My first entry

Here it is, 2010, and I am just now entering the world of blogging. I'm never one to jump on bandwagon's right away; I just changed hair styles a few years ago, I get into TV shows months, or even years, after they debut, and I'm usually one or two steps behind the times when it comes to fashion trends (for example, UGG boots and aviator sunglasses still annoy me). A good friend of mine (who we'll call Em for the time being), began a blog of her own not too long ago, and she is gung ho about it; the other day she was excited because people she didn't know were leaving replies. She talks about her marriage, work, trying to lose weight, etc. I figure I would try the same thing, especially because I am in the midst of making a major change in my life.

I will start from the beginning. Last August, I moved to Syracuse, NY, from Richmond, VA, to begin life anew. I lived in Richmond for ten years, and I really needed a change; a change in attitude more than anything. You see, I was an angry, bitter, negative person when I living in Va, and 2008 was one of my worst years. In January, my mom died, than my grandmother died two weeks later. That May, my good friend Kevin died unexpectedly. Also that year, I got into a relationship for the first time in three years with someone I knew for a long time and thought she was the one; turns out I was wrong. I also focused too much on the negative aspects of my job that I let it eat me. I let all of these events fester up inside of me and it turned me into a person that nobody really wanted to associate with (and I can't say I blame them). My New Year's resolution in 2009 was to be a positive person. I also read The Secret, and while I am not the kind of person to run around saying a book changed my life, that book changed my life. If you have not read The Secret I highly recommend you do.

Getting back on track, in May of 2009, I completed my MBA and it was time to get a big boy job. I was hired by an insurance agency to work in their Syracuse office. I moved all of my crap up here, took the test, and before I could even get to work I was promptly get go (the only explanation I was ever given was something about part 22a of my contract). Luckily I was hired into another job the same day I was let go. It was doing business marketing for Verizon. FiOS TV was just launching in Syracuse, and they were really pushing to get the word out. It was a contract position, but they kept telling me if it was successful my contract would be renewed. Sure enough it wasn't. Luckily, my contacts in the residential end came through for me and got me a job; too bad I didn't have a fraction of the success as I did with B2B. People in Syracuse have a love affair with Time Warner I do not understand. I would offer this far superior product and people would begin to sing TWC's praises. It was the other way when I was in Va. working for Comcast - people were singing Verizon's praises. I then got hired to sell cars for all of two weeks; people that know me know that I own up to my mistakes and don't deflect blame, but I was setup for failure for this job. After losing that job, all I could find was a part-time job at Motel 6 for pretty much minimum wage.

That brings us to today. I am cutting my losses and heading to Tallahassee, FL, to stay with relatives and pick up the pieces. I am very hopeful for this change, as I am whenever I make a major change like this in my life. The purpose of this blog is to document how things are going from today on. I'll be interested to see what progresses.