Oh Robin Williams how right you were when you spoke to me — through the VCR of course — about opportunity and life and seizing the day. I always wanted an opportunity to throw caution to the wind and seize the moment, but I am horrible at it. My mind always races ahead. Minutes, days, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘work day’
When nothing isn’t good enough
Dealing my own cool hand
Yes, we do have Christmas in contract work land
I have a lot of time to think. Ask anyone who is unemployed for more than a week and they will agree that unemployment is like being married to yourself. I haven’t thought this much about my employment status, life, and the great meaning of things since I was an undergraduate in college and I [...]
Pseudo-unemployment: the fashion tote collectors’ item
Exciting things are afoot. It’s almost like I have a full-time job but I don’t, and that’s actually perfect for me. What I do have is my own makeshift, full-time, part-time contract work to fill up my next month. In other words, for the next few weeks I will be able to get out of [...]
When your unemployment relationship starts to go toxic
How do you celebrate two months of unemployment?
Let’s do it, let’s return from Mars
I know I took liberty on the quote, hopefully Arnold forgives me , but I just got back from LaidOff Camp which I like to call my version of Space Camp. Even with the rain, the bottle of DayQuil I was chugging and the lack of actual space travel, it was well worth the $10 [...]
Tactic one: role playing “I have a job”
Using make believe techniques to get me through the work week.
Morning routines
From hating routines to incorporating them in to my life, I have become Rachel “routine to the last drop.”