Winter Time Update

It's winter here and I've gone into hibernation. I haven't felt too creative as of late, but tonight, the creative juices are flowing and I feel the need to update this blog...

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.

 

The gas industry is booming up here but I'd rather not be part of that ugly monster either. That's a last resort type of career for me. I just can't get behind them and what they are doing to this beautiful land. Scarring the country side with pad sites and pipelines. Poisoning the ground water. All so some greedy corporate pigs can buy another house and fund more evil politicians.

 

Making a living is an unfortunate side of life but a necessary one. You got to pay the bills, right? No "darts" have hit the mark yet so I'll just keep throwing them and maybe one day soon I'll land a new career. But for now, I'll just keep on living. Doing what I love. Banging on the drums. Doodling. Listening to music. Smoking Hookahs. Playing Disc Golf. Exploring my backyard for hours on end. Daydreaming of a life that satisfies me endlessly...