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I ask this question to myself all the time. I even start questioning why I put so much importance on things that everyone else does, like making money, having a career, and finding ‘the one.’

There have been several deaths in my family the last few years. A couple of those deaths greatly impacted me, even though I only interacted with those family members through social media and in person once every few years. These family members led a life of superficiality and I doubt that they were truly happy within themselves. They were always chasing money and attention from those other than their loved ones.

I constantly work hard in my job and in my personal life. I work hard to the point of burn out sometimes. Sometimes I lay in bed for hours on end and wonder what I’m doing and what is the point of everything. As I’m writing, I’m still trying to figure that out. It may seem like I am babbling on this blog post right now, but I am just laying out my thoughts as to how to move forward. The main question I have is: What is the point of working so hard if we all just die anyway?” As I learn new things and research more on this very question, I’ll write more as to what I think the meaning of life is. Life has been hard for me and I haven’t always been dealt a great hand. Being motivated to truly live and enjoy life has gotten tougher as the years have gone by. In the next year, I hope to find the answers that I’m seeking and help myself out of this mental ‘hole’ that I am in.

“I am not the only traveler who has not repaid his debt. I’ve been searching for a trail to follow again.” -Lord Huron in the song ‘The Night We Met.’

I’m aware of what the blog title might have looked like to you. How could I quit my job just after two months? Hear me out.

Back in March, I started this job as a Case Manager at a chemical dependency center. Case managers help clients achieve their fullest potential by connecting them with resources and services. In my case, I was connecting clients to affordable housing, job coaching, medical appointments, and helping them get their driver’s licenses and identification cards. I didn’t completely hate the job, but I wasn’t getting paid enough money to survive. If I could have been paid a little bit more, I would have stayed. There were times when I thought that I was doing too much work for the very little pay I was getting. Also, the community of recovery drug and alcohol addicts I was working with was a hard population to work with and handle. Money is CRUCIAL to survival. No one can deny that. In those short two months, I was very stressed out with the workload and felt like it was not worth it to stay at a job where I felt like I was one paycheck closer to being homeless.

One month into the job, I decided to look for higher paying jobs. Nowadays, it’s extremely difficult to find a good paying job and get hired. Fortunately, I got a call from the state government about two weeks after I sent some job applications in. The supervisor asked me if I wanted to interview and I happily agreed to do one. I am certain I did well in that interview because just a couple of weeks later, I received a call asking when I wanted to start.

I am a firm believer of doing what makes you happy. I wasn’t entirely happy doing case management at the chemical dependency center. I often went home too exhausted to do much of anything after work. It was days of exhaustion and dissatisfaction that I recognized I needed to apply for another job. That’s what I did.

Within the next three weeks, I am starting my new job as a Central Intake Specialist working at the Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline. I’m excited to start this particular line of work and I’ll let you know how it goes. Until then, follow your own path to happiness and never question it. I’ll talk to you soon.

Loves,

Nene

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Do people experience an identity crisis when they leave the military? I feel like that is what I am experiencing right now. Granted, I still have one foot in the door since I’m transitioning into the Reserves, but I still have to find a civilian job to pay the bills. I’ve served in the United

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