11/09/2021
Life hasn’t been the easiest since 2009, when I experienced my first lay-off, from a job I spent 8 years of life, growing in my career. I was devastated and felt betrayed only because I didn’t know then what I know now.
I used the time off of course searching for other employment to support myself financially. I also used the time to rediscover who I was, what I wanted and where I was going. What I didn’t expect was on the journey I had to heal some s**t, A LOT of s**t. I had to downsize my life to suitcase. It wasn’t easy by any means. I learned I had to stop fighting the process, so I was striving for my life.
It would be 4 years before I landed another permanent job, although I suspected at the interview when “spin-off” was mentioned that a lay-off could quite possibly occur in the future, however I was desperately in need. I accepted, updated my resume with the new gig, gained new skills and began putting feelers out after about a year, and sure enough several months later, a company wide lay-off occurred and it was LIFO (last in first out). This lay-off didn’t hurt as much. I managed in the meantime with contract work and selling art to make ends meet.
Fast forward, I decided to return to school to complete a degree that I finally figured out that I wanted, Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems. I received my degree and continued on to pursue a Masters in Security Management, which is what I’m currently working on now.
However, I had hoped to have obtained a position by now, believing that now I was good enough for “the establishment” but something in me clicked to just re-boot my business using everything I had learned over the years and by the way I’m still learning yet this time with vigor and determination.
I don’t have all the answers however I do know that Corporate America giving me “yes” isn’t going to define my worth!
I am my only competition and everydayI’m blessed to see, I’m winning!