The Upside of Down

Fortunately, being dumped by my employer has a few benefits.  In my opinion, the greatest of these benefits is time.

My summary of activity while employed:

• Working 50-60hrs per week
• Eating, sleeping, bathing, and attending church

A BRIEF summary of activity while unemployed:

• Eating free pancakes at iHOP
• Surfing the internet
• Knitting
• Pondering deep things: Whether or not fish drink water, Where all the lonely socks go that get lost in the dryer
• Engaging in meaningful discussions with dear friends while enjoying leisurely meals at ethnic restaurants
• Listening to some terrific new tunes
• Discovering the wealth of information which is stored at the public library and then swiping my library card so that I can borrow 7x the amount of books that I’ll ever read
• Running along the lakefront
• Daydreaming
• Basking in the sunshine / shoveling snow (Wisconsin prides itself on having the world’s most extreme climate conditions where weather vacillates between arctic-igloo-freezing and blazing-lava-hot)
• Board-gaming in fierce competitions with my pals (blokus, speed scrabble, pit)
• And I suppose I must include: working on my resume and portfolio, interviewing, and reflecting on what exactly it is that I want to do for the rest of my life

Due to time constraints (YOUR time constrains, not mine, silly!) I was forced to limit this list, providing just a brief overview of my life after being dumped.  And, WOW, my life is full.