Daylight-Voyage to Full Time Employment

Funny post...yet long overdue. It has been almost 5 years since I've had a regular job. Yes, I am now working as a freelance writer. I am grateful for that employment but I've been floundering nevertheless. I've drained almost all my assets just to stay alive.

It has felt like a voyage with no end in sight. When I left my last regular employment in January 2012, I was expecting to get another position quickly. I didn't realize when I relinquished my ability to go back to that job what I was getting myself into for leaving as I did. All I understood then was that God was pushing me in another direction.

I have had my eyes open to many things I probably wished I didn't know about or seen. I have had my heart opened to the needs of the people around me. I have realized that there is more to life than work. I still recall the tear stained face of the woman I passed while walking in Baltimore Harbor. She had nothing.

I know now that I am rich in what matters. I can see daylight breaking through around me. I can imagine the sails blowing forward in the wind as they propel me towards the goal of full time employment. I have a good hope that I will have that full time employment. I will treasure it.

A Breakthrough...Maybe....

Hi, I haven't posted on this blog for a little while. There hasn't been much to say except that I'd been "plugging away" looking for work. Over the past month or so, there has been a breakthrough of sorts. I've had a half a dozen face-to-face interviews. This is after a really long dry spell where it seems as if nothing was happening.

In a way it does feel good that employers are starting to notice me. I have been working really hard at the non-profit volunteer job I fell into in February 2013. That fact is "tripping up" a few of the interviewers....I guess they expected that I would be lazy or that I would be wasting my time in a fruitless job search.

Admittedly I do spend time searching. I haven't found the job I need just yet.

"Celebrating 4 Years of Unemployment/Underemployment

Did you like the title? When I was first laid off from my last employer four years ago, I didn't expect to be out of work this long. I expected to be gainfully employed within 4 to 6 months...almost like the last time in November 2002 to April 2003. I did have some temporary work that helped since I wasn't collecting too much unemployment. I hoped to be able to do the same thing this time, but it just didn't work out that way. Things changed dramatically with the temporary agencies. This time they weren't going after you and placing you in jobs. Instead you needed to be a pest and go after them. This time there were too many people and not enough jobs.

So, I worked on a book, got it published and promoted it. It did really well the first few months it was out...but then it kind of "died." I had to find some other avenue to pursue. So I did. I have been freelancing since September 2014...but no "real" money as yet.