day 1 - february 1, 2007
it's my last day living in philadelphia. three and a half years of a love/hate relationship. moved here a month out of college with no job, only a place to live. my sister found me a job teaching pre-school which i loved but it didn't pay the bills. finally landed a job with center city district, a position which was created specifically for me, a job that was perfect at the time. the work experience was unbelievable and i loved the organization. but after some shake-ups that started to change. my role was changed and i found myself being taken off of most of the projects that i was working on and given work that should have been done by an intern. i was miserable. i hated getting up in the morning and going to work. i had to force myself to make that walk.
that all changed in september when i was let go. it wasn't my fault but that's not a discussion for here. at first i was upset but then later that day i found myself smiling. i couldn't be happier. i was no longer stuck at a dead-end job living paycheck to paycheck. i soon found myself collecting unemployment and doing freelance graphic design, somehow making more money in 5 hours of work a week than i did when i was working 65. more importantly i was enjoying life.
sadly though my lease was up at the end of january and due to a long unpleasant history with the place wasn't renewing it. i couldn't/wouldn't sign a new lease unless i had a job so i interviewed with a couple of promising companies. still waiting to hear from them but i had to move out. so i now find myself "homeless", living out of my car, all of my possessions in a 10'x10' storage locker.
i have two months of unemployment left. two months to travel and find myself. two months of crashing on couches. two months to decide if i'm going to return to philadelphia or return to my parents place in upstate ny, taking a year off and then going back to grad school.
where am i traveling? i have no solid plans right now, if anyone has some good ideas please let me know. festivals, museums, events, anything exciting.
the end has become my new beginning, when all is said and done i'll have a clearer idea of myself and where i'm headed. honestly i've always hated photos of myself, especially self-portraits but i thought that this would be a great way to record the next stage of my life.
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