I love my job but if I won the lottery I sure as hell wouldn't keep working! That reminds me, I'd probably have a better chance of winning if I played :think: hmmm
Is 40 too young to retire? I've been working nonstop since I was 16, I think I'm finished lol
I love my job but if I won the lottery I sure as hell wouldn't keep working! That reminds me, I'd probably have a better chance of winning if I played :think: hmmm
Is 40 too young to retire? I've been working nonstop since I was 16, I think I'm finished lol
haha...lottery is plan A. I am just working until that plan comes through. I think 20+ years of working is enough. Actually I wouldn't mind working if it was something I liked and I didn't need to depend on a job for money
I'm pretty tired of what I do too, but is a paycheck. It was real hard to get up and teach today after spending the weekend in Mass. taking my daughter to see the soccer game at the Patriot center. I'm going to back to school on the side though, in the hopes of getting into something else eventually. This old body doesn't enjoy teaching 10-12 weekly aerobic classes anymore nor running the fitness center.
R.i.p. Rigoberto Alpizar.
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
Et tu BD?
Sorry to hear it. Sucks, doesn't it?
As I've said, I know I am still a very fortunate person in oh so many ways, and I try not to take that for granted, but.....you know how it goes. Thank bejeebus I have mr dream, he's held me together thru all of it, besides kept me out of a cardboard box.
1998 ~ Barrie
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
Here is something to cheer the unemployed in this thread up. I was unemployed for 14 months in 2009 into 2010. This is totally true though:
10 Stages of a Nightmare Job Search
1: Determination - Determined to find a job come hell or high water, whatever that
means, you tell your wife, “I’m going to bring you a paycheck or die trying.”
Your wife gives you a big hug and says, “I know you will, sweetheart.” The next
day she takes out a life insurance policy on you.
2: Optimism - Enamored with a universe of possibilities, you go wild networking
with everyone and anyone, tweeting, signing up on job search sites, filling out
online employment applications, and linking on LinkedIn. You think, this might
not be so hard after all.
3: Disappointment - When all that effort turns up a big round donut, you just can’t
understand what went wrong. Now, with a little time on your hands, you begin to
get just how bad things are out there. Reality sets in. This is going to be a
long haul. Better make a pitcher of margaritas.
4: Fear - Weeks go by and not much has changed, except what you thought was enough
runway money isn’t lasting as long as you’d hoped. You actually get an interview
where they blow all kinds of smoke up your butt but, in the end, there’s no
call-back. Not even to say thanks but no thanks. The bastards.
5: Jealousy - A friend calls you up screaming on the phone because he landed a job.
You act all happy for him, but while he’s going on and on about the pay and the
perks, you realize you’re grinding your teeth. Later, you can’t stop thinking
why him and not me?
6: Depression - Two hundred and fifty-seven applications and three interviews with
no call-backs later, it happens. You start going to bed early, getting up late,
and shuffling around the house all day in your bathrobe. Your favorite food
tastes like cardboard. Sex is exhausting. You give in to the void.
7: Hope - Just before the cash runs out, one of the eighty-three thousand people
you contacted emails you out of the blue about a job that’s right up your alley.
Heading to the bathroom for your first shower in a week, you pass by the mirror
and wonder what that weird thing on your face is. It’s a smile.
8: Celebration - They run you through the mill and just when you think there can’t
possibly be anyone left at the company for you to interview with, the boss calls
you with an offer. You got the job! You run around the house screaming like a
little girl. The neighbors think you’ve finally lost it.
9: Elation - You can’t sleep. Who needs sleep; you’ve got a job. You feel like a
man again. Work starts at 9. You’re there at 7. You’ve got this amphetamine-like
buzz that won’t quit … and you didn’t even take anything. You smile at
everybody. Everybody thinks you’re wacko. But it’s all good. You’re getting a
paycheck again.
10: Resignation - Eventually, the halo wears off. You cross swords with all the
usual back-stabbers, ass-kissers, and whiners. Then your boss comes down on you
hard for something you didn’t even do. So you shuffle through the parking lot,
get in your car, and drive home with all the other rush-hour lemmings. That’s
when it hits you. I’ve got to go to work every day again. Crap.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
"Hard work good, & hard work fine but, first take care of head"
Seems that needlessly it's getting harder, to find an approach and a way to live
Constant Recoil..Sometimes life, Don't leave you alone
When the anxious is the present, unwrap your gifts, take your time
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Is 40 too young to retire? I've been working nonstop since I was 16, I think I'm finished lol
haha...lottery is plan A. I am just working until that plan comes through. I think 20+ years of working is enough. Actually I wouldn't mind working if it was something I liked and I didn't need to depend on a job for money
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
Et tu BD?
Sorry to hear it. Sucks, doesn't it?
As I've said, I know I am still a very fortunate person in oh so many ways, and I try not to take that for granted, but.....you know how it goes. Thank bejeebus I have mr dream, he's held me together thru all of it, besides kept me out of a cardboard box.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
ps - i ain't working today
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
10 Stages of a Nightmare Job Search
1: Determination - Determined to find a job come hell or high water, whatever that
means, you tell your wife, “I’m going to bring you a paycheck or die trying.”
Your wife gives you a big hug and says, “I know you will, sweetheart.” The next
day she takes out a life insurance policy on you.
2: Optimism - Enamored with a universe of possibilities, you go wild networking
with everyone and anyone, tweeting, signing up on job search sites, filling out
online employment applications, and linking on LinkedIn. You think, this might
not be so hard after all.
3: Disappointment - When all that effort turns up a big round donut, you just can’t
understand what went wrong. Now, with a little time on your hands, you begin to
get just how bad things are out there. Reality sets in. This is going to be a
long haul. Better make a pitcher of margaritas.
4: Fear - Weeks go by and not much has changed, except what you thought was enough
runway money isn’t lasting as long as you’d hoped. You actually get an interview
where they blow all kinds of smoke up your butt but, in the end, there’s no
call-back. Not even to say thanks but no thanks. The bastards.
5: Jealousy - A friend calls you up screaming on the phone because he landed a job.
You act all happy for him, but while he’s going on and on about the pay and the
perks, you realize you’re grinding your teeth. Later, you can’t stop thinking
why him and not me?
6: Depression - Two hundred and fifty-seven applications and three interviews with
no call-backs later, it happens. You start going to bed early, getting up late,
and shuffling around the house all day in your bathrobe. Your favorite food
tastes like cardboard. Sex is exhausting. You give in to the void.
7: Hope - Just before the cash runs out, one of the eighty-three thousand people
you contacted emails you out of the blue about a job that’s right up your alley.
Heading to the bathroom for your first shower in a week, you pass by the mirror
and wonder what that weird thing on your face is. It’s a smile.
8: Celebration - They run you through the mill and just when you think there can’t
possibly be anyone left at the company for you to interview with, the boss calls
you with an offer. You got the job! You run around the house screaming like a
little girl. The neighbors think you’ve finally lost it.
9: Elation - You can’t sleep. Who needs sleep; you’ve got a job. You feel like a
man again. Work starts at 9. You’re there at 7. You’ve got this amphetamine-like
buzz that won’t quit … and you didn’t even take anything. You smile at
everybody. Everybody thinks you’re wacko. But it’s all good. You’re getting a
paycheck again.
10: Resignation - Eventually, the halo wears off. You cross swords with all the
usual back-stabbers, ass-kissers, and whiners. Then your boss comes down on you
hard for something you didn’t even do. So you shuffle through the parking lot,
get in your car, and drive home with all the other rush-hour lemmings. That’s
when it hits you. I’ve got to go to work every day again. Crap.
I really, really, really look forward to 8-10....yes, even 10......because then life will feel normal again.
Thanks for the laugh.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
:evil: :evil: :evil:
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Besides , I'm surpried you spelled those evil smilies right!!
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
*edited because i know better*
I kid, i kid....but yes....sense of humor is important, but it only goes so far.... :?
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I see....so bd is cool and i am not, is that what youre saying?!
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Since I didnt , I wasnt. Now back to slagging on you for the "typo's"
Never know, I may be joining you all in th ehunt. Things dont look good in the department I manage. missing waaaaaaay to much high value stuff.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Constant Recoil..Sometimes life, Don't leave you alone
When the anxious is the present, unwrap your gifts, take your time