In one of the forums i go to, the anniversary was coming up real soon. So everyone decided to put how their life has changed since the site started. It took me a while to munster up the key essencials and sum up my life from 01 to present but i did it. and I have to say gottdamn its sad, but i accept full responsibility for it since its my life. It's my mentality i need to get right.
- Got laid off due to 911
- Went from 40k yr to washing dishes at Bakers Square for min wage then quit in anger
- Went on a couple of dates and got clowned each time.
- Got a job 2 hours away by car from my home.
- Developed G.E.R.D. due to stress
- Was able to move intro my own place
- Got a 2004 Dodge Neon SXT
- Almost stayed a year till I got fired and my ride repossessed
- Did public transportation for half a year
- Got a used Ford Taurus
- Became a substitute teacher to make ends meet and hate every minute of it.
- Enrolled back into college for my masters.
All in all just Strugglin & Surviving.
What a downward spiral I’ve descended to. Maybe it's the negativity within me to point out the bad shit instead of the good but I gotta be real and say out of all of that 2 things are the best I could come up with that were sort of life changing. I know I’m built for this world; I just gotta find my niche and make it happen. Ya Gotta love grown folks Life!
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Sinro, if there's anything that I can say that is inspiring to what you just wrote, was the fact that you opened up about it. Pretty lame right? But the concept is intriguing. I just came off of a post where I spoke about how hard marriage is. But a tough marriage pales in comparison just to how hard "life" can be out here.
So unforgiving and in a blink of an eye it can take a person under. I once said that I didn't want to simply survive, and that I wanted to LIVE. Live long enough to enjoy the simple things in life and the other things that aren't so simple. I want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane before I die-lol- but that's the adventurer in me.
Hang in there big guy. Like I tend to think at times, there's got to be a better thing waiting for us in our future. I just wish to hell it would hurry up and get here. Be cool...
Posted by Frank | March 23, 2005 9:17 AM
Posted on March 23, 2005 09:17
I feel ya. I got completely hammered at 9-11. First, business went bad and we lost our raises and bonuses...then I lost my job AND they made an accounting error that resulted me getting a severance check for...-$22,000. That's right, NEGATIVE 22 Gs. It took a while to find a decent job, and then another two years to get back to where I started. Actually, better than were I started. Keep your head up.
Posted by ManNMotion | March 23, 2005 1:03 PM
Posted on March 23, 2005 13:03
My fellow in the Wyld wyld Hundreds,
I got to say my life since 9/11 has had its ups and downs. I switched jobs twice. the most recent being a nice step up. I thank God every day for that.
In October 2001 I had a daughter, wondering what kind of world she's being born into.
Seeing the shit that Dubya and company get away every day makes me want to go to Canada.
Posted by Derwin Alexander | March 23, 2005 11:03 PM
Posted on March 23, 2005 23:03