Jan
15
2013
This is part of The Recession is Bullhonkey series, where I share stories of those who have gotten hired and/or started their own businesses (or sometimes both!) since 2008. This is Eileen‘s Story, and if you can relate to “boring office job + crazy boss” being your reality, then definitely read on.
Original photo by Eileen
I once had a friend tell me how grateful she was for all the horrible jobs and bosses she’d had over the years – with the reasoning that if they had only been marginally bad? She might never have left. I heard that sentiment loud and clear, as a boring office job + crazy boss was my reality for nine years. This story is not so much about working there though, but about how I left.
For starters, you might be wondering .
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Dec
07
2012
This is part of The Recession is Bullhonkey series, where I share stories of those who have gotten hired and/or started their own businesses (or sometimes both!) since 2008. This is Lauren‘s Story, and man oh man, if you’re suffering from a case of the “shoulds” (especially around your degree and/or your stable/traditional job) and feel the travel/yoga bug, this is the post for you. Just beautiful.
Not all who wander are lost by Mesa Dreams
I shouldn’t be writing this post right now. I should be staring pensively out the window from the 38th floor of Four Times Square, imagining my slow ascent to the top of the corporate events world. I mean, if 22-year-old me had had it her way? I would be two years away from Director of Events at a Fortune 500 company.
I should be wearing suit right now.
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Nov
08
2012
This is part of The Recession is Bullhonkey series, where I share stories of those who have gotten hired and/or started their own businesses (or sometimes both!) since 2008. This is Andrew‘s Story, and how the 5 year old him would be surprised – and proud – about where he is now.
Surprising Even Myself
When I was 5 years old, I never dreamed of being a speaker, author or coach. So when I quit my comfortable job at a Fortune 50 company to do just that (speaking, authoring and coaching), I surprised a lot of people.
Perhaps most surprised would have been 5-year old me.
Growing up I had the mind of an engineer (and still do). I liked taking things apart, seeing how they worked, and then putting them back together again.
As an engineer, I constantly looked for ways to improve everything I did—10-year old me was ecstatic to discover that if you loaded all of the like-silverware together in the dishwasher, you could save 20-30 seconds on the unload (and I still do this today).
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Oct
17
2012
This is part of The Recession is Bullhonkey series, where I share stories of those who have gotten hired and/or started their own businesses (or sometimes both!) since 2008. This is Leigh‘s Story, and you’ll soon see why you can call yourself a Planner without having a plan.
Trust Yourself Print by HollyWould Press
A Planner without a Plan
If you’re like me, you tend to feel safest with a plan. You can go into a new situation because you know what to expect. You don’t have to worry about the future because you have planned everything out, and life always goes according to plan, right? (Picture a skeptical eyebrow raise here.) Mmm-hm.
Recently, I left a job I had held as a developmental psychology lab manager for over 3 years. But I wasn’t leaving to move on to a dream career like I’d always planned.
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TAGS: Glorious Guest Post, Meaningful Mindsets, The Recession is Bullhonkey
Sep
17
2012
This is part of The Recession is Bullhonkey series, where I share stories of those who have gotten hired and/or started their own businesses (or sometimes both!) since 2008. This is Katie Clemon‘s Story, and it’s gonna kick your butt if you’re all over the But-I-Don’t-Have-Anywhere-I-Can-Work excuse.
Raise your hand if you like the idea of journaling.
Keep your hand up if you struggle with keeping said journal. Or keep raising your hand if it seems like you’re only journaling one sort of thing: the sad stuff. The confusing things. The boring details.
I don’t know about you, but once upon a time, both of my hands were WAY UP.
You’re not going to jump up every morning and say, “This is awesome!” Every minute of every day just isn’t like that, right? But what about those minutes that are awesome?
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Aug
15
2012
This is part of The Recession is Bullhonkey series, where I share stories of those who have gotten hired and/or started their own businesses (or sometimes both!) since 2008. This is Kris’ Story, and you’ll soon find out why she called it The Long and Winding Road to Myself.
Sunflower Girl Walking on Winding Road by Paula Goodbar Photography
The Long and Winding Road to Myself
“There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Every life is a story with its own plot, characters, settings, conflicts and themes. In the circle of Campbellians (the bliss followers who love the work of Joseph Campbell and everything mythological) that I belong to, our stories are the lifeblood of our personal mythologies. We make meaning from the stories, myths, cultural behaviors and psychologies that weave throughout our lives in the guise of recurring events and themes.
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Jul
12
2012
This is part of The Recession is Bullhonkey series, where I share stories of those who have gotten hired and/or started their own businesses (or sometimes both!) since 2008. This is Meg’s story about finding her passion by listening to her 6-year-old self.
“I am going to be an artist!” My 6yr old self declared loudly and forcefully. There was, of course, no further discussion of the validity of my Master Plan allowed when I had 6yr old certainty. As an ally I had my 4yr old brother often sporting the wig and/or painted nails that matched the dress I had picked out and had convinced or connived (depending how you look at it) him really brought out his eyes. He believed in my plan (and my fashion sense) SO much He would answer the oft asked question that was inconveniently rushing us out of our youth “Meg is going to be a Ahh..tist and I am going to be her assistant.” That’s Artist sans the ‘R’ as he then had an adorable inability to pronounce ‘R’s making him appear a miniature southern gentleman from ‘Chahh..leston’ (or woman depending how I had him dressed).
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Jun
18
2012
good things come to those who work their asses off and never give up by BitsoTruth
This is part of The Recession is Bullhonkey series, where I share stories of those who have gotten hired and/or started their own businesses (or sometimes both!) since 2008. This is Kate‘s Story, where she talks about her “crazy” career transition and how she secured the job of her dreams not once, but twice!
I’m glad I started architecture school in 2007, before the economy tanked, because frankly, I don’t know if I would have had the guts to do it otherwise. I was already traveling down a stable, well-worn career path in accounting. Four years of hard work, licensing exams, and promotions were behind me; I’d be crazy to throw that away, right?
Many people used the word “crazy” to describe my career change, but to me it felt the exact opposite.
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May
07
2012
Lego “Let’s Build Our Own Adventure” by Oh, Dear Molly
This is part of The Recession is Bullhonkey series, where I share stories of those who have gotten hired and/or started their own businesses (or sometimes both!) since 2008. This is Clare‘s Story. She graduated from university in May 2008 and was unemployed for 4 months before finding work and setting out to create her own career. Adventure ahead!
In May 2008, I took an internship working in the U.S. Senate. I, a country girl from the middle of Ireland, came to the US for the very first time and got an all access pass to the highest branch of US government. It was amazing. I wrote policy papers on international affairs, met with fantastic American leaders and gave tours of the Capitol to the senator’s constituents. I thought I’d made it.
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Apr
25
2012
The Juggler Extraordinaire by Penelope and Pip
This is part of The Recession is Bullhonkey series, where I share stories of those who have gotten hired and/or started their own businesses (or sometimes both!) since 2008. This is Darlene‘s Story, and she’s sharing not only how she had the chutzpah to leave her full-time job to run her Etsy shop, but how she got 3 (!!!) freelance gigs soon after!
I quit my day job last summer, despite the recession, to run my handmade goth chainmaille jewelry business full-time. My sales weren’t yet covering all my life expenses, but I knew that they never WOULD get to that point as long as I was toiling away 60-plus hours a week at a high-stress job that sucked out all my creativity. I took my “in case I get laid off” fund, repurposed it into my “I’m quitting NOW” fund, and took the plunge.
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