Take over the world,

Six months ago, I hated my job.

I woke up every morning hating what I had to do.  Wishing for the weekend.  Wishing for a holiday weekend.  Pretty much just wishing for retirement.  Which is the prequel to death; Let’s be real.

I hated the overpriced apartment I shared with an overgrown child of a roommate.  I hated being sober.  I woke up in the morning and wouldn’t even run a brush through my hair.  Why?  That girl in the mirror isn’t even me.

I didn’t plan to quit my management job the day I did.  I stood with my fingers hovering the time clock.  “You’re 24 dude.  You can’t just walk out.  Your bills, your rent, your car payment.  It’s all real.”  But at the same time, how much longer?  How much longer would I keep hating my life.  Would I ever be happy again?

I sent a company wide email to the corporation I once took pride in.  Then I sent an email to a handful of people I worked directly with for 3 years.

Adios, motherfuckers.

I cried, I can’t lie.  It was a break up.  I broke my back, I busted my ass.  And it was over.  All over.

It took me six short weeks to land the career I have now.  One week in Cancun.  Two weeks in San Francisco.  Three weeks of day drinking, drunk painting, and replacing the ribbon in my Olivetti Lettera like nobody’s fucking business.

I interviewed for one company. I showed up 20 minutes early, and was there for 8 minutes total.  I walked down the stairs of this brick building in the heart of downtown thinking, what the fuck just happened?  Two hours later they called to tell me they were running my background.  The following Monday I started at 9:00am.  Fucking nailed it dude, that’s what happened.

“We took a look at your resume and knew you belonged here before you even showed up.”

They offered me a grown up’s salary. And health benefits so grand, I didn’t think existed.

So I’m sitting back watching my future unfold.  Everything I said I wanted is happening right in front of me.  Everything I set my mind to is staring me in the eyes. And my vibe for sure attracted my tribe because I have these loving and caring friends and coworkers and this amazing man in my life everyday, with positive mannerisms and dispositions to encourage my own.

I got it all. Simply by letting go of the things that made me unhappy.