I haven't been doing too much with myself these days. I've been in the process of finding a new job/career so I've spent a lot of my time in front of the computer searching the classifieds, daydreaming of what my new job/career would be. There's all kinds of jobs out there, some more interesting than others so I've just been throwing my "resume darts" at the board and waiting for one to stick. Working at a printing press, printing circulars for newspapers. Working at the local bakery, baking burger buns, hotdog buns, dinner rolls, etc. Building dormitory furniture. Working for a water testing / purification company. Assembling aluminum trailers for equipment/ATV's. Operating a vending machine route. Operating a linen rental route, picking up and dropping off uniforms and other assorted linens.
The possibilities are endless really. I haven't been applying for carpentry jobs though, my previous profession. Given my situation, I thought it the perfect time to try something else. Why not? Sure, I could spend the rest of my life being a carpenter. Building commercial buildings was usually fulfilling but I figure that any job done right could be just as fulfilling. I spent 10 years (5 in the field, 5 in the office, estimating, procuring more work for the co.) working in the commercial carpentry industry. Building schools, offices, churches, strip malls and grocery stores but the industry started to get to me. After 5 years of competing against other companies, the whole thing started to rub me the wrong way. Everyone a cutthroat, trying to out-bid everyone else, dropping their prices so low they'd be losing money just to get work. I guess you have that in any industry really so it looks like I'll be trying to stay out of sales too.
