Hi everyone, how are you all? Sorry I’ve been absent for a while, but I’ve had lots on mind – life’s been pretty mental.
Here goes..
I quit my job
Two days after my last blogpost I quit my job. Yep, in the current economic climate I made the decision to jack it in and take a chance on finding something else.
I couldn’t take it any more, sitting in an office with a bully for a boss. Someone who was such a control freak she read my emails, listened to my phonecalls, timed my morning arrival and evening leaving down to the second.
I had given up a better paid job, a company car and a blackberry mobile for this job. It was in PR, a chance to get back doing what I love best and writing, but after five weeks I thought “fuck it”. I couldn’t take it and so I walked.
I wrote a letter of resignation and posted it through the door, and I was suddenly unemployed and another extra +1 on the scrapheap.
I signed on
I signed on immediately, but let me tell you that it’s not fun. The amount of forms you have to fill in is crazy. I also managed to get Disability Living Allowance – my doctor signed all the forms because I’m underweight. But guess how much I got? £19 a week – the lowest grade. People with bad backs get more – and are their lives at risk? I’ll let you be the judge of that.
I applied everywhere
Hunting for a job is not fun.
Hunting for a job with a mental illness is even worse. The constant rejection after rejection made me feel low and depressed.
Daytime TV sucked away my soul – I felt I had nothing to live for, but kept plugging away, sending out CV after CV.
I joined the local gym
I know I know. “You’re underweight AC – why the hell did you join a gym?”
Well because I had nothing to do it was the perfect way to let off some steam, gave me a place to go to during the day, somewhere to read the local paper and bury my head in a book while on the exercise bike. Plus it’s true what they say, exercise does make you feel better.
And that was my life. Day in. Day out. From August 13th – November 1st.
You may be thinking at this point either a) holy hell you were brave, congrats on making the big decision to b) you’re mental, you gave up a job and an income in the current economic climate?
Well, the good news is that I GOT ANOTHER JOB!!!!
Yep. That’s right. I managed to get back into the world of work, and have been working as a PR and Social Media Consultant for a local company here since 7th November and I love it.
I’m appreciated.
I’m making our clients happy (I got a big department store over 1,100 Facebook fans in 2 weeks which got picked up in the local press)!
I’ve made some friends with people my own age (no more stuck in that office with just the bully boss for company)
And that’s what I’ve been up to!
I’m still underweight, but I’ve got a purpose in life again. I’d just like a girlfriend I suppose….so if you could sort it for Christmas that would be marvellous.
More tomorrow!
AC 🙂
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