Swallowing Pride

I've been invited to an interview today. It's a full time cashier position with a hardware chain. I won't lie, it feels humiliating. I have 15 years of experience in an engineering role in the oil & gas industry. I have a B.S. in Chemical Engineering & Petroleum Refining. I am part of the way …

Get it together…

I'm not even sure where to begin this post, but I feel the need to get it out there and post something that forces me to take a hard stand against myself - rather, against Hilda. But I went off the rails again in a major way. In the past few weeks, I began drinking …

On the hunt again

Well, it appears I am on the job hunt again. This is the third time in five years that I have been let go from a job and I'm not sure if this firing is a good thing or a bad thing. Granted, I can recognize that I didn't pour myself into the job with …

I’m just lost…professionally.

I've never minded hard work. In fact, I have always accepted the fact that to get anywhere in life, you have to be willing to put forth the effort. What I'm struggling with today is that I have always put forth a lot of effort in the pursuit of my goals, but as I get …

Living in the Past F@^king Sucks: God’s Punishment

Living in the past fucking sucks. And yet, I do it. Regularly. Today on my morning commute to work, my thoughts were on how much I don't like where I'm working and it got me to thinking about the job and career I had before. The job I was laid off from back in 2015. …