Staying at a Job Too Long

Back in high school, I dated a guy I’ll call Glenn. (I promise, this will relate to jobs. Don’t give up on me yet). Glenn and I really weren’t a good match, and we seemed to always be in a state of either breaking up or making up. I was always the one to break things off, and then I would sit at home by myself and cry because I missed him, and in the end would end up calling him up, apologizing, and we would start right back into the “making up” stage. Then Glenn did something I wasn’t … Continue reading

Reason #197 to Work from Home

We recently got word that my husband’s long-time employer, a sign company, was closing their doors come August 1st – the owner was retiring and wasn’t selling the business but instead just shutting it down. As we debated what to do, we finally decided that moving was our only option. We live in a small town, and there isn’t exactly a plethora of graphic artist jobs in the offing. We will be moving to a larger town about two hours away, where there is a plethora of sign companies who hopefully will want to hire my husband. Hopefully. 😉 But … Continue reading