Depressive Hacks R&D

I am happy to start this blog post off with some good news. Last week, I signed an offer for a new day job. This opportunity is one that I am very grateful for and should lead to some really great things going forward. It is back in the tech industry, which is obviously a bit of a concern seeing as I just lost a job there and things aren't going immensely smoothly right now, but I really am excited to get on board, work with the people on my team, and get back to it. I have enjoyed my time off but the ability to plan around a consistent paycheck is a luxury I miss. As things get going, I'll likely need some time to adjust to the new job. There will be travel involved with this job as well, so getting used to a more mobile lifestyle will take some time, although I'm excited to be getting out and about. The base pay is better than my old job. The total compensation is better. Overall, I feel blessed. Given this news, I have been taking some time to think about the next steps ...

So I know that I've disclosed in some communities and spaces, but March was a very disruptive month, hence no blog posts the entire month. I had been focusing on some paid writing and while I love this blog and everything I imagine it becoming, it sadly does not help me pay the bills yet. The final week of March, specifically on the 29th, I went to my day job office like I had done almost every Wednesday for the previous year and almost eight months. It seemed like a pretty average day. I had just completed a call when I got whisked away for an emergency meeting with my boss. The door opened to the conference room and I met an HR representative whom I had never previously seen. I was informed that it was my last day on the job and that despite the company trying its best to avoid letting people go, the tech crunch has been brutal, and having worked for a tech distributor, there was an inevitable fate that had been prolonged as long as it could be. I was hardly alone that day in get...