What is old, reboots again...
It's been awhile since my last post...
For the better part of my life, I have worked a full time job or a couple of part time jobs. So becoming unemployed half a year before turning 50 was a bit of a shake up. The mental ups and downs of unemployment can be difficult when you're use to a daily routine. Even more so when you can't get any employment during the term of your unemployment coverage.
This is not where I thought I'd be at 50. This is not where I wanted to be at 50. From what I can figure, I have 15 more years of being able to work well, 20 if I push it. I can't keep starting from scratch every 12 years, it's too hard and I'm not getting younger. I'm only getting older and my experience keeps counting for less and less as time goes on.
So here it is... 8 months after being fired that I'm back where I started 25 years ago, working retail, selling product, at a considerable wage reduction, with the possibility of climbing the ladder of the retail ranks. I'll also be learning up to date computer repair skills. That may sound good until you're standing side by side with a guy half your age who already has all of your tech knowledge (and then some). It's a humbling situation. But you do what you gotta do to survive. I'm not made for living on the streets and begging for change. So here I am... starting at the bottom again. Another career reboot at 50 years of age.
It's not what I wanted for my life but I'm going to make the best of the situation. I don't have any choice, it's not in my mindset to give up. So I will keep on pushing forward until I can't push any more. I make due with what I have until I can get more. I'll live this life the best way I can.
To those who find this blog I can only give my thanks and suggestions.
Live your life to the fullest. And if you can't life to the fullest, just live the best you can. Do what you can to be happy or find those moments of happiness. No one else can determine what that is for you. Don't let your sorrows drag you into the pit of despair. Take it from me, it's a hole that's hard to get out of.
Take care of yourself, and those that matter in your life.
PEace
For the better part of my life, I have worked a full time job or a couple of part time jobs. So becoming unemployed half a year before turning 50 was a bit of a shake up. The mental ups and downs of unemployment can be difficult when you're use to a daily routine. Even more so when you can't get any employment during the term of your unemployment coverage.
This is not where I thought I'd be at 50. This is not where I wanted to be at 50. From what I can figure, I have 15 more years of being able to work well, 20 if I push it. I can't keep starting from scratch every 12 years, it's too hard and I'm not getting younger. I'm only getting older and my experience keeps counting for less and less as time goes on.
So here it is... 8 months after being fired that I'm back where I started 25 years ago, working retail, selling product, at a considerable wage reduction, with the possibility of climbing the ladder of the retail ranks. I'll also be learning up to date computer repair skills. That may sound good until you're standing side by side with a guy half your age who already has all of your tech knowledge (and then some). It's a humbling situation. But you do what you gotta do to survive. I'm not made for living on the streets and begging for change. So here I am... starting at the bottom again. Another career reboot at 50 years of age.
It's not what I wanted for my life but I'm going to make the best of the situation. I don't have any choice, it's not in my mindset to give up. So I will keep on pushing forward until I can't push any more. I make due with what I have until I can get more. I'll live this life the best way I can.
To those who find this blog I can only give my thanks and suggestions.
Live your life to the fullest. And if you can't life to the fullest, just live the best you can. Do what you can to be happy or find those moments of happiness. No one else can determine what that is for you. Don't let your sorrows drag you into the pit of despair. Take it from me, it's a hole that's hard to get out of.
Take care of yourself, and those that matter in your life.
PEace
posted by Fat Bobby at 6:17 AM
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