The Purpose

On a beautiful February day in Wisconsin I got called into my bosses office for my yearly review. I was quickly informed that business was down and they were looking to make cuts. Turns out they felt like my salary along with a few others was the easiest way to save a bit of coin. Now what typically happens is they give you an hour to clean out your desk then escort you from the building. So what came out of their mouths next surprised me: "So your last day will be in three or four months."

I have gone through a bunch of emotions since I heard the news. At first I freaked out. I actually had to do my taxes just to calm myself down. I was really quite relaxing... I immediately cut my budget as much as I could. I even briefly looked into how much it would cost to sustain myself on Ramen noodles and Progresso soup. $24.78 a month if anyone was wondering.

Then I got angry. How could they do this to me? I was a vital piece to this company! I had just spent the last week making sure numbers added up and turning colored text into black text. Who else can do what I do? Turns out Excel has that stuff pretty much figured out by now. But I at least brought diversity to the workplace! Has anyone ever heard of affirmative action? I am color blind AND flat footed. Separately very common but together? So to dampen my anger I stole Kleenex from the office. I felt like a total badass! That is until I went to Pick N Save and found out they were having a sale: Four boxes for three dollars. Turns out I wasn't really sticking it to the man.

Finally I got excited. I could do anything! Go abroad, go back to school, pick any profession in the world, take an extended vacation, adopt my Ramen diet and head into the woods becoming a current day Henry David Thoreau.... So I chose the most unique and adventurous thing I could think of: I started this blog.

My hope is that I will enjoy this enough to document anything I find worth documenting. Throughout my life I continually find myself in awkward situations. Most I bring on myself for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. Others are just asking the right questions and listening to people's stories. And the rest are just pure luck. So I hope you enjoy it, whoever you end up being... I hope you at least find it entertaining because its meant to be!