I had completely forgotten I had this blog. I'm still not certain I can make a go of it, but it's worth a try. Here's why: My first blog explains a little of what is no more. I still have my iPod. I use it for drumming actually, because it has tracks on it I am learning. So that much hasn't changed. What has changed, as of last October, was my bosses viewpoint and hence my job.
I guess I was too slow. He claimed my work needed to be re-done, so I checked with the supervisors which work I had ostensibly done, and as it turned out, except for 1 job of the 4 mentioned to me dating back several years, which was still questionable, none of the work in question was mine. Indeed, one of those jobs was my work at dismantling a window trim operation that was done poorly and re-doing it correctly. Maybe my boss didn’t like being corrected.
Water under the bridge now, so where does that leave me? Still "unemployed" officially, but I am in that position of being in new territory career wise. I'm still incredibly active in volunteer activities that affect our community. One of those activities might actually turn into my next career. Because of a Christmas day incident, this was born. And I am a Co-Director of this nonprofit which we aspire to make a national reality. I have never done anything like this, but why not? I get to serve people. It's something I believe in. And, I actually am a paid writer now. How cool is that? In fact, I get paid to listen to the blues, and then write reviews. I mean, c'mon. Can it get any better? Maybe if it was full time, yea, But considering I had no experience doing this, I'm willing to just get my feet in the door and start small.
So I'm wondering how many of us are in these new territories? Pondering if maybe pursuing our passion might actually be where we need to be? That it can pay off. Apparently Salon found themselves there. After becoming an aggregator news source, they shifted gears. A daring step in news world these days. Gannet is looking to shed 665 of 785 people in the news division. Salon decided to produce less, but more original news. Increased traffic numbers says it was the right choice. I am in that new territory, as I wrap my head around doing new things now, and not identifying myself by what I did for over two decades. It isn't paying all the bills yet, but that means I just need to keep working at it. Madison, the Arab Spring, and Occupy indicate to us that a consciousness shift is awakening the world over. Business as usual no longer works. In some ways, I got pushed into it by being laid off. Or maybe I attracted it. Either way, here I am. Where are you? Where would you like to be? If we don't want to be part of business as usual anymore, let's face those fears that prevent us from looking forward, moving in that direction where the future is completely unknown, into the vast uncharted universe of our lives. Because the freedom it allows is that we can make up our lives any way we want, individually and collectively. As we know, any journey begins with a simple first step.
Shall we walk?