Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
I need to acknowledge what's going on this week. There is something lurking in my heart and mind that I have been trying to ignore. This past week, however, it forced its way into the discussion. I had a completely unproductive week as an unemployed person looking for a new job. Time to name... Continue Reading →
So the question is, did I survive The Big Feast? Certainly on the family/fun/no politics allowed here scale I did very well. Only the real scale is yet to tell the tale. This has been an underperforming week. Just couldn't get my head wrapped around much of anything. Several small things refused to behave.... Continue Reading →
Staying creative is a challenge under any circumstances. Staying creative when large portions of your life are in disarray is even harder. I am looking for creative outlets (always) right now. Having budgetary restrictions means I have to find ways to mostly use what I already have. That still leaves plenty of options. This one... Continue Reading →
This is where the real work begins. Updated the resume. Had an offer for a free resume review. Did that. Got a bunch of, IMO, idiotic recommendations and a couple good ones. What qualifies as an "idiotic" recommendation in my opinion? Turning my resume into a hype machine. It stopped just short of creating a POW!!!... Continue Reading →
Sometimes life just isn't fair. Like trying to keep your weight under control at the holidays. Even worse is when you are at the very start of the process, so it's not ingrained behavior yet. Sigh. I will be fine. I just have to remember that while I can relax a little, I can't go... Continue Reading →
Time to get down to it. I got my first, full-time, adult job when I was 22 years old. So I've been working for 36 years. This is my fourth time on the unemployment line. Once upon a time that would have been an awful track record. Today, not so much. Still wasn't what... Continue Reading →
Well, isn't that interesting? This past week was one where I struggled a little with my feelings about unemployment. Between the weather and my schedule, my workout routine fell short (this is the first week in a while that will definitely fall short of 150 minutes). I'm trying my hand at NaNoWriMo (National Novel... Continue Reading →
Sigh. The official announcement has been made, so I can talk about it finally. As of a week ago, I am no longer the Director of Youth Formation at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer. Lots of reasons behind the decision, some in my control, some not. In the end, I think we were... Continue Reading →
Not the week I wanted. In any sense of the phrase. The week began with me losing my job. More on that tomorrow. But talk about not being in the emotional place I want to be to build on last week. In the end, I'm actually pretty happy with how I... Continue Reading →
Oh yeah! You thought the Cubs had a good week? They got nothing on this boy. LOL. It was just a matter of not giving up. I didn't even have a particularly good week. I fell well short of 150 minutes, which disappointed me a lot. But I keep looking for times and ways... Continue Reading →
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