My Blog (continued)

While I'm reformatting the information and links to my old website, I've decided to include affiliate links.  Those are links to advertisers (that I like) who pay you to put their link on your website.  I'm amazed by one that denied my association because I didn't have enough traffic.  My goodness!  I feel like I'm trying to get a loan for the first time...LOL  Oh well, their loss.

When I finally resolved myself to the fact I was mandated to be part of the "workforce reduction" program, my mind wandered in and out of many scenarios of what my life would be without a job or experiencing the anxiety of how to find a job after quite a few years in the same job.  I had dodged the bullet for several years while I saw many co-workers walk out the door without a clue as to what they were going to do to survive and now it was me doing the walking.  Trying to fight panic attacks, I began daydreaming of all the things I could do now that I didn't have to set my alarm clock.  Why, now I can be the master of my own fate (as if I never was).  I could try make a concerted effort to really promote a program I really believe in and I'd been involved with for several years (Permaworld).   I could read books at my leisure and take classes I'd been meaning to do.  I could wake up when I wanted and just stop and smell the roses.  I could really work on my web pages as well as make them work for me.  The stress level has really dropped and I even smile when I get up in the morning. 

For years I avoided the corporate rat race but finally gave in for the stability.  Stability?  Now ain't that a kick in the head?   You have to admit, a lot of us want that "sure thing", that feeling of security and less worry about the future.  At one time that may have been a possibility but now I've returned to reality. Which reminds me of a favorite quote by Douglas Adams, "Reality is frequently inaccurate."  Any way, the reality is I quit depending on the corporate world to appreciate me or give me that security I was looking for.