About Me

While we are in one of the worst U.S. recessions ever and people are doing nearly anything to keep employment.

I elected to quit my job, without a new one to go to. I am figuring it out on my own, as my own employer. I have always loved to write, so I decided it was time to become a writer.

Because life is about more than just money?

It is time for me to do what it is I truly love to do.

Happiness Awaits
  • My article has more blue ink marks from my reworking than print. Now i'll need to figure out how to decipher my chicken scratch.

Writer's Wall

I am definitely out of practice.  I have hit my writing wall for the day and it is only 4PM.  I have written for ~6 hours.  I remember when, in grad school, I would sit in Virginia Tech’s Empo writing for nearly 12 hours straight.  And I would have to force myself to leave.  [...]

First Day

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So how did my first day go, you ask?  It was…interesting.  To be honest, I did have a few moments where I realized that I would definitely miss going into an office.  I will miss the structure and separate environment from the house.  I will definitely miss the human interaction.  [...]

It has Begun

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Today is the first official day of unemployment.  All the other days that I have been home, last week included, I have been paid by my former employer.  But not anymore.  It is just me, on my own time, earning my own way.  It is terrifying.  I woke up this morning with this [...]