No more job.

I lost my job yesterday, laid off. I will go into more detail later. But i needed to get that out. Because i’m lost, confused, sad, and basically any and every other emotion that one would feel when they lose a job they love.

The only saving grace is that my family is here to lift me up.

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Yesterday didn’t count. I cried for the most part all day. It sucked, the unknown, it was out of the blue.

To sound perfectly cliche, when your my age, I define myself by my career. My career is everything to me. My friends, from college, and high school, do not define themselves by their job. They have husbands, and children. I know that it’s wrong to define myself by my career, but I’ve worked so hard for it, I honestly felt like everything is gone. The music industry is something that it is ok to jump from job to job, but for  a company to fold, that I moved back to Washington for, it was just plain shocking. To think everything I’ve done for the last 8 months at this smaller label was complete and utter shit, is tragic.

The other thoughts I’ve been having are about my boss who had to let me go, this is his company and no matter how bad it sucks for me, it sucks way more for him.

Day 1 - was working on my resume. Applying for unemployment, and starting to think about what I want to do with my life now, that I have hit this bump in the road…

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As you may know, our site/blog here is hosted by the microblogging service Tumblr, whom we love dearly. We don’t say it enough, so here it is in all its glory… Thank you Tumblr.

One of the features we love is the community itself.  The ability to search posts and find others with like interests is super-easy and even fun.  Every know and then we like to surf Tumblr and see what the unemployed are saying.  Here’s a glimpse into the latest ruminations.

I Need a Job! via +jdelaroca:

Seriously, it has been too long from this so-called long “vacation.”  I have applied almost everywhere for basically everything and nothing.  Not even a single interview.  I am DESPERATE already.

via +coolestguyintheroom:

I can’t stop coughing! My body is aching and my face feels like mush. On top of that, I don’t have health insurance to go see a doctor. The life of the unemployed, but I’m still cool.

via +semaj-what:

to a shitload of places.

hope they call back!

Wikipedia via +emilyeloow

Unemployment occurs when a person is available and willing to work but currently without work.

Unemployment, week 2 via +halffiction:

i actually get excited when my favorite infomercials come on.

i keep forgetting its friday, because every single day this week has felt the same.