The end is just the beginning

It’s the year anniversary of when I was laid off. 

I don’t have the same “I applied to 100s of jobs” story as others. I took the first 2 months off. It was only supposed to be 5 weeks, but I broke my finger, and the recovery was surprisingly long.

The cost of ennui, part 2

Shortly after I wrote about my decision to take a “grass is just as green here” approach to my job, the grass actually got greener.  I went to the home office to host a day long workshop for the project I was kicking off, and used the rest of the week to catch up and network with folks at the home office.  During those meetings, I worked out that I would be transferred to a new manager in our organization.

The cures for ennui, part 2

I had already planned to chat about my current job and my ennui related to it, and interestingly enough, a few articles showed up on my Facebook feed.  The first was from The Oatmeal about being unhappy.  That lead to a WSJ article about the same thing, in prose format.  I’m not someone who would be described as a happy person.  I have resting bitch face (it keeps you pretty!) and a general pessimistic outlook on life.  

Amazon – the truly global marketplace

A few weeks ago, I volunteered to participate in a global book swap on Facebook.  It was one of those pyramid things, were you sent a book to the person 2 steps ahead of you, and the people 2 steps behind you will send you books.