Unemployed – Day 7
Unemployed April 16th, 2008I still can’t sleep in! Today, woke up at 5:30… Couldn’t go back to sleep so I went ahead and got out of bed and took care of some stuff around the house. Sold all my remaining DivX stock so some more cash in the bank. I debated making a purchase I’ve wanted for some time, and went ahead and made it. Not a significant cost, but the fact that I have no real income at the moment I should have probably kept the money in the bank. So far in the last week I’ve made $1,245 off of Ebay sales. Mostly stuff I wasn’t using, or don’t need much. Nice way to clean the house up!
I’ve had a few people ask me “Are you ok?” My answer is “Yeah, it is what I make of it.” True, that in a few months if I haven’t become gainfully employed life will get uncomfortable. Honestly, its just stuff. I can get new stuff later if I want/need it. I’ve been mountain biking to take my mind off things and enjoy the good weather we are having. As well as enjoy time lost with friends which I can now make up for. (Need to take a couple days off the bike though, cut my foot open somehow, and got Poison Oak. DOH!)
Today I had two phone interviews. One of them has resulted in a face-to-face next week. Good news on that! I have a few other opportunities which I’m trying to get to turn into something. Added a section to my site. Hire Me, I figure I can maximize visibility! Keeping my head up, hope you are too!
Ciao!
April 17th, 2008 at 11:38 am
You should take a picture of yourself about a month ago and put it next to a pic of you today– the biking has really taken some years off the body (and belly, especially!)
Keep up the search! Call the college and see how far you are from graduation (CLEP out of a few classes too!)
The house is coming along great too! Not too shabby! Unemployed is not the word I’d choose for you.
And who’d have thought how successful getting friends out on the bike would be in getting people together?! The scenery with the recent rains has been spectacular, the air is crisp, and really the exercise will help keep friends around for much longer. I think it’s been a great way to take internal stock of life.
April 17th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Hey Jason –
Enjoy your time off while you can. I know how stressful it can be. But, take your time if you can and find something you really are going to enjoy doing. I wish I had the balls to have waited another month or two before finding a job but I’m glad I like where I’m at now too =)