Coming Soon...
...the return of (Temporarily) Unemployed.
A lot has happened over the past couple of months, and I fully intend to bring this chronicle up to speed on all that has gone on.
I've been grateful for the break from blogging in many respects. Spending a lot of time writing about how feckless my existence has been had the unitended consequence of miring me even deeper in self-pity and hopelessness. Without this blog as a crutch, the need to evolve became much more urgent. Granted, it took a full two months to right myself, but at last I can say that I've done it (more on the specifics in the next post--I'm not going to New York or Boston or Oregon, but I will be doing something stimulating and hopefully fulfilling for 37.5 hours per week).
There have been things that I've missed about keeping this record. I've longed for the sense of personal connection that comes with knowing that there are a few people out there who are mildly interested in reading about my comings and goings. There's a good chance that I'll never write something that gets published, but in whatever small way this blog has resembled the experience of being a real live author, I've enjoyed it.
Just to be a shameless tease, here are some of the events/topics of the past two months that I hope to recount in coming posts:
-The dental magazine debacle
-Marathon (4+ hour!) interviews in NYC that went nowhere
-Applying for a job as a travelling textbook salesman in Kansas City
-A pseudo(?) health crisis
-How I couldn't even get a second interview at the MIT Press
-How I almost went to work for a law firm
-How I'm going to ditch Kaplan for a second time
-What I want to be doing a year from now
-And MUCH MORE! (Shameless)
I'm going to make a few calls and text messages tonight, and over the next few days I hope be back on a regular writing schedule. (If for now other reason than to keep the pen and the wit sharp.)
Thanks for having me back. I've missed you.
A lot has happened over the past couple of months, and I fully intend to bring this chronicle up to speed on all that has gone on.
I've been grateful for the break from blogging in many respects. Spending a lot of time writing about how feckless my existence has been had the unitended consequence of miring me even deeper in self-pity and hopelessness. Without this blog as a crutch, the need to evolve became much more urgent. Granted, it took a full two months to right myself, but at last I can say that I've done it (more on the specifics in the next post--I'm not going to New York or Boston or Oregon, but I will be doing something stimulating and hopefully fulfilling for 37.5 hours per week).
There have been things that I've missed about keeping this record. I've longed for the sense of personal connection that comes with knowing that there are a few people out there who are mildly interested in reading about my comings and goings. There's a good chance that I'll never write something that gets published, but in whatever small way this blog has resembled the experience of being a real live author, I've enjoyed it.
Just to be a shameless tease, here are some of the events/topics of the past two months that I hope to recount in coming posts:
-The dental magazine debacle
-Marathon (4+ hour!) interviews in NYC that went nowhere
-Applying for a job as a travelling textbook salesman in Kansas City
-A pseudo(?) health crisis
-How I couldn't even get a second interview at the MIT Press
-How I almost went to work for a law firm
-How I'm going to ditch Kaplan for a second time
-What I want to be doing a year from now
-And MUCH MORE! (Shameless)
I'm going to make a few calls and text messages tonight, and over the next few days I hope be back on a regular writing schedule. (If for now other reason than to keep the pen and the wit sharp.)
Thanks for having me back. I've missed you.
posted by temporarily unemployed at 12:33
5 Comments:
Hell yeah! I'm glad you're back!
Hooray! The first time I get to check your blog in a month or more, and there's a brand new post! I can't wait to hear about things. :)
yes yes yes yes yes! my procrastination just got SO much better.
~C (obviously)
Michael,
I highly recommend moving to the West Coast! Your sunny disposition would fit in perfectly up here in the pacific Northwest.
It's a pleasure to be stalking you again,
Josh
pseudo health crisis? who could have brought that on?
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