The Economy and Your Future

Everyone knows the economy is bad right now. With all the people getting laid off, fired, or just quitting, it doesn't seem like it's getting any better. In my opinion employers aren't helping, what I mean by this is I'm noticing a trend from people I've talked too or known. The trend is, yes, they're worried about losing there jobs by way of being laid off or fired but I've also talked to a lot of people who just simply quit their jobs. When I asked them why, they replied, "I got tired of the BS". Some things that were going on are, employers reorganizing job positions and titles, which also involve pay cuts and extra work load. Another tactic is requiring their employees to re-interview for their job positions. What results from this is, there may be someone more suited for your job than you. For someone who's worked at a company for more than I'd say 5 years, this is a HARD KICK in the face and it's not going to heal anytime soon.

The people who have decided to stick with it and suck it up are now having to go see their doctors to get a prescription for an anti-depressant. WTF! People really need to be on drugs to be able to function at their jobs? If you're in this situation what do you do? There's a saying out there that states, "to make a change in your life, you have to make a life changing event". I think I'm on that road now. Not saying that things are going great for me right now but since I saved up some money during my working years I have a little time to think about what I want to do. I've decided to move to another state and give my future a shot there. It's risky I know but here or there it's all the same to me. I have to say though, where I'm going doesn't look to bad, I've already networked with some people there and some things that came out of it are, I could possibly have a wife waiting for me, I know it's kind of funny but we'll see, we managed to find a house to rent for a very reasonable price. My father has been talking with some people and managed to find some opportunities we can engage in as soon as we get there.

I've visited this place once in my life, Las Vegas, as a vacation and now I've decided to go back, take a long deep breathe and try to make things happen. I've got some pictures which I'm planning on uploading soon and I'll upload even more once I get back there. This should be very interesting to say the least, I plan on blogging my progress and uploading pics as time goes on, who knows, this may be an inspiration to other people if I'm successful. Sometimes, you just have to put the brain chatter and fear aside and say to yourself, just do it, you can figure it all out as you go along.