The more things change, the more they stay the same
For reasons I'll explain later, I was digging through my walk-in closet and found a folder with a few sheets of resume paper and some pages from a journal I kept in 1996.
Reading the journal, I discovered that my life was only slightly better at 25 than today. Even though I was still living with my parents and had a part-time job at a credit union that paid roughly $13,000 per year, I was still hoping to find work in radio and even go back to school to get a Bachelor's degree in Broadcasting. I was also dieting back then and had gotten down to 250 lbs. by the last page of the journal. Coincidentally, I weighed 249 lbs. this morning.
Back then, I also took a few trips to the casinos in Cripple Creek, sometimes returning with more money. The largest win I ever had was $1,500 for a royal flush on a video poker machine.
The reason I was looking through everything in my walk-in closet was because I wanted to see if there was enough room to set up a small recording space in one corner. I was looking into making myself available as a freelance announcer if I couldn't find work locally. Clearing out some of the boxes would give me a little room, but there isn't an electrical outlet for me to plug in the equipment. Using an extension cord would require leaving the door open a crack, letting in noise from the bedroom, kitchen and outside.
Finding the resume paper was a relief since I'd run out and wanted to print new copies of my resume. My old copies were printed while I was still employed at Service Source, so I used white-out to cover the "-present" part of that entry. My job counselor said that looked unprofessional.
Reading the journal, I discovered that my life was only slightly better at 25 than today. Even though I was still living with my parents and had a part-time job at a credit union that paid roughly $13,000 per year, I was still hoping to find work in radio and even go back to school to get a Bachelor's degree in Broadcasting. I was also dieting back then and had gotten down to 250 lbs. by the last page of the journal. Coincidentally, I weighed 249 lbs. this morning.
Back then, I also took a few trips to the casinos in Cripple Creek, sometimes returning with more money. The largest win I ever had was $1,500 for a royal flush on a video poker machine.
The reason I was looking through everything in my walk-in closet was because I wanted to see if there was enough room to set up a small recording space in one corner. I was looking into making myself available as a freelance announcer if I couldn't find work locally. Clearing out some of the boxes would give me a little room, but there isn't an electrical outlet for me to plug in the equipment. Using an extension cord would require leaving the door open a crack, letting in noise from the bedroom, kitchen and outside.
Finding the resume paper was a relief since I'd run out and wanted to print new copies of my resume. My old copies were printed while I was still employed at Service Source, so I used white-out to cover the "-present" part of that entry. My job counselor said that looked unprofessional.