Some Life Changes…

So, yeah. Right now some of you out there know, and many of you still don’t yet. This is kinda hard for me to discuss one on one. Overall it’s for the best, and it allows me to drastically rearrange and improve my life and the life of my family.

On Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 I got a call at work from my boss. She said she heard I wasn’t happy. We talked honestly for a little bit about my concerns. I was frustrated because of many things. I did not enjoy the hour drive to work, when there was an available location less than 10 blocks from my home. I also have felt that the recent extra hard push to perform, quoting the book “Sense of Urgency” was causing us as an organization to move into high pressure sales, and limit the options of our customers. I also felt this stress put onto the stores was causing a lot of issues with all locations. I know a few friends who are even taking medication to deal with this stress. I was medicating too, by eating fatty foods, and ignoring my health. My boss then TOLD me that she was excepting my two week notice. Funny thing is I never actually gave her my notice. Then she wanted me to fax her a written page of what we talked about…. ok, odd. Sad thing is I wasn’t thinking straight, I mean I’ve had this job for the past 7 years and I was in shock over losing it. So I faxed a typed copy to her….. but I didn’t sign it. Then Later she told me I had to send it again but this time with my last day on it… still not thinking straight I faxed it… and didn’t sign it. Also odd, she TOLD me my last day would be April 13th. Later that day my Market Manager came by and told me they decided to dismiss me immediately. He watched as I collected my things, clocked out and escorted me out the door.

So, I was let go.

I signed up for unemployment benefits yesterday. My company is notorious for challenging unemployment. I may have a little fight on my hands, but I know what happened, even if they’ll put their slimy HR spin on it. I was told I was quitting, I didn’t actually quit. The good news is that without the hour commute, and the price of gas, I’ll actually be spending way less money and be financially better off than I was when I was making $40k a year.

So now I am addressing my life. I am moving forward with plans to own my own business, many of you already know details on that, and how it’s been a dream of mine for a long time. I am also addressing my health issues, and my weight. For that I added a new blog onto the back of this one. You can check it out at http://www.sethjenn.org/weight/

So that pretty much covers it, I know my cell phone will light up with calls and texts from concerned friends, I am okay. In fact I think I’ll be far better off for this. Sometimes to get what we want out of life we have to take great risks.

Thanks,

-Seth