Where I'm at in Life Right Now
I'm not sure where to start, so I'll start from the beginning. I am 31 and from a small town in Indiana. I did well in school (it came easily to me), I'm artistic and creative, and also a determined perfectionist. When I graduated high school I decided to take on a bachelors in chemistry. All through college I fought and struggled and studied my ass off determined to make it and change my destiny. I believed with this great education I could finally be comfortable in life.
I wish I knew what I know now.
My first job in my career was okay. I worked for a rather large company as a contractor in their lab. I liked the lab work that I did but I didn't care for the rat race and commute I was exposed to. I am used to small town life and living simply because that's how I was raised. My co-workers didn't see things as I did and I didn't understand their mentality of having the best of the best. However, I was swept right into it. I got the flashy car and nice clothes even though I wasn't even clearing $30k a year. Even if I wasn't 'making it' I was going to make it look like it. I figured that it would all come eventually.
I left that job in 2008 to pursue my dream of working for a green energy company. I loved this job as much as anything in my life. Since our facility was new I got to set everything up exactly how I wanted it since I was going to be working there. This lab was mine. I was making a difference for everyone and the environment. While I still wasn't rich, I felt rich from the mission our company had and I felt like we all had a common goal.
Fast forward 5 years to January 2013. I was fired for reasons I'm not entirely sure of. Our company didn't close and we weren't doing layoffs. Five years of pouring my heart and soul into my job all flushed down the toilet because someone was in a bad mood that week. I was unemployed for 3 months. This was the longest stretch of time I had been unemployed since high school. It was nerve-wracking to say the least. If it hadn't been for the uncertainty of where my next check was coming from I would have enjoyed it.
Something happened to me in that 3 months. I'm no longer happy doing the 8-5 grind. I don't know why but I'm just not. I've tried talking to others about it but they just seem resigned to the fact that it is a necessary evil. It's just something you have to do. I have a job and it's okay and all, but I can't help but think what I would be doing if I hadn't got that education, if I didn't have these student loans, would I really be doing what I'm doing now? Would I have taken my own path? I don't think I'll be happy working for someone else for the rest of my life even if I had the best job in the world and made all the money I needed. So that is what has lead me here and what has me being more determined than ever to make this work.
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The way life is changing where employers are concerned, it is really hard to think about working for someone else the rest of your life. I agree with you. Working for yourself, it becomes easier to fulfill goals in reaching out to others that working for someone else places limits on.
Yes, great blog lrharting, I too can no longer stand the thought of working my tail off any longer for someone else, making someone else rich, while I only make a small wage. I've done it for too long. I don't mind working my tail off, but from here on out, it'll be for me. Good luck, and I'll see you around WA. Welcome to the community!
Awesome blog! Yeah I definitely feel you. I'm another person who can't imagine working a 9-5 job for the rest of my life. I hate being told what to do, when to go to lunch, when to pee, etc. I feel like I could be of much greater service to society working as my own boss and inspiring others through the passions that I have.
It sucks that you got fired. I've heard way too many stories of hard-working employees getting fired for stupid reasons, while other lazies get away with being unproductive for years just because they suck up to the management. Trust me, I've seen it way too much at my current job, and I'm only 23!
I feel that you will figure out a way to use your talents to create something that you feel good about and be able to make a business out of. Being an entrepreneur and working online takes a different mindset from working the 9-5 grind. We're programmed at a young age to go to school and get good grades, so we can get a degree, build a resume and beg someone to hire us. It takes a brave person to stand up and break away from the safety net of that kind of job, and honestly most people don't have that kind of vision, which is why others don't see what you see right now.You can do it! We're all here to help :)
Thanks for the reply, means a lot. I can't just accept it like everyone else. I wish I could but I can't. I'm not someone who NEEDS to be told what to do. Just tell me what you want and when you want it. It will be done. If I could set my own hours I would.
Yeah I totally get it. I think it's way better to do a type of work that you're actually passionate about as well,
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Nice blog, we all have a story that leads us to here you were or are feeling, this is a great community, share and learn, you will do well