I truly believe that we all have a breaking point with a job we have that we have considered it our career, something we spent more than just a couple of years in. You realize this isn’t for you or that you shouldn’t need another person telling YOU what to do. You have these thoughts of what you personally wish or want to do for work and overtime that glass of ideas fills up and you decide to chug it fast as fuck and then catch your breath and let it process.
As I mentioned before, I worked in a healthcare setting for almost a decade. I was hired in through guest services worked my way up to an actually meaningful/impactful jobbed that I loved and that was event planning. I took cancer patients and their caregiver who traveled across the country to come to our facility for treatment to events like plays, pro sports, concerts and any activity that seemed fun to get them away from their day to day treatment. I was always the planner for events with my friends and family and I personally could have done that for the rest of my career and been content with it because I woke up every day for work looking forward to it. It was the connection I made with people and the memories I seen being made right in front of my eyes. Just like anything in life change happens and that budget was cut and then my job became something I didn’t mind but wasn’t passionate about.
In my 9th year I decided it was time to move on and get paid more since I had a son on the way. I left and started what I thought would be my new career in logistics. Cool work environment, decent pay and was something new. If you remember me talking about my trip to Colorado in 2019, the idea of this “I’m going to start my own thing” was with me going into 2020. I was motivated like I’ve never been before and it wasn’t because of this new job, it was because this new idea of starting my own business was running in my head constantly. My commute to the new job involved audiobook from Les Brown “The Power of Purpose”, cup of coffee and some good music that had a message. I learned what was being taught about logistics and when it came time for my lunch break I would hit the gym across the street for 30 minutes then work on my business plan for the other 30 minutes every single day. I eventually had a logo made which then lead me to get my business name registered in my state and also secured the domain to my website. I was hitting goals pretty quickly in my business plan and I owe majority of it to my journaling because it helped me write down what I needed to get done and also acknowledge my accomplishments.
As we approach March the Corona Virus is spreading like wild fire and is also affecting my industry which then lead to a layoff since we were new employees we were the first to be let go. Many could see this in a negative way but for me I seen it as an opportunity to excel in my business plan and take this time off to work on it even more and be with my family over the summer while collecting unemployment and working on my business. “Fuck it start this week”
Song Playing: East Point by Rambutan Jam Band
Long Live The Dad 