No Shame
Recently, on social media I have seen quite a few people talking about going back to school after taking a hiatus. They needed a break from school maybe after high school, or they tried a year of college and something didn't work out causing them to take a step back. Even my dad told me that he is going back to school, after years of not being in school, to work towards his Bachelor's Degree which I support fully. I wanted to talk about how there is no shame in going back to
Back Into the Working World
Those of you who have been reading my blog posts have probably read the one I wrote about being jobless and laid off. I did receive unemployment from the layoff, but I didn't receive as much as I thought I would because a power plant closed down the same time that I lost my job. That meant that there were many of us who were applying for unemployment all at once so I believe they had to hand out money accordingly, and I was at the bottom of the stack. I spent everyday applyin
Happiness Isn't Size Specific
I have struggled with my weight for a good part of my life. I started off as a skinny child, but once puberty hit I started noticing that I was gaining weight. I remember in high school, I always thought I was fat because there was always someone much smaller than I was. I had a small waist, but my hips, thighs, and butt were mostly bigger than other girls. People made fun of me for being more curvy than they were. For the first part of high school, I was living in Italy and
The Struggles of Being Laid Off
As you can tell by the title, I'm going to talk about my first experience of being laid off from a job. About three months ago (It's been three months already!) I was called by my manager....ON MY DAY OFF...and she told me that she had some bad news for me along with some options. She told me that the company I was working for wasn't making enough money during this summer season so they were going to have to let some people go. I worked in a sales position (not commission bas
Waiting For the Rainbow
All of us have heard of the saying, "After the storm there is a rainbow," or some type of variation. Well, my life is currently going through a massive storm, and kind of has been since I lost my job back in June. As you all know, that was a major change in my life because of the income loss. We have been doing okay for ourselves these past few months, but the storm has slowly been getting worse. We never have enough money for anything anymore. Rent is getting harder to manag
