Just to confess, I hit bit of a dip last week with regards to not finding work.
Bit mopey and a bit down…
… actually, BIG TIME mopey and BIG TIME down…
The mopiest I’ve ever been… the biggest emotional ditch I’ve ever been in as far as I can remember.
As I wrote in an email to a friend, “Sometimes you need to be in a deep trench in order to focus your sights upwards…”
Apparently it’s quite common to get depressed when you’re out of work… although I wasn’t prepared for this dip… no way…
Had read in one of my books that this could happen, but still I wasn’t prepared… Considering how big it was, I should have at least seen the shadow of it looming… after all it was big enough…
… and I’m NEVER going there again… scary… believe me… very…
… but one of the most biggest and valuable lessons I’ve learned in a long time!
I guess wanting to unplug for a while and take time out was a signal… but I ignored it… or did I? What the heck…
Luckily, a couple of short term jobs have come along in the nick of time… and I’m working this week too… some nice contract work. Nothing big or long term but good enough and enjoyable…
That in itself gave me some energy… something I had found myself totally depleted of…
.. and I’ve also put into action something I was planning to do next year…
… and that’s start my own business.
I was going to set up my own business next September, that’s September 2008, however I remembered someone suggesting that there could be a demand for some of my complementary therapy skills which I used to do when I was self employed quite a few years ago.
So, I did a bit of research with regards to the demand for this particular service in my area… and lo and behold I’m already putting the gears into action.
Sometimes the solution to a problem is literally staring us in the face… although this particular solution was sitting on my schnozzle… right up slap bang against the bridge of my glasses!
… how I missed it &%@# knows!
I’ve always been good at motivating others and offering them a selection of solutions when things look dark and dismal… but when it came to myself… wow… that’s a whole new kettle of monkeys and a whole new barrel of fish 
I’ve got some good solid qualifications in my area of therapy and I reckon once I’ve cleared the decks with regards to some of the household stuff that needs doing, it should be full steam ahead.
One goal was to find some part time work, or contract work to keep me ticking over until my own business takes off, but no real problem if I don’t as I can concentrate more on the marketing, advertising and networking. Besides, when other things come along, it’ll be quite easy to fit my own business around other things… I can’t lose really…
Success should come a lot quicker than I thought… so why wait?
I may have lost a few short weeks, but in the long term I guess I’ve gained around a year and a half. That’s not a bad deal. I like getting something back with interest… although the price I paid wasn’t very comfortable…
It’s not the business I planned, but hey, what the heck, it’s something I’ve done in the past… something I enjoyed… something I don’t need to train for… something I was quite successful at… and something that I’m kicking myself for not having considered sooner…
… still… maybe it wasn’t the right time and I wasn’t in the right frame of mind…
… but I am now
… maybe I was too wrapped up in searching for work as opposed to finding work…
The entrepreneurial energy is awakened… the skills have been dusted off… the pride is back… the sense of self value is fermenting away quite nicely… the emotional cobwebs have been swiffered away…
… and the sun’s out again… few wisps of clouds hanging around but nothing I can’t deal with
The time is right and I’m now in the right mind frame.
The website’s already up… the cards are printed… the leaflets and posters are being worked on… and… er… well… that’s about it at the moment.
Need to market… network and lay the groundwork…
Very excited!
The only thing holding me back this week… is the couple of days of contract work…
… ironic isn’t it…!?!
My new prospective boss was here all the time!
Looking forward to working for myself again…
… and apparently the boss is quite a nice chap!
I’ll keep ya posted…
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