*chuckles* Kinda sorta.
I’ve been pretty busy but I did want to swing by and give a quick update
on my life. I got downsized/laid off or
whatever you call it in June 2013. It
has been an interesting time in my life full of reflection and refocusing. I don’t really feel like I can talk about it
with the women in my women’s group. Most
of them are atheists and even the ladies who say they believe are still
struggling with their faith. So me and
my happy go lucky way of looking at things just don’t quite fit there. Do I know all the reasons I’ve been going
through what I have for the past eight months?
No. I do feel like one reason was
to help me refocus my energy.
I’ve been self-publishing for over a year. Before June 2013 I was selling 5-10 books a
month. Now I’m selling 100 books a
month! Some months more but at least 100
except at Christmas because well Christmas! Lol
People got gifts to buy but January came around and I’m right back at
100/month. With just eight months of
refocusing my energy. *blink blink* That wouldn’t have happened if I had stayed
in my previous job surrounded by so much negativity, loneliness, unhappiness,
complaining, etc. There was a lot of
negativity that I dealt with from people 40 hours a week.
Yeah I was positive but even I can’t be positive for 125
people. So I was removed from that
situation. I got to sit home for six
months and really work on my stories, re-tweak some that were already
published, work on marketing strategies, network and such. It was a blessing.
When my benefits ran out He sent me a job that I hadn’t even
applied for. It is a temp to perm
position but it is paying the bills. The
car got repo’d but hey I’m in great health (PRICELESS), my mind is steady
spitting out ideas for new stories so fast I can barely keep up, I’m selling
books with minimal marketing on my part, I still have my apartment, food in the
fridge, clothes on my back, lights on, heat on, phones plural on, and I live on
a regular public transportation route, I got a wonderful supportive family and
great real life and online friends. I’m
blessed.
Everyone on fb ain’t doing that well. Not to mention someone sent this guy my way
who I’ve told ever so nicely we are not compatible. He doesn’t seem to get that. He thinks he just needs to show me what I’m
missing. *pause* I just need a fb break.
I don’t know who sent him my way but they are truly not a friend. Only reason I friended him in the first place was because we had a few friends in common and they are all people I talk to on a regular. Oh well.
So, I’m doing some growing and I’m learning some new
things. I am just being open to the
positive forces around me and trusting in Him.
Me and my BFL had a spa weekend over the summer and we talked about Him
removing you from negative situations.
She didn’t get downsized but she did have to move her desk to a new area. She said she was miffed at first but then was
like ‘Hey, I still got a job and they are downsizing around here. Let me put a smile on, be grateful, and move
my desk.’. She said after she moved she
realized it was to a quieter area. She
didn’t have to listen to her coworkers complaining anymore. The people she is now surrounded by are just as professional as she is. They
come to work, do their jobs, are polite and courteous and take their butts
home at the end of the day. She hadn’t
had such peaceful days in years. *smile* She said that’s when she realized why
she had been moved. She needed to get
out of the midst of all that negativity and madness. She said in the area she is in now she can
get a lot more work done. People aren’t
constantly trying to get her to listen to their latest drama.
I speak from experience when I say, you listen to that stuff
too long you will eventually take that stuff into yourself.
Now I’m moving toward starting my own publishing company
JUST FOR MY STUFF! *chuckling* Not looking for clients or anything. I want to have my books translated into other
languages and I found a woman to do so.
But then the woman who is going to translate for me said her boss needs
a billing address. As I was typing up my
home address it looked so unprofessional.
That’s one thing I pride myself on is being professional. So I was like, let me go rent one of those
virtual offices. Then the idea that’s
been kicking around in my head popped up again.
Start your own publishing company! *chuckling* Time to incorporate! That will take more time and I’ve got to
redirect money to that so the translations will have to take a back seat for a
minute.
It is kinda hard to talk about these things among the group
because there are a couple published writers there, too. I’ve heard a few times they envy me. I just smile because they have the things I
always wanted. A husband and kids. My stories are my husband and kids so that’s
where my energy flows. If I were married
with kids and a demanding 40-50 hour/week job then that is where my energy
would go. It is all about appreciating
what you got and just knowing that there is a different wonderful plan for all
of us.
*shrug* That’s how I reconcile it. Not everyone is in a mind or spirit to do
so. So I just keep to my corner and do
my thing.
