Like I Was Saying...
The other day, at my nieces’ party, my cousin mentioned the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. And I was like, “what three weeks from now, right?” My cousin looked at me cross-eyed.
“Andrew, it’s next week, like this coming Thursday,” she said.
Yes, Thanksgiving is this coming Thursday and I didn’t realize it.
Then it occurred to me, this is the first Thanksgiving in a long while that I didn’t have to worry about Black Friday sales or asking for PTO for the holidays.
I’m been in the eCommerce or shipping business for so long, I’ve forgotten how not be stressed about the holidays.
Needless to say, when you’re unemployed, time moves at a strange pace. It’s like a limbo where you don’t know whether you’re coming or going.
Friday’s are the worse, because you don’t have have the weekend to look forward to, because everyday feels like a strange version of the weekend.
Like today, for the exception some need to go to church, I didn’t realize today was Sunday. Of course, I knew it was Sunday, but my days all mesh together.
Needless to say I need to get on some sort of schedule soon or I’ll most likely go insane.
I’ve been unemployed before and it sucked then and sucks now.
That’s why it was strange the other day to watch some Twitter employees who had refused Elon Musk’s ultimatum to record they’re being fired.
For those of of you that don’t know, Elon Musk had set out some new rules for being employed by Twitter. He’s was asking for some dedication from the employees that were there.
Some employees took up him on his offer and others didn’t.
So yes, I’ve had a beef with Twitter over the years over their censorship of certain accounts based on their political preference. Still, I don’t wish any ill will towards people.
I wanted to scream at the video, take the deal, and make sure you have another job lined up before you leave.
Right now the tech industry isn’t doing so hot. It’s especially going to be bad for the eCommerce industry, because folks aren’t going to be buying so much due to high inflation and the anticipation of the upcoming recession.
Add to that, these guys live in California where the standard of living is higher. Of course, I’m not a hundred percent sure of the safety net California has for the unemployed (probably better than Texas), but still, being unemployed is unemployed.
I wish those guys luck and hope they land jobs soon, but it ain’t pretty out there.
That said, after the Thanksgiving Holiday I’m going to have to kick it up a notch for my own sanity.
This not having a job is driving me a little nuts.
I long to be out of the house and long for a kind of structure to my day. I thrive within a structure.
I wish I could invent my own structure, but that’s proving a little harder than I imagine.