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Stardate: 20200923.0001
Location: Game Room/Former COVID-10 office
Input Device: fuchikoma (RPi4)
Audio: Fan
Visual: Game Room clutter
Emotional State: Tired, at peace.
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As some of you may have heard, I was laid off from my job of 17
years this past Wednesday. It was very heartless and impersonal. It
was a business decision and I was transacted. It was done over WebEx
and my immediate supervisor was not on the call. No chance for any
closure with my team or colleagues. My account logins were already
disabled. It totally sucked and it still hurts.
This was my first job after being laid off from my dot-com job after
9/11. Back then, I had worked at that job almost 4 years, which was
a long time for dot-com, and America just got attacked. That was
September, 2001. It sucked, but I came out ok.
Fast-forward to September, 2020. Global pandemic. I get laid off.
I start to see a pattern which is probably just happenstance. It still
sucked but I think we will be ok. It was a good 17 year run.
I am grieving this loss and trying to process all of this. I know it
will take time. It is overwhelming at times and like all feelings,
they are temporary. I try not to go down the road of future tripping,
because I know where that road goes. It is best to just take things
day by day and try not to spend too much time in my head.
2020 has been the suck in so many different ways for everybody. We
all feel it and it is not fun. Do what you can to try to take care
of yourself and your loved ones. Please feel free to reach out to
me if you need to chat.
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