It constantly amazes me how much I can accomplish when I don't have a job sucking up all of my time. I really don't want to go back to work ever again - not, mind you, that there is any risk of that happening any time soon. The job market sucks; I doubt I'll have the option of going back to work again unless I hone my skill saying, "you want ( Read more... )

It was two months ago on this day that I spent my first full day without a job. July 15th was my final day of work at what had been seven-plus years of employment at the Federal Reserve Bank. Also with a few hundred others, I was "downsized" as the organisation consolidated operations into fewer offices.

In this time I have been trying to keep ( Read more... )