See ya later winter blahs

Spring into spring

WOW.. what a brutally long winter.. it started November 1st, 2007 and is still at it in some places. But spring is just around the corner. Have you ever noticed how winter brings everyone and everything to a dull lull??

Let me give you a personal example. On November 9th I was seasonally laid off from Ambassatours Gray Line. I took advantage of Employment Insurance in November, December, January and February but found that the loss of employment income brought my self-esteem down to where I didn't think I could do anything. Now thats winter blahs!

In mid-March the insurance ran out.. now I was officially broke! My bills still accumulated though and I was lucky enough to have enough to make my car payments to keep the car to look for work. I applied to several places over the winter with no answers or change of plans. I tried couriers, but I would have had to use my own car (it would have been ruined). I applied to government jobs and trucking jobs.. never got a reply.

This past weekend we put our clocks ahead. It was like an "end the blahs" switch. I got a call from a trucking company offering me a job. I had applied to a hotel and they offered me a job, and Ambassatours asked me if I was ready to drive this season again. Like the expression goes: "it never rains but it pours" and wow the heavens opened with all sorts of opportunities.

Well, long story short I accepted the Quality Inns job and the potential opportunities are amazing! I start as a shuttle driver to the airport (1 mile away) for the hotel but I can see desk work, banquet and meeting room setup work and who knows what in time. It is a job come true. I had not taken the courier job and the Inn job availed itself! Talk about divine intervention.. everything happened (delays and choices) in exactly the way they were supposed to.

The blahs are gone.. I have a new job with set hours and set pay and lots of tips in a field that still caters to my love of people and love of driving but no more seasonal layoff blahs.

Moral of the story.. let the blahs be an opportunity to evaluate your choices slowly and as detailed as you can. Then let divine intervention make the choice in its own time. My insurance ended the same day I got the new job - go figure!!

Good luck in 2008 - work @home, work @what-you-want but work happy.

ReFocus! often.
Paul