To those who don't know me I'm an unemployed husband, father of 3, war veteran, submariner, nuclear/medical/Semiconductor electronics technician. I left my job for many reasons. Pride, frustration, statement, and adventure to name a few. Although many of you may not see what is going on the the world right now. I do, and this is how I'm doing something about it.
-I don't pretend to understand what is going on.
-I love information and surf porno for pessimists for fun.
-I feel I have a pretty rational grasp of what is going.
-I want to share my story so others can learn and be entertain by it.
It is very important for people to blog. We need to record our stories and share who we are with each other so we all can learn and discover common humanity. There is a "They" out there. The parasites on humanity. The way we are going to cure ourselves of this affliction is leaning not to be afraid of each other. The American Republic has been hijacked by people who split us up into Democrat/Republican, Pro/Against, Black/White, bullshit while they've robbed this country dry and are crashing the economy. You may disagree with much of what I think, and who I am. But I think I'm right so I blog about it.
Quiting my job in a recession like this is a very difficult path. Worse then being laid off because I don't even get unemployment. We do what we can for money and grow much of our own food. We've been forcing ourselves to venture a path I think many more people are walking, and soon most of America will follow. You may not see the House of Cards collapsing, but I do. This is not the only reason I quit my job, but knowing it was time to get prepared for SHTF was a major factor. Since then I have done what I can to get by. I got a somewhat temporary job setting up a website for a fiberglass company. He's having a really hard time in this economy as well, but I was able to attract a little more business for him so he could afford to hire me. It's nice to have work, but unless I'm a really good fiberglass salesmen AND web designer this solution won't last long. I've also been applying to many companies I'm very qualified for, but a combination of competition, web history, or whatever has kept me unemployed.
Deleting my public image from the Internet may be possible, but I make the choice to live this way because I feel it is important not to have to be ashamed of who we are. It was once thought that the only way we could live is hiding all political, hobby, non-work related interests from the working environment. Now posting complex thoughts on current events at home makes you unemployable. But I choose to no allow a don't-ask-don't-tell policy to extend to my economic thoughts, political leanings, perspective on current events, and other musings. So I'm trying to learn how to find a place in this NWO, were I can survive and thrive. If the economy is crashing anyway I'm going to be who I want to be. A professional celebrity, on the amateur level. I'm going to log my experience because that is who I am. This is a game, and this is how I'm playing it. If we share our experiences, we can all get better at this game. I may not be very good at this yet, but the only way I'm going to get better is by doing it. If that interferes with my work prospects then it interferes with the person I choose to be. It violates my rules of this game.
By Blogging I share the perspective/knowledge/mysteries/mistakes etc of this experience because there is value in it. Most people (Including pretty much any corporate HR department) choose to see this as a liability. They're wrong, but thats pretty hard to explain before getting hired. I want to share the information I've collected about Canning, Growing Oyster Mushrooms, Crafts, Conspiracies, Religion and Spirituality because it's what I do. It's my hobby and I will not be ashamed of it. It gives me more experience points and allows me to share them with an ever growing audience. If we each only connect to .001% of people, we can connect to millions on-line. My Facebook page has 81 followers, so I think I connect to much less then that. But this is the choice I've made.
I know the life I want. All I want is the right to be me. A frugal life where I'm not ineligible for work because I'm a thought criminal. It's my line in the sand to the world and the rules I choose to play by. I will never get there if I don't try, and I will not get good at if I don't try. This is my purpose.
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." ~George Bernard Shaw
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