I'm getting my life together

Gimlet said:
What is your personal brand? I admit I don't understand when people younger say this, that as a human they have a brand.
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You can think of personal brand as the qualities, attributes or expertise that come to mind as associated with you as an individual. Look at a corporate brand, Amazon, you think cheap, fast, easy, quick delivery... Tesla's brand is high-tech, cutting edge, trendy, environmentally friendly... apply the same thing to an individual. Joe Rogan's personal brand is weed, comedy, aliens. Jay Dyer's brand is geopolitical conspiracy-meets-Orthodoxy-meets-synthwave.
 
So kind of bad news. I followed the next steps to the healthcare program. Apparently they denied me....I swear I had my hopes up and momentarily felt crushed. I'm going to send an email to my contact in a bit. I won't lie, I was very angry when I read the email. It must be a mistake.

At least there's programs out there where you can have a pointman. Most jobs (like 99% of them) throw you out in the ocean where you don't get a lifevest. Not this one. Not losing hope.
 
prisonplanet said:
I'm not necessarily giving advice here, because it sounds like your post was just a share so I don't want to give unsolicited advice. So just for me and my testimony, I'm a bit older, late 30s, and while things are definitely better for me now than it was in previous years, the reason for my life getting better is because I stopped thinking about this life as much. I turned my attention to the eternal rather than the temporal. Jesus said he is the way, the truth and the life, and I chose to believe him. As such, I chose to believe the Bible.

I'm not sure we are supposed to have absolute resolution on much of anything in this life. I just turn to God and trust what he says, namely that this life is but a vapor in the eternity to come, so I should start orienting myself to that knowledge. Health, happiness, money, romance, etc, are great and I do pray for more blessings in this regard, but, honestly, if the Bible is true, which I believe it is, then I need to find a way to content myself with the daily grind of the Christian walk, and just appreciate whatever good thing comes my way. I did the alternative and it failed me - trying to construct a life the way I imagined it was supposed to be, and having God as a sidebar.

Again, this is not necessarily a response, just my testimony.
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I can assure you (for what little it may be worth) that the Bible is truly God’s inspired Word from start to finish. I may post my story on here some day.

if Jesus is really who he claims, it means everything. If he isn’t, then the whole faith is a sham. It’s all or nothing, 1 or 0. The only faith where God claims to become an active part of history
 
Well here we go with the rollercoaster that's called life....

The program managers told me I have to redo the process again. What that means is I need to spend another 30 minutes doing the test and application again. So that's good.

On even better news:

I met a girl at the gym and we seem to hit it off. We're the same ethinicity and she's 10 years younger than me. There are some things I don't like about her but a lead is a lead. We exchanged phone numbers and I plan on contacting her some more. She has a really nice body, that's all I can say and seriously if she's a contender I'm down to settling down with her. I'mn getting old, I don't want to date girls forever, I want to settle down eventually but not with a low quality woman. If it means being with another race (not ideal) or international (not ideal) so be it. But one of my dealbreakers is she must be younger than me and not ugly.

So overall, this year has been a tribulation. Started off slow but things are starting to pick up.

And lastly, I'm beyond grateful for this forum.

I was a little bit nervous but I think it went well overall. She said I better not spam her....I'm like girl I'm a grown man that has other things lol at you. I want to emphasize I underswtand how crazy the world is based on this forum...the girl and I need to have shared values, even if she's fairly attractive if we're not on the same page then I go find another girl.

I defintiely want her to know from the getgo that I'm not exactly conventional. Oh well back to work. What a year!
 
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Well here goes yet another twist.....

The healthcare program is having problems on the backend. I already applied to the next steps of the process twice. I might have to do it one more time and this is all before Friday which is the deadline. They have multiple, unnecessary steps for a job process applicatoin. So you get accepted into a program yet they want you to apply to a job one more time?

I won't lie I'm seething in anger. I already did what they said twice now I have to do it a third time.

I already sent my email but if I can't get this act together I will have to redirect my energy to my other projects. So not ideal but at this point in the game I don't want to waste energy being angry for the program fumbling at the 99 yard line.

I'm energized now. Now time to put that energy to use.
 
Well here comes yet another twist....

They pushed back the healthcare orientation from tomorrow to about 1.5 weeks from now. I literally can't.

I also reviewed some of my times for the restaurant I work at. They are nicking and diming me, they make stuff up about me being late when I never am. Oh well, I'll bring it up but I don't see myself working there beyond this winter. It's coming at my expense because the guy who makes the schedule can't understand you can't only get 30 minutes to prepare for brunch. But if I come early I get the short end of the stick. Wow.
 
It's refreshing to hear testimonies of those who are struggling or who didn't achieve 'overwhelming success'

It can be easy to feel as though you have underperformed when compared with your peers

It is selection bias though since the people who have done well are more inclined to share it whereas those down on their luck won't

The main thing is to only compare yourself to who you were yesterday as you have your own unique advantages and disadvantages which others don't have
 
Hey everyone, big job interview Monday for a better position in my line of work(shipping/receiving) at a company closer to my house. First shift hours, smaller commute, better pay and benefits. I think this is the change I need. I'm praying it goes well and if someone would pray for me it would mean a lot.
 
I got suspended a while back. I will have to be very careful with what I post from here on out.

I had a hard weekend, pretty much the previous shifts didn't really do work and when I raised this point to my supervisor he didn't seem to care....he also did some stuff I didn't like and just this past couple of hours I channeled my aggression into doing work.

I can honestly say I'm only one sale away from either one of my businesses. It could be $20 from one of them or $10,000 from the other.

I have a lot of pain and anger from working low paying jobs. But I know how to channel that productively.
 
Welcome back @thedesperado . I still haven't heard back from the company I applied to last month. I emailed the recruiter when I could expect to hear back but she never replied. Not a word. It's very strange- usually a company will tell you that they are pursuing other candidates, or they'll at least respond to your inquiries. The job is still posted and my application is still active on their website, so it's possible I could still be in the running?
 
JCSteel said:
Welcome back @thedesperado . I still haven't heard back from the company I applied to last month. I emailed the recruiter when I could expect to hear back but she never replied. Not a word. It's very strange- usually a company will tell you that they are pursuing other candidates, or they'll at least respond to your inquiries. The job is still posted and my application is still active on their website, so it's possible I could still be in the running?
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Welcome to job searching in the 2020s...I've had that happen a couple times only to hear back months later that I got declined.

I would keep job searching, hate to be the bearer of bad news but I think that's the case on your part.
 
I woke up about an hour ago, still kind of mentally groggy, but now I'm awake.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. It wasn't perfect but overall, when I was job searching I was in the zone. Filled out 12 applications, already got 3 invites for interviews. One of them is in the burbs and if my car battery wasn't dead I would make the drive. I also need to finish off some tests that the employers want.

I also made some headway with my businesses. The big one was hiring somebody to help me with my social media. Still no sale, but the holidays are coming up so good news may be coming soon.

The anger I felt from last weekend is still there. The weekends are coming up and I need to keep pulling off my current progress.

It's a mix of no discussions about raises, no promotion opportunities, managers being disrespectful, and most of the opening squad is gone. I gotta go where I'm treated the best.
 
So today was ok, more or less the same as yesterday.

I found out I got a fullride scholarship to a technology related program. The only problem is they require attendance on Sundays and at the moment I can't do that. I messaged them and hopefully they make an exception. But if not, no big deal. My other qualm with the program is I will be paying for it because I have to do the assignments, when I have to take care of my businesses. But conversely I will be going to class with other brilliant people so there's an opportunity to forment relationships with high value people.

I also have 2 outstanding interviews that I need to prepare for. There was a third but it's a drive away and my car's battery is dead. It will take some time for me to fix it.

I also appliied to UPS and another trades program. I found some hiring events next week that I will be attending.

I feel like I'm almost at the finish line for leaving the food industry. I will try to squeeze in one more job application tomorrow. I don't want to be overconfident and state that I'm handing in my 2 week notice by end of the week. Now that I think of it, I should ChatGPT a 2 week notice tomorrow since I want to still remain hopeful that I can escape. Life has taught me to not quit a job and hope for the best. Having a job is better than no job for the most part.
 
thedesperado said:
So today was ok, more or less the same as yesterday.

I found out I got a fullride scholarship to a technology related program. The only problem is they require attendance on Sundays and at the moment I can't do that. I messaged them and hopefully they make an exception. But if not, no big deal. My other qualm with the program is I will be paying for it because I have to do the assignments, when I have to take care of my businesses. But conversely I will be going to class with other brilliant people so there's an opportunity to forment relationships with high value people.

I also have 2 outstanding interviews that I need to prepare for. There was a third but it's a drive away and my car's battery is dead. It will take some time for me to fix it.

I also appliied to UPS and another trades program. I found some hiring events next week that I will be attending.

I feel like I'm almost at the finish line for leaving the food industry. I will try to squeeze in one more job application tomorrow. I don't want to be overconfident and state that I'm handing in my 2 week notice by end of the week. Now that I think of it, I should ChatGPT a 2 week notice tomorrow since I want to still remain hopeful that I can escape. Life has taught me to not quit a job and hope for the best. Having a job is better than no job for the most part.
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Why can't you make the Sunday event? Sounds like, if it's a full ride, you should try and make that a thing
 
get2choppaaa said:
Why can't you make the Sunday event? Sounds like, if it's a full ride, you should try and make that a thing
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I agree with choppaaa here, if the opportunity is that good I would miss work for it even on a Sunday l. If the opportunity is good enough it's worth not eating or getting paid for one day.

Desperado, do not get discouraged. Keep your head up and keep striving. Something will work out for you.
 
get2choppaaa said:
Why can't you make the Sunday event? Sounds like, if it's a full ride, you should try and make that a thing
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I can get into detail over DMs if you want but like I said it's because if I take the scholarship opportunity I will have bills to pay. If I quit my current job I will not be giving a 2 week notice to take this. Then there's the chance a new job would be even worse than the current one.

The school's only immediate short term beenfit is networking with other heavy hitters, there's no guarantee I can even get into the industry if I complete it which will take until April 2024.

And yes, @Gazeebo I'm not frustrated, I'm almost at the finish line with the current job. It's also a mix of frustration at not being able to sell with my current businesses.
 
thedesperado said:
I can get into detail over DMs if you want but like I said it's because if I take the scholarship opportunity I will have bills to pay. If I quit my current job I will not be giving a 2 week notice to take this. Then there's the chance a new job would be even worse than the current one.

The school's only immediate short term beenfit is networking with other heavy hitters, there's no guarantee I can even get into the industry if I complete it which will take until April 2024.

And yes, @Gazeebo I'm not frustrated, I'm almost at the finish line with the current job. It's also a mix of frustration at not being able to sell with my current businesses.
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Bills are always going to be there.

I"ve worked restaurants. Grew up in one. There's always another restaurant Job you can get. Your much more likely to get into the field you mentintioned in the DM .... IF you start networking with network professionals.

There are ZERO guarantees in life other than Death and Taxes. So if it were me and you're really serious about this, I'd find a way to make it happen.

I mean 1 day a week? Sundays? Just make an arrangement to swap shifts or something else I dunno.

But if its something serious and you think its going to have a significant impact on your life. Just figure it out and get it done.

My $.02.

Good luck!
 
JCSteel said:
Welcome back @thedesperado . I still haven't heard back from the company I applied to last month. I emailed the recruiter when I could expect to hear back but she never replied. Not a word. It's very strange- usually a company will tell you that they are pursuing other candidates, or they'll at least respond to your inquiries. The job is still posted and my application is still active on their website, so it's possible I could still be in the running?
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I had this issue with no callbacks as well. When I was looking to change dealerships very few would take a in person application. Most are now owned by large conglomerates that only take online applications and as we know they look for keywords.

Out of the 6 I applied for, 4 were online and 2 were physical resumes. Did not hear back from 4 online ones until it was too late and I took a job already. It's a crap shoot honestly or you better hope you know someone.

I hope it works out for everyone who is in search of the proper job the are looking for.
 
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