LAID OFF: DAY 44
“Get your motor runnin’
Head out on the highway
Lookin’ for adventure
And whatever comes our way”
-Born To Be Wild
Who doesn’t like this song by Steppenwolf?
Born to be wiiiiiiiiiiiiild! Yeah, baby! If you weren’t born to be wild you’ve got some things in your life you might want to reconsider. If you’ve been laid off recently or were already out of work, you should have “Born to be Wild” blasting out of your stereo or on repeat on your iPod. Looking for a job is wild so let this song be your mantra.
I figured that’s it’s a wild place out there anyways so why not start putting on our game face? Have to push forward and make moves, people. Want a job? ATTACK! Attack in ways you never thought you’d attack before. That’s what I had to do. And now, lo and behold, yours truly has found a job. HOORAY FOR ME!!!
*making sure that toilet rim is squeaky clean, baby!
Yep. Got me a job and it ain’t cleaning toilets although I thought the picture would invoke a laugh or two. If not, shoot me. Point is, I got a job and I got it by fighting for it. I didn’t have to physically smash someone to get it but I might have had it gone there. All I did was send out some good old fashioned resumes to as many jobs I found adequate for me. And there, my friends, is the big key.
That big key above is what should flash in your head every time you’re sending out resumes. Is this the right job for me? Will I like this job? Will it be a job that’s only paying for the bills and nothing else? If that’s the case, DON’T APPLY FOR THE JOB! Sure, if you need work, any work will do. That’s what we all say to ourselves. But is it really worth it to take on a job you know you won’t stand, you know you’ll be miserable with, you know you won’t enjoy Sundays knowing that Monday morning you have to wake up to go to that new, godforsaken job. Sound familiar?
*Yep. Mondays sure do suck when you hate your job.
Don’t be like roundhead above or you’ll be the same cantankerous old bastard you thought you’d never be. Many people in our great world become depressed due to their inability to leap out of their “I need this job” mold. The same goes for those folks looking for jobs and willing to take anything. Sure, it may seem like the right idea for the short term. Long term, it’s a nightmare. A horrible, disturbing, twisted nightmare that brings tears to your eyes. Your nightmare.
*a bad job will do this to you
The job I took is only part time. It doesn’t pay a whole lot but it pays enough. I could have waited for full time work but the prospects of any full time work out there were in job and industries I couldn’t see myself working in. I know myself well enough to know how I operate. Working for The Man is not how I operate. Working for myself is how I operate. With this part time job now, I can remain focused on my own business, getting my website launched (almost there!), and, most importantly, keeping my sanity. Me not keeping my sanity results in my fiance losing hers. Knowing how often I used to lose my sanity at my old job, it wasn’t something I felt comfortable or right putting my fiance through again since I love her so much. But none of you should put yourselves through hell either. It just ain’t worth it.
*Hell looks like it’s hot
So, check it out, I’m not trying to rub my new part time job in your face, especially if you’re still out of work and trying hard to get a job. That’s not my forte. Besides, this part time job is low paying, low stress, and just, nothing but a part time job. All I’m implying here is that the world of work doesn’t work for you, you have to work for it. But, most importantly, you have to work for you the most. Because only you know you the best. So don’t force yourself into a job just because it’s open and available. Apply for jobs you know you’ll enjoy. A job you can see yourself doing for a number of years, not a number of weeks. You’re an adult, you can make that decision. As for me, I’m on my way to a part time job that means nothing more than my sanity. And that’s okay. After all, I realize now that I was born to be wild and that’s just enough to make me happy for the moment.
