Tag Archives: Unemployment

Of Sound Mind

September 17, 2025 · by · in Career, Coping, death, Depression, Health, Job Search, Life, Loneliness, Mental Health · Leave a comment

I haven’t written in ages. I haven’t been able to. Why? This year has been extremely challenging. Lots thrown at me. Tested my abilities on just about everything. And in the end, I, well, lost it. It all started when I lost my job on January 31, 2025. Liked, but not loved what I was […]

My Summer Sanctuary

May 2, 2025 · by · in Career, Coping, Depression, Friendship, Job Search, Life, Middle Age, Self-esteem · Leave a comment

Even though the calendar says summer won’t arrive for a few weeks (unofficially), or until June (officially), the season’s begun for me. And not a moment too soon! At my social club, I have a small room where I can go to get away from it all. The club is located in a beautiful, bucolic […]

To Remain Positive

March 6, 2025 · by · in Career, Coping, Depression, Job Search, Life, Middle Age, Self-esteem, Women · 2 Comments

It’s tough to remain positive these days. Personally, I’m feeling really rough. I’ve been applying for jobs since November, when I found out that my position was going to be eliminated. My boss did his best to keep me on as long as he could, bless him. But now it’s been five weeks without a […]

Not This Again…

February 10, 2025 · by · in Career, Coping, Family, Holidays, Job Search, Life, Mid-life Crisis, Middle Age, relationships, Women, Writing · Leave a comment

The writing was on the wall, but I was so busy that I didn’t notice until it was too late. My boss and I had quite a conversation on our weekly meetup call. We both work remotely, so every Monday we’d have a half-hour talk about tackling the projects I’d been assigned. On this particular […]