They say you never know how things can change in a minute. Well that happened to me last week. Last week I had just come back from a great vacation in Las Vegas. I will talk more about that later. My week was going along as they usually do, until Wednesday. Wednesday at 9:05am to be exact. That was when I found out that my job was being “eliminated”

It is “numbers” Lori. It”s not personal Lori. We are taking things in a different direction Lori. That is what was said to me.

I have been through losing my job before, it is now unfortunately become the norm for my generation and the current workplace. Its never personal, they say, its usually never about your abilities they say. It always about protecting the bottom line. We have to let people go because if we don’t the entire company is in turmoil.

Personally the only turmoil I have ever seen are those employees they value so highly trying to figure out how to pay their mortgage, put their child through university or how they are going to find a job that will pay them to retirement. The turmoil I have seen are fairly healthy individuals being forced to use medication for normal human functions like sleeping because they are doing the work of 4 people for any company X that will cut them loose without a blink of an eye.

I have seen people trying to figure out how to pay their taxes to a government that only has made it harder from them to collect benefits, makes them feel like they are in the wrong. The same government that is creating no new jobs for educated and talented people. Yet handing out tax breaks for those companies so god forbid they go into turmoil.

As I begin my search for a new job, I am one of the lucky ones. I have a great group of contact and friends that I have made who understand this world of employment. I have a family that will help out if I need help both financially and mentally. I have a condo that is almost paid off, but most importantly I have a belief that everything happens for a reason and that maybe I need to really look at whats gives me joy.

When anyone asks me what my dream job would be, I was say that I wish I could be a talk show host. As unlikely as that is at my age, that was one reason why I start and keep starting this blog. Work was what always got in my way. So as I look for this next strp in my life I am truly going to make an effort to focus on what I love, because that is want people to remember when they think about me.

Chat soon
Lori