Reading The Signs (936 hits)
Category: Business & FinancialRating: 1.69 on 14 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by <lodnem.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2003-04-15 17:51:34 EDT
i've been having one of those days, a monday on a tuesday afternoon if you will. so many new opportunities have been presenting themselves to me, the weather is getting warmer with summer around the bend and i am absolutely restless working where i am.
i had been asking myself for several days if this place would serve it's purpose much longer. just before opening the large glass doors downstairs to enter the building a light wind blew and i could feel it all coming to an end.
then i found myself sitting at my desk, avoiding the outlook icon which would only birth endless amounts of meaningless work and i quickly turned down the volume of the phone so i wouldn't have to hear the lip smacking from our gum chewing receptionist at 500 decibels.
much of the day was spent with headphones on which i use to drown out an over zealous sales team that sits in what they call 'the fish tank' near my door.
i received an email from an old friend who lives overseas, someone i miss very much and have a deep and undying love for. she is so special, and asked if i would ever take the time to come and visit...this didn't help my mood any, i was locked in her spell well past lunch, thinking, hearing the clock tick.
i checked my voice mail and found several friends had left me messages over the past 4-5 days and they are all asking if i'd like to get together and do something. some are headed to vegas, some to the bar, others are going camping for a week and bringing their fishing poles...they all sounded fun, but i am to busy.
so about ten minutes ago the workday blues reached a peek and i decided to take a walk down the stairs. i work several flights up so i thought this would be a good time killer and also get my legs warmed up for the gym tonight. i went down past all of the smokers who tried to hide their cigarettes behind an obvious smoke screen, i got to the bottom and started the ascent back to forgettable duties.
upon reaching the top i stopped to rub my right knee which is missing quite a bit of cartilage thanks to weekend warrior basketball games. when i looked down to find which direction my knee decided to face, i caught a glimpse of something interesting. every floor on the way down and every floor on the way up has a bright red exit sign. you can't read them from the stairwell, but you can see the ominous red glow painting the marble landings quite planely.
i opened the door to my floor and the red light hit me right in the eyes, i looked up and sure enough EXIT with a convenient arrow. i stared down the long hallway past the elevators to the otherside and there were 8 of them, all glowing red.
i've decided my time is come, and i'm about to take the biggest risk in my life to date. i am leaving what has been an extremely lucrative career to persue the pipe dream of happiness. so far i've come in the quest to be a wealthy man. from highschool drop out to a large six figure income, from dreamer to the dead.
such a trap money has been for me. wealth can be a virus that infects all you come into contact with. so many fraudulent relationships with women i've had. all seeking to seduce my wallet, and me seducing their social appeal.
so i read the signs today, as corny as that may sound, and i'm taking their advice.
lodnem, exits stage left.
luck and love to all of you, i'm headed to south america to look up a lost love. whatever i find there i'm not really sure, but the dream is so much better than the nightmare of another day locked in this cell.
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Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-05-12 17:45:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This was great, are you back now?
Submitted by nemo (user info) at 2003-04-19 11:07:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
good luck
Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2003-04-16 15:41:21 EDT (#)
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lodnem-
If money is your problem, you can give it to me. :-) xoxo
Always happy to help.
Loren
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2003-04-16 15:34:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Holy Shit are you serious?
When Dubbya "won" the election, I wanted to sell the house and become a yak herder in Nepal. Lately though I'm thinking I'd rather run a snorkeling boat in Key West.
"Excuse me, I've got to go see a man about a horse" Glenda Crawford in Down Argentine Way (1940)
Submitted by catscradle (user info) at 2003-04-16 15:22:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
that actually gives hope.
Submitted by streetpunk (user info) at 2003-04-16 15:12:17 EDT (#)
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Wow, big move Lod. Good luck and let us know how it works out.
Peace,
STREETPUNK
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2003-04-15 21:06:27 EDT (#)
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That is fucking cool.
I left a well paying job in Dubai to come home to Australia to study. Best thing I ever did.
The good thing about earning well at a young age is the chance to understand life is about more than money.
Fucking fantastic.
They have internet access in South America - you can still Uber us your adventures.
God speed.
Submitted by PeopleAreStrange (user info) at 2003-04-15 20:44:01 EDT (#)
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Category: Business and Financial. LOL.
That is wonderful news lodnem, I hope you will come back to Ubersite one day and let us know what happens.
I hope to follow my dream next year, the rat-race sucks.
Be lucky.
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2003-04-15 19:39:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
good luck
Submitted by Murphy1844 (user info) at 2003-04-15 19:27:37 EDT (#)
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"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."
Grace Murray Hopper (1906 - 1992)
Fairwell and best of luck!
Murphy
Submitted by heatherm (user info) at 2003-04-15 19:14:58 EDT (#)
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Outfuckingstanding. Good luck! You are doing what most of us dream about doing, daily.
Hell yeah!
Submitted by JustinCredible (user info) at 2003-04-15 19:00:17 EDT (#)
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Good for you man, follow your soul, it knows where to go. Safe journies..
Submitted by Titinita (user info) at 2003-04-15 17:59:39 EDT (#)
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MAID OF LLANWELLYN
No sheep on the mountain nor boat on the lake
No coin in my coffer to keep me awake
Nor corn in my garner, nor fruit on my tree,
Yet the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me.
No sheep on the mountain nor goats,
No horses to offer nor boats,
Only hens I have by me,
they are one, two and three,
Yet the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me.
Rich Owen will tell you, with eyes full of scorn,
Threadbare is my coat and my hosen are torn.
Scoff on, my rich Owen,
for faint is thy glee
When the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me.
The farmer rides proudly to market and fair
Whilst the clerk at the ale house still claims the great chair,
But of all our proud fellows, oh the proudest I'll be,
When the Maid of Llanwellyn smiles sweetly on me.
Good luck to you, then.
But since it fell into my lot, that I should rise and you should not, I gently rise and softly call, good night and joy be to you all.
Submitted by Jeetkunetony <psyqo87.at.yahoo.com> at 2003-04-15 17:58:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
good luck in the future.