A Change Of Scope

While surfing the Internet I found so many frugal blogs, sites, links, etc that really: is there any need for another one ? Or even another blog ???

How I got out of debt was a unique set of circumstances that I wouldn't recommend to anyone. It was all in self defense. Once you get bounced from your job after 26 years you go into survival mode.

And for someone who loves a good rut [not rutting, but... well yeah that too] finding yourself in freefall, no job, worst job market in decades, is a total mind hump.

It's simply not an original story and it's been played out millions of times by people with far greater to lose than I did. Just another tale in the naked city.

So a change in scope is necessary. Some would say I took a massive short cut in paying off all debt. But there was always the goal. The firing just allowed it to take place about 15 years sooner.

Knowing that finding another job that paid as well as the one I lost and with a mortgage to pay as well as all the other bills in a high cost state like CA, all I could see to be done was to liquidate, move to another state, buy a place to live outright and find a job that would sustain me no matter what it paid. Starting over from scratch would be a lot easier with no overhead. So yeah, call it cheating if you want, I call it self defense.

This was probably the worst thing that could happen to someone who just wanted things to stay the same. After moving as a child from CA to Texas, Texas to Utah, Utah to Alabama, Alabama back to Utah, Utah to Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania to Iowa, just staying in one place was always a dream. I always envied the people I met along the way who had friends and a consistent place to call "home" their entire lives.

Being the "new kid" never got any easier, so when I landed in CA in my adulthood, I stayed there. A job I liked: stayed there.

So this being laid off, downsized, made redundant,dumped, punted, kicked to the curb thing was only the beginning of a total life shake up.

Of course, it's a tale told by millions, who needs to hear it from me ? And it may just have been "time". I had done LA and LA had done me. All I really miss are the friends I made there, especially my 3rd brother Bill.

Who needs another blog ? Maybe there's something in the whole experience of being ripped out of the ground that might prove useful to someone. And just telling it could be beneficial for me on a lot of levels. I'll keep the whining to a minimum.

My direction has changed since the first entry. My thoughts are scattered this morning, but just wanted to check in. Hopefully, more clarity will come.
Been up since 4:30 to stay in training for this call center job coming up. It starts early. But then at the old job my shift was 3am-noon. Kind of freaky going to bed at 5PM on New Year's Eve, but at the time, staying employed was the overarcing objective. More later.
Signing off
Dave
From an undisclosed location in AZ.......