Pain is a warning that something's wrong / I pray to God that it won't be long
I got fired on Monday. I was surprisingly very happy about it, I had been dealing with all sorts of bullshit as of late and it got to a point where I was dreading coming to work, yet I wasn't about to quit until my lease was up in June.
I feel so FREE now, it's an incredible feeling. The weather has been beautiful and I actually get to enjoy it instead of being cooped up in a building during daylight hours. In a way it's bittersweet, because I felt as though my work at Nintendo was far from done, and this certainly isn't the way I wanted to go out, but some things just aren't in my control and I have to trust that everything will work out for the best.
I'm grateful for the opportunity to have worked there, however short. I met a lot of cool people, learned so much about how video games are produced, and saved up enough money to keep me going until the next job. Right now my rough plan is to travel and come back in December to collect unemployment while I look for a job, but this is all subject to change of course.
I've given myself a nice challenge where I spend as little money as possible for the rest of my unemployed time here (26 days, at most.) This will force me to cook/bake more and to use up most of my food in the pantry so that I'll have less to haul to my mom's when I move out.
1. Write postcards (Eh, decided against it)
2. Write to France
3. Write post for Miss Minimalist
4. Apply to job?
5. Call Aerotek (unnecessary)
6. Compost
7. Call UI to ask about benefits (unnecessary)
8. Call eye doctor (ugh, useless)
9. Order glasses from zennioptical.com
10. Call Worksource to cancel appointment
11. Go to Safeway/USBank
12. Mail insurance claim
13. Change amazon.com, paypal, half, cc bank info
14. Close Chase accounts
15. Return electronic cigarette?
16. Gold Rush museum (with mom?) (Eh, not really feeling this anymore)
17. Scan magazine articles
18. Go through VHS tapes/copy to DVD
19. AA Citibank card?
20. Go to 24-hour fitness to cancel membership
21. Call Center for Biological Diversity to put monthly donation on hold
22. Sell laptop
(Actually, I have the urge to live alone in a cottage on a mountain with nothing but a piano, but that would be impractical, wouldn't it?)
I feel so FREE now, it's an incredible feeling. The weather has been beautiful and I actually get to enjoy it instead of being cooped up in a building during daylight hours. In a way it's bittersweet, because I felt as though my work at Nintendo was far from done, and this certainly isn't the way I wanted to go out, but some things just aren't in my control and I have to trust that everything will work out for the best.
I'm grateful for the opportunity to have worked there, however short. I met a lot of cool people, learned so much about how video games are produced, and saved up enough money to keep me going until the next job. Right now my rough plan is to travel and come back in December to collect unemployment while I look for a job, but this is all subject to change of course.
I've given myself a nice challenge where I spend as little money as possible for the rest of my unemployed time here (26 days, at most.) This will force me to cook/bake more and to use up most of my food in the pantry so that I'll have less to haul to my mom's when I move out.
1. Write postcards (Eh, decided against it)
2. Write to France
3. Write post for Miss Minimalist
4. Apply to job?
5. Call Aerotek (unnecessary)
6. Compost
7. Call UI to ask about benefits (unnecessary)
8. Call eye doctor (ugh, useless)
9. Order glasses from zennioptical.com
10. Call Worksource to cancel appointment
11. Go to Safeway/USBank
12. Mail insurance claim
13. Change amazon.com, paypal, half, cc bank info
14. Close Chase accounts
15. Return electronic cigarette?
16. Gold Rush museum (with mom?) (Eh, not really feeling this anymore)
17. Scan magazine articles
18. Go through VHS tapes/copy to DVD
19. AA Citibank card?
20. Go to 24-hour fitness to cancel membership
21. Call Center for Biological Diversity to put monthly donation on hold
22. Sell laptop
(Actually, I have the urge to live alone in a cottage on a mountain with nothing but a piano, but that would be impractical, wouldn't it?)