened a lifetime ago. But it was those exact events that prompted me to start this blog. After all what better time to start a blog then when your life takes a new direction.
This blog is just going to be about what is going on in my life. Whether it’s about school, my cats, dinner or life. And maybe even whatever random tangent that my mind went on that day and I decided that I needed to share.
Now on to my hell of a week. I got laid off.
After working for this company for 17 years and putting off college for this company (never a good idea to put off a personal goal for somebody or something else). I got laid off due to a reorganization to improve efficiency and continuous transformation (A.I. could do what my department for less money). I was told on Wednesday and my last day was Friday. It’s now Saturday Morning and I’ve spent the last few days wondering about what I was going do next.
I will still get paid through the end of the year and get a decent severance package and it left me thinking…why should jump immediately into job searching and trying to get another job. It’s just me and my two cats and I live within my means and the severance will give a bit of cushion, lets take a couple of days to think. So I took those days and realized that while I am anxious about the loss of security of steady paycheck, I wasn’t that upset about losing my job.
I decided to look at this time in my life as a time to evaluate what I want to do with my life (instead of falling into a job that really didn’t suit me but provided that security). I decided to finish up school and get my degree. I am just a semester away from graduating and explore my options to find out what I really want to do with my life.
So, welcome to my blog as I figure out life and what to do next.
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