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One long month, May 1st - May 6th
15 years ago
Well, where do I start when talking about May, 2010?
Do I start with the fact that I lost virtually all of my personal identification?
Or the time I had nearly $800 lifted from my bank account.
Or the time I told my boss I was quitting before the end of the month?
Hmm.... I guess I can start from the top. But all of these are virtually intertwined.
1. Yeah, so I learned that I didn't have my debit, credit, food stamp and ID cards on me. That sucked. I spent days looking for them and was about ready to call the credit card company and the Oregon DHS office to tell them that my stuff had been swiped. Then I found out they were all in my roomie's car... Yeah...
2. So I had a ton of money (all my rent money) lifted from me on the 2nd and 3rd of this month. I've filed a bank report and will be filing a police report later today. The day I learned that my bank account had been infiltrated, I found out my cards went missing. Yep, thought someone had stolen my stuff and ran off with my information and that I was on a steady decline into ruination.
3. And yesterday I told my boss that I was quitting before the end of this month. He took it fairly well, but it still doesn't sit well with me since I didn't want to say anything until a bit later. Sadly, I spilled the beans to him earlier thinking that it'd be better if I did rather than wait and let this fester within. Of course I was sick to my stomach since I still have a ton of money missing and at the time didn't know where my cards were.
So yeah, it's been a pretty shitty month for myself and from what I've heard from friends, for others too. But this may just be the start of a new chapter in my life.
I left work because I wanted to focus on school and that financial aid should pay around as much as my job did... From the sounds of it, I MIGHT be able to earn more than I did while working. So I basically considered it a golden opportunity to return to school and finally make a decision about the direction I want my life to go.
I'm taking a 2 year course in Business Management and Administration and am taking a bunch of history classes as well. My goal is to own an antique shop, geared towards younger people. Guess more of a "collectibles/nostalgia" shop than TRUE antiques. I've also wanted to get a degree of some sort for a couple years now.
I realized last month that I'd never do that if I stayed with my job. I was comfortable... And comfortable isn't always good. I mistook comfort as happiness and thought that I was fine in life and that I was happy. But I wasn't. I wasn't happy about where I was. But since it was familiar, since it's what I knew, I didn't want to leave.
Well, I forced myself to leave. I have no choice BUT to return to school and continue to my education. Yes, I could have stayed at work while going to school, but I wasn't going to... Nor am I disciplined enough to toggle school and work again.
I'm seriously hoping now that I hit some sort of bottom that I won't break through the floor and continue falling. But things ARE looking up. I found my important cards, I've got enough money coming to live without too much worry for May/June. I've got stuff I need to sell online and want to start getting back to doing the eBay thing again and do that while I go to school to help supplement my income.
I think I'm looking forward and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I think I've got direction in my life and that I have more meaning to it now. Living in the comfort zone has rendered me nearly useless and I want to be more, make more of myself.
And all it took was several months of soul crushing depression, anger, sadness and a glimmer of hope. Might be a new record for me! ^_^
Do I start with the fact that I lost virtually all of my personal identification?
Or the time I had nearly $800 lifted from my bank account.
Or the time I told my boss I was quitting before the end of the month?
Hmm.... I guess I can start from the top. But all of these are virtually intertwined.
1. Yeah, so I learned that I didn't have my debit, credit, food stamp and ID cards on me. That sucked. I spent days looking for them and was about ready to call the credit card company and the Oregon DHS office to tell them that my stuff had been swiped. Then I found out they were all in my roomie's car... Yeah...
2. So I had a ton of money (all my rent money) lifted from me on the 2nd and 3rd of this month. I've filed a bank report and will be filing a police report later today. The day I learned that my bank account had been infiltrated, I found out my cards went missing. Yep, thought someone had stolen my stuff and ran off with my information and that I was on a steady decline into ruination.
3. And yesterday I told my boss that I was quitting before the end of this month. He took it fairly well, but it still doesn't sit well with me since I didn't want to say anything until a bit later. Sadly, I spilled the beans to him earlier thinking that it'd be better if I did rather than wait and let this fester within. Of course I was sick to my stomach since I still have a ton of money missing and at the time didn't know where my cards were.
So yeah, it's been a pretty shitty month for myself and from what I've heard from friends, for others too. But this may just be the start of a new chapter in my life.
I left work because I wanted to focus on school and that financial aid should pay around as much as my job did... From the sounds of it, I MIGHT be able to earn more than I did while working. So I basically considered it a golden opportunity to return to school and finally make a decision about the direction I want my life to go.
I'm taking a 2 year course in Business Management and Administration and am taking a bunch of history classes as well. My goal is to own an antique shop, geared towards younger people. Guess more of a "collectibles/nostalgia" shop than TRUE antiques. I've also wanted to get a degree of some sort for a couple years now.
I realized last month that I'd never do that if I stayed with my job. I was comfortable... And comfortable isn't always good. I mistook comfort as happiness and thought that I was fine in life and that I was happy. But I wasn't. I wasn't happy about where I was. But since it was familiar, since it's what I knew, I didn't want to leave.
Well, I forced myself to leave. I have no choice BUT to return to school and continue to my education. Yes, I could have stayed at work while going to school, but I wasn't going to... Nor am I disciplined enough to toggle school and work again.
I'm seriously hoping now that I hit some sort of bottom that I won't break through the floor and continue falling. But things ARE looking up. I found my important cards, I've got enough money coming to live without too much worry for May/June. I've got stuff I need to sell online and want to start getting back to doing the eBay thing again and do that while I go to school to help supplement my income.
I think I'm looking forward and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I think I've got direction in my life and that I have more meaning to it now. Living in the comfort zone has rendered me nearly useless and I want to be more, make more of myself.
And all it took was several months of soul crushing depression, anger, sadness and a glimmer of hope. Might be a new record for me! ^_^
Though thanks for the faith buddy~