A Much Needed Kick in the You-Know-What

January 10th, 2009 • Miscellany

Well to say that it’s been an interesting few days is probably a little bit of an understatement. Aside from the fact that I spun out on the 401 at 120 km/h yesterday, causing my life to flash in front of my eyes (which is actually a cool experience, once you get over the fear), things have been a little tumultuous. Thursday morning I was laid off from my job; ordinarily, this would be a negative thing. However, not only was I mentally prepared to leave, I NEEDED to leave. I was severely unhappy there, yet couldn’t get myself to pull the trigger to go.

Now that I’m out of the downwards spiral my career attitude was going in, I couldn’t be more motivated. Going back to the freelance side with a whole new mindset, at a time when there is a lot of excitement in the local community, couldn’t really offer any more promise. Since Thursday morning, I’ve had a lot of leads come across, set up a meeting or two for potential work, and been lucky enough to have been offered a space to work out of. My severance package keeps me fed and housed in the short term, so I’m able to go out and look for these really interesting things.

What is probably going to be the best part of all of this will be the ability to gain new skills. I’m looking to work a whole bunch of “odd jobs” – web design, eMarketing, social media, writing, and many other things – that will challenge me in different ways, and that will enable me to learn a whole ton of different skill sets. (If you’ve got anything you think I might be useful for, let me know.) It’ll also help keep things interesting, and let me do things I may not have known about, or that I possessed some sort of talent in.

Will things be easy doing this? No way; I’m going to have to work harder than ever. However, after the last 2 months of work where I felt like I was losing my soul, I can’t be looking forward to this new challenge any more.

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