I'm sitting here at my desk.... my very empty lifeless desk... at work, with nothing to do. Which gives me ample opportunity to think. Friday is my last day of work. After five years, 3 months and 11 days, my time with the large nameless corporation will be coming to an end.
This event isn't so much an end of an era. Everyone get's new jobs and moves on. Although, I was at this job, in my position, longer than any other job. My previous employer is a very close second, but I managed to work my way up through the ranks from the receptionist, so while I may have been there for a few years, I didn't hold the same position the whole time.
But I digress....
The end of an era is more marked by the fact that since I started working... like really working full time at a real job and was able to strike out on my own and be fully independent... this will be the first time that I won't have a job! Nor will I be looking for a job!
When you've lived your life for the last 10 years working full time at a respectable job making a lot more than minimum wage where a certain level of performance is expected from you with little to no supervision... this whole unemployed thing can be a little daunting!! I'm not complaining, but it's defiitely been giving me a lot of food for thought. And my mom can attest to the fact that the phrase "I can't believe I'm not going to have a job" has come out of my mouth probably more than she cares to hear.
The whole event, series of events, is mind boggling and exciting and new!! It's empowering, even if it is daunting, to step out of the safety of my hum-drum life into this adventure awaiting me.
I look forward to not knowing what tomorrow will hold!!
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