Faith

I signed the job offer and I got my paperbacks. I am happy once more. Nothing makes happy like a brand new book to read.

Last week, when I went to visit a girlfriend, I sat in the car as we talked and told her about my job hunting and joking about job hunting being like prostitution. She, however, was not joking along with me. She was very alarmed about me being without a job now and this is such a bad time to be looking and generally rather worried, while I sat there checking in the mirror to ensure my cheeks weren't shiny. Truth be told, I get bored very very easily, and my frustrations the past couple weeks were not cause I was worried about being unemployed, but because I was bored with my life and being at home, with no job to keep me occupied just emphasised the emptiness. I told her then that I knew I would be employed by March 1 and I am. That was the easy part. But does that change much? Nope. I may still be bored tomorrow. lol.

I think with faith, I don't place enough faith in the other parts of my life. When it came to battling the recession and unemployment etc, oh yeah....I knew, I KNEW that this would not last long. But I often forget to place more faith in myself and the other things that bother me and I need to start doing that or I may never find peace of mind. So now that my faith has sealed the job deal, time to work on the rest of Tamale. Or else I will be forever bitter. Forever spinster. Forever like this.

Life change

I have wanted to be thin, pretty, popular, more outgoing. But one thing I have never aspired to is being unemployed. To explain - my current job situation is this - I was a fixed term employee and my fixed term which had been extended after the first expiration, has now finally come to a natural end. With the downturn and especially in the industry in which I work, I anticipated a non-renewal. But yesterday I got it in writing and when you see it in writing, any fleeting hopes and thoughts of maybe there is a chance, are dashed forever. I left the office feeling as though I would cry and I think I even tried to cry, but I did not cry. But I felt sad and anxious and everything I said I would not feel - I said I would leave it in the hands of God and do my part by sending stuff out and networking and calling people. So it is a daily struggle with these feelings. I have been here before but the timing is so gloomy - with all the news talking about unemployment and cut backs etc.

So I am one of those people in the long lines waiting to see what happens next. I am THAT girl.

I went out with my girlfriends last night and had fun. It's the same thing everywhere. One friend is job hunting with no present job to soften the blow like me (well, I have one more month of the cushion). One is on a "me break" while she decides what she is going to do when she gets back home. One is anticipating HR to walk in one morning with a voluntary separation package. We had a toast to our present state of job uncertainty.

So I am home today - just vegging. Don't want to think about anything right now but keeping the half-full glass in front of me as opposed to the half-empty one. I still have it a lot better than a lot of people - I have my health and no family crises and if push comes to shove, I live at home - no mortgage payments, my car is almost paid for, and my mother will feed me. I just won't be travelling, gymming, shopping, or getting Haagen Daaz. But I am 100% positive it won't come to that - there will always be Haagen Daaz, and there will be trips and adventures and gyms and shoes, and and there will be a job to pay for it all. lol. I am really sticking to my affirmations and reiterating that positivity breeds positivity and attracts positivity. But you really have to work on it.

I have great hopes for this life change of mine. My spirit is strong and glorious and I will be blogging about my good news soon.