Since I can’t sleep, I might as well blog.
I meant to write an entry about the New York Anime Festival, which was awesome. I also wanted to write about my retreat in Connecticut, which was also awesome. I thought about writing about the circumstances regarding why I haven’t worked in 2 weeks, and have been looking for a new job, and why that sucks, but why focus on the negative?
So it looks like my contract is up, and I haven’t heard back about work for the rest of the year, so I think the writings on the wall for this last job. I hated the commute anyway, so I hope to find something much closer to home this time.
I have a love/hate relationship with being between jobs. On the one hand, I actually enjoy the interview process. I get to chat with friendly people about interesting geeky things. Sometimes I get logic puzzles, which I enjoy. On the other hand, not having a normal routine means I have to be horribly self-disciplined, and I’m not always the best about that. I oversleep, and find myself spending way too much time on IRC, and I struggle with depression. Add to that the stress of not knowing how to make ends meet (thankfully, not an immediate concern; we have saved up some money), and the feelings of inadequacy one must have when losing a job.
When in this situation, what’s really important is to look at the positive. I no longer have to commute to Long Island. I get a fresh start, and the work is bound to be more interesting than what I was doing before.
Life is still good. Now I’m going to try to go back to sleep.
