Adrift

Posted on Mar 9, 2009 in careers, featured articles, laid off, opinion, uncategorized, unemployment | 12 comments

Drifting can loosen your anchor; that you may never be able to cast again So, it’s been about five months since I’ve been out of work and I remember that initially I was really gung-ho about finding my next career opportunity.  I spent every waking hour touching up my resume, having people (friends and former co-workers) review my resume and applying for jobs that I wanted to be in.  I thought to myself that I was going to bounce back on my feet and set sail again.  I’m confident that for 2-months straight I was on this mission.  I’m still on this mission.  I...

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Contemplation

Posted on Mar 6, 2009 in featured articles, opinion, uncategorized | 0 comments

It’s amazing what happens when you turn around and look in a different direction. I REMEMBER: Waking up one day, years ago, and recalling a great amount of memories from a time past.  On this day, my thoughts came to me as cascading moments of my childhood and thinking of missed opportunities. I was recalling the early mornings and late nights being bundled in my Mother’s purple coat as we waited at the bus stops trying to either get home or to go some place, while we were living in Seattle, WA (my birthplace).  Seattle usually had a nice, thick fog in the early mornings and it...

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