1
Oct
Posted in Dept. of Labor | No Comments »
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I helped a friend move yesterday, and holy shit, I am tired. Moving is grueling work! And, actually, she had movers, two guys in their twenties who showed up with a ginormous old-school blue van and orchestrated the heavy lifting and couch maneuvering. (Despite my numerous talents, I have never been good at spatial relations, and the way they managed to get a table through a doorway, or a couch into an elevator, failed not to amaze me.)
When L. and I met the fellows, they mentioned, I believe rather cavalierly, that she had brought along her “strongest friend.” Not being one who wants to seem weak or too girly to hustle, too focused on my mani-pedi to get down and possibly dirty, that brought out my competitive nature. I was determined to prove them right—I am, indeed, L.’s strongest friend!
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Tags: corporate ladder, different jobs in life, employment opportunities, flexible hours, girl mover nyc, Herculean efforts, in the interest of happiness, middle-management, moving day, perks, routine, schedule management, self-employment, varied days, what you want your life to look like
28
Aug
Posted in Adventures with YUP | 9 Comments »
I recently got this note from Judd Marcello, fellow blogger, music aficionado, and husband to one of my college roommates: “I’m about to be unemployed once we move to London. Does YUD need guest bloggers? A “YUS” [Your Unemployed Son] perspective? A UK perspective?”
To update you briefly: J, my roommate, then housemate, now simply good friend across the world, moved to Boston after we graduated from our esteemed East Coast university. She took a job with a certain established company and has been with them ever since, moving, along with her promotions, from Boston to Miami to Sydney and now to London.
Judd has carved out his own career in each of those locales, bypassing established career path norms and hurtling conventional ladders to do what works for him—and what he’s really good at.
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Tags: american in australia, black & decker, boston, canon, choose your own adventure, corporate ladder, get back on the horse, gloriously unemployed, guest blogger, job find manifesto, judd marcello, kept man, london, miami, sydney, take this job and shove it, the purse, welch foods, willfully unemployed, your unemployed partner, yuddites
