Tip toe, tip toe... maybe I can sneak back in to your Google Readers? It's been a long, long time, I know. You've probably forgotten all about me, wrote me off as a flaky friend. Maybe you even hold a grudge that I went away without really saying goodbye.
Will you welcome me back, though? Give me another chance? Berate me for being gone, sure. But then let me sit back down at the table with you?
I haven't posted in over a year. I had a good thing going here, but a lot of changes in my work and personal life made this feel a bit like a chore. And you didn't want to be pandered to, did you? Really, this was all for your own good.
And maybe you'll let me back now. More changes going on, but ones that I hope are positive. Ones that will open up new doors, introduce new people, and ultimately (I'm convinced) will make me happier.
Most of you know by now, but I was laid off from the association I worked with for eight years. It was tough to swallow. It was a shock. It was embarrassing.
But it was also good. I don't want to talk about my former employer (I did learn a little bit in all my time as the social media guru there, after all), so I'll just say it was time. That didn't make it easier to hear the news when I was just expecting a few programs budgets to get reduced, but I have to look forward, and not back.
I'm sad about the people left behind, and hope some of those relationships will continue once things calm down. But I'm elated at the people that "came with me." No, no, not others that were laid off. I mean business associates that showed themselves as true friends. I have submitted a dozen resumes in the past two weeks, and the only nibbles I have gotten anywhere are through people I already know, or introductions through people I've worked with.
And, frankly, that kinda makes me feel good about the business impression I left.
Ok, enough boasting there.
Oh, wait, this is my blog. You'll have to deal with it.
But that's not why I'm here today. The number one reason I sat down at the computer (a new MacBook, by the way... I am now a total Mac convert) is because I'd like to start chronicling something new.
I got a job.
Or, I created a job.
My own.
It's unexpected, but I have a bit of a consulting gig that is supposed to start next week. It's through the good graces of a friend, but hey -- why not mutually benefit from me having time on my hands? And wouldn't you know it, while I was talking to him about working a few hours a week, another former client contacted me to say they needed someone 10-15 hours a week. That one isn't a sure-thing yet, but it did get me thinking that I could be pretty darned productive the next few months while still looking for another job. I could be more selective. It would take a lot of pressure off. And... I get to try self-employment out and see if it might actually work.
Interested in finding out with me?
Please let me know if I miraculously show up in your readers or if for some unknown reason you actually check this blog periodically... leave me a comment, let me know if you're still there.
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