Comments on: I Surrender

By: Melville1977

Melville1977 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:29:00 +0000

I sympathize. I haven’t had a full time job in almost 4 yrs and that is with a Masters in Librarianship I got back in late 2008….bad timing considering that is when the job market began to implode. All I’ve been able to hold is temp jobs and I had to move back in with my parents in late Oct. 2010. I too cried.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:36:00 +0000

James, I really love the way you write. You’re inprising me every time I read your articles. I’m about to finally do something about it! :)

By: Swo

Swo — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:02:00 +0000

Somebody else mentioned cruises so how about this. Host a cruise or even a tour of some kind and have daily activities surrounding what you want to “teach.” Don’t know how much money you would make but you’d never have to pay for a cruise again and you could probably claim a cut of whatever your patrons created.

By: Randy693riggs

Randy693riggs — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:26:00 +0000

Kristian:
I’ve been where you are. 16 years ago I saw it coming too and it still hit me like a ton of bricks.
Take some quite time to think about what you’re good at and enjoy doing. Then, find a way to start your own business doing that. You might need to pick some part-time work to help get by. That’s what I did. Now, I’m self-employed and making it on my own. I love it.
Keep your chin up, it only gets better from here.
Cheers,
Randy

By: GiavelliReport

GiavelliReport — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:35:00 +0000

I had joined a software company in california as a CTO and after I got there slowly it morphed into a non management position where I was doing everything and working long hours. I tried not to surrender and fought hard to make it work and in the end it wrecked my health. I surrendered and took a break to collapse and pick up the pieces.

I started the political journal GiavelliReport.com just for fun and as much as I tried with good articles and commentary it just never got traction. One day it hit fire and I got thousands of visitors, but they didn’t come back. Not being a social space, there was no lure for people to stick around other than their comments

So while I still write there, I’ve put it to rest for a while while I work on CrossMyPath.com, the social GPS while I still work on recovering my health

Stop. Surrender. Rest. Find the breaks in the sand. Start walking even though it seems like it will lead nowhere. that will become a path…

By: Capn Mike

Capn Mike — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:57:00 +0000

This a nice post IS!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:46:00 +0000

The timing on this was utterly perfect. It’s exactly what I needed. I’ll let you know how it all works out…

By: Richard Simpson

Richard Simpson — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:50:00 +0000

How about writing a location-based law-lookup iPhone/Android app for travelers? A traveler pulled over or arrested could look up the local fines and penalties for whatever they might have done (eg broken taillight, expired registration, littering, etc), perhaps adding statistical metadata (common defense strategies, conviction rates, typical punishment). Sell ads in the app to lawyers and bail bond agents, etc. Oh, and hire me to help lead the project ;)

By: Garyt

Garyt — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:49:00 +0000

The Yodian philosophy is rehashed, but still valid, Zen philosophy. So of course it works, even if in a different wrapper than traditionally.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:38:00 +0000

I use the Franklin method myself. When making a decision, I list on paper the positive and negative aspects of the decision to be made. Then, I turn the entire thing over to God. Usually within a day or two, I have a solution to my problem.
I wanted a new truck. So I wrote down everything I wanted on that truck and what I wanted to pay. Within 3 weeks, the exact vehicle I wanted, even down to the color became available to me.
Normally, I do this on anything I really want. Sometimes I write it on the computer, sometimes I handwrite it. But it works.