Category Archives: Guide to Unemployment

Week 2 – Too Much Information

There really is too much information! Something hit me today.  Not physically, no, but the idea that there is too much information out there; internet, Twitter, Facebook, Insta-thingies, blogs, news channels, YouTube, etc… All these media keep pushing information out.  So many claims make this ubiquitous participation of people in expressing opinion as fact – […]

Week 1 – Home Downsizing and Associated Tricks

Isn’t downsizing the buzz word of the quarter? Things have been busy busy with downsizing due to unemployment. Talk about timing. With lockdown all over and social distancing requirements, not to mention the mask situation, the complexity of moving houses has never been more engaging or entertaining with a devastating outcome. If masks make us […]

Day 3 Circle of Blank

Before we go into the details, I  want to cycle back to the circle of blank.  It’s pretty much the third day, and my mood has cycled up and down so many times in the last two days. The 3rd day was pretty much fun actually.  I had a hand-over meeting about tasks I was […]

Day 2 Since Released

On the call with HR! The smiling faces on the video cam conducting my interview were designed to calm me, and they did.  It was a pleasant 1-hour discussion on what comes next, and the process for departure.  No, not travel.  Bummer, huh?  Should I use a different word just so you don’t make an […]

Day 1 – Just Released!

Guide to Unemployment - Breaking Free

Yes, I am indeed referring to a release from frustration, stress and a heaviness that has been pressing on my body for a few years.  Just released. Oh! Right! I was let go. Yes, I was a gun found at a crime site. Shhh. I’m avoiding that word. It was Thursday May 7, 2020, and my boss […]