Time is on my side

Today is my first day of unemployment. I have been very fortunate to have a writing gig for the last two years, but I just could not talk myself into being happy there another minute. Turns out, they felt the same way. It was U-G-L-Y ugly. It didn’t have to be, but people don’t always make choices I understand. As a good friend of mine put it, last week was like an episode of Survivor. Don’t believe a word your fellow castaways say, that’s not chicken they just served you.

Putting on my Think Positive Hat, I believe this is just the kick in the butt I needed to go back to the reason why I became a freelancer to begin with. I wanted to do project based work, not get imbedded in the every day politics and bullshit inevitable in most work environments. When I decided to freelance, I wanted to do more magazine writing, and focus primarily on marketing copy. So here’s my chance!

I am relieved, excited, and peaceful for the first time in over a year. I am sure that next week I will realize that I no longer have an income and that means I can’t shop at Byerly’s anymore or fly off to New York at a moment’s notice (after this one last trip in May, I promise it’s the last one…) and I am sure I will worry myself into the fetal position then. But today, I am cozy and comfy, curled up on the couch with my Buddy. The rain outside is like a cleansing, washing away the bad taste in my mouth, readying me for the next adventure.

Big, big sigh.