Laid Off and Lifted Up

About a month after I had a new roommate move in I was laid off from my job. Yup, the fortuitousness of this was not lost on me. Right at the time I was going to need more money, I was no longer paying double on my living arrangements the way I had been for 6 months.

So what does a person do when they don't have a job? My brother spent a year doing freelance work and traveling when he was unemployed. I don't have a skillset that can be easily transitioned into freelancing, and I do better emotionally, socially, spiritually, etc. if I have a work/life balance thing going on. So instead of living it up brother style, I immediately started networking on LinkedIn, applying for jobs anywhere close to home, and having epic marathons of all of my favorite TV series and any sappy chick flicks that struck my fancy. I did get some yard work done within the first week of being unemployed, but then my roommate who was motivating me to do those things got a job and I started staying up late and sleeping in because I had nowhere to be the next day, unless I had an interview: which I tried to schedule for the afternoons so that I could keep with my new sleep schedule. It was an awesome month. I had a month worth of vacation that the company I was at had to pay out, so I was set up for at least a month with just that. I did have some savings, but I have been trying not to touch it so that I can continue to build it up to buy a house.

Speaking of mortgages, guess where I now work? It's a company that does online marketing to connect people to mortgage loan rates that the lenders they are connected with can offer. Yup, I'm at the right place if I want to buy a house in the next year. It's just a start-up company, so I get to help build out and refine the processes that will help the company function as it grows.

I wrote this post about 5 months ago and forgot to publish it. The start-up company is reformatting to market for Real Estate agents and help them build up more leads in exchange for sending loan business our way. All in all it's a great plan, it's just getting the database and processes in place to make it profitable. To Be Continued...