Over the Top
Last year I was having retirement thoughts. When all was said and done with that process, I had determined that my financial situation required that I continue working through 2009. Well, that didn't happen.. When I returned from the Thanksgiving weekend I was informed that I would be laid off at the end of the year. I was. In a way, I kind of understood their choice as most of my co-workers were much younger than I and are still raising young children.
Fast forward to the present.
This last six months have been increasingly odd or perhaps in the last six months I have become increasingly odd. I was never one to identify myself too strongly with what I did for a living. On the other hand, I have always worked, been good at what I did and felt useful. In retrospect, the void in my life has been terrible..
I have looked for work, but as you know, the job market has been dismal. My resume looks good but I am afraid that my age works against me. Yet, I still need to feel useful.
With the time on my hands, I have tried to help family and friends. It is probably true that I may have gone over the top with that. If so, I am sorry. It's just that doing SOMETHING that makes me feel useful feels good and is important to me.
I am now rethinking a lot of this. I need something to do that will fill that void. Until the job market loosens up a bit, perhaps I can find a volunteer position somewhere, doing something that needs to be done, is useful and not concentrate it all in that narrow little space of family and friends.
Fast forward to the present.
This last six months have been increasingly odd or perhaps in the last six months I have become increasingly odd. I was never one to identify myself too strongly with what I did for a living. On the other hand, I have always worked, been good at what I did and felt useful. In retrospect, the void in my life has been terrible..
I have looked for work, but as you know, the job market has been dismal. My resume looks good but I am afraid that my age works against me. Yet, I still need to feel useful.
With the time on my hands, I have tried to help family and friends. It is probably true that I may have gone over the top with that. If so, I am sorry. It's just that doing SOMETHING that makes me feel useful feels good and is important to me.
I am now rethinking a lot of this. I need something to do that will fill that void. Until the job market loosens up a bit, perhaps I can find a volunteer position somewhere, doing something that needs to be done, is useful and not concentrate it all in that narrow little space of family and friends.