Here I am in Gatlinburg Tn. contemplating the latest swing from forward to dead stop. I thought I had it all figured out last year but the proof of that false assumption is where I find myself today. Welcome to the first day of the rest of my life. Have I been set free or rejected? How do I get my head around a drastic change in circumstance? In the world today I am one of millions. I had a corporate job for life. I worked for 28 years and intended to retire from
the company in 10 more years only the company had a different plan and released me with a nice severance package only I wasn’t ready for life on the
outside. Deeply indebted, I was a true debt slave, I cashed out paid off what I could of my debt and landed a job without health insurance or benefits
where I worked for 6 months before being laid off again. Corporate retired me blue collar laid me off and now what? Now what?
I am redefining me. By sharing my tale I hope to grab hold of something that is eluding me. The Grateful Dead sing about what a long strange trip its been. I don’t know where this blog will take me. I don’t know what the next chapter looks like. I will blend past with present. I will search my soul for impressions and share the simple and absurd, the profound and the silliness. How I see the world and what strikes me about its peculiarities. Let’s see where life takes us. I have laid expectations aside.
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