I took the weekend off from being unemployed. Rather, let’s call it a couple half days. A little over week ago, I posted a list of things I was going to do every day to have a successful, sustainable, and hopefully short unemployment transition. I’ve been doing pretty well, completing most things every day. Everyone […]
Hard to believe it’s been a week already. It’s funny how quickly we can settle into a “new normal,” even if we hope that it’s not normal for long. Moving On I moved a lot as I grew up. By the time I graduated high school, I lived in 9 cities in 3 states and
I got ghosted. 👻👻 No, this isn’t a post about my dating life (though it’s happened there, too). This is about someone who reached out to me the day I first posted that I had been laid off. SEO CEO According to his LinkedIn profile, the person who reached out was the CEO of an
Today’s the first day that my jobless status feels “real.” The weekend was a weekend—they weren’t days I would have worked anyway. Yesterday, Monday, I was able to dig in and check off items on my list of daily things to accomplish, making the day pass by fairly quickly. Today, however, it’s been harder to
An odd coincidence occurred to me this morning. About 24 years ago, in August 2000, I got my first “real” job in at FleetBoston1 Financial in Waltham, Massachusetts. On August 2024, I lost my most recent job. Although my logical brain knows that coincidences like this don’t really mean anything, I’ve always been fascinated by
This past Tuesday I started reading “The Consolation of Philosophy” by Boethius. (In English translation—it’s been a long time since I studied Latin.) In hindsight, that may have been a mistake. For those who haven’t read it, my very reductionist summary is this: Boethius, in exile and about to be executed, gaslights himself into believing
Yesterday, I was laid off after 10 years at the same company. This is my first official day of unemployment. I guess this post makes me “that guy” — i.e., the one who aspires to document the experience in some effort at exerting control, refining my thoughts and emotions, and picking a way forward. One
In the last week or so, I’ve recommended the Bullet Journal system to several people. It’s something that I’ve found helpful in my own life for keeping track of things – such as around this time last year when I was both finishing up my thesis at Signum University and looking to buy a house (which I
As it turns out, 2016 was an exceptionally bookish year for me. According to my Goodreads stats, I read more books in 2016 than any year since I’ve started keeping track (though, not more pages – 2013 has 2016 beat by about 350 pages). But my year in books page only tells part of the book story. Sure, you
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been out for a week of public consumption now, and there have been reviews, a lot of them very positive. I’ve even written my own spoiler-free review, and I’m planning to write a more spoilery one after I see the movie again tomorrow. Incidentally, this review will likely contain spoilers and
