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Sky's the limit in 2016

Haven't posted here in a while. 2015 was a very busy year for me with a lot of ups and downs. Had two jobs in the beginning of the year, Had another job in line back in March, quit job one and back peddled for a little while waiting on said job while working the retail job I've had since '07. April, May, June and most of July I waited ( I cleared for hire at CSX just pending start date) I had pretty much given up hope and I get a call from one of my buddies telling me he gave my info to a guy he knew at a staffing agency. Temp service... GREAT well hell, I'll give anything a shot. This guy calls me up no more than 10 minutes after I hang up with my buddy.


 I got my new job in late July. I build cement trucks. Well, not really. I work in the repair side of the business. Yeah, It sounds kind of lame, but it isn't. I rebuild front and tandem axles mostly with the occasional truck that comes in that needs something repaired. I'm loving it. It's about 3 miles away from my house.

Since I got that job in July, I still had been working my retail job about 15-20 hours a week just for a little extra income. It seemed like I just couldn't get ahead at all. Well, my temp period was from July- November. I hired on fully in November and that came with a pay raise. I still couldn't get ahead and it was tearing me apart. They always say it gets the darkest before light right? The week before Thanksgiving my retail job decided to do an almost complete management turn. Managers in positions they'd never been in and made it a real struggle. My new boss was going to change everything in our department in a day and was pushing hard, we didn't quite get along so to say. After quite a bit of thought, I had made up my mind that I'm not doing this anymore..... It's not worth it.. So I told him that I thought it would be better for everyone involved if I didn't work there anymore and put my two weeks in.

Ever since that, my bank account has been in the positives more than just a few pennies, I've felt better, had more energy and have been able to climb the ropes that I needed to at the new job and at home.


If I keep it up, I'll be able to dump some more money into my prescription 4-wheel anti-depressants.

Best of luck to you all in 2016

-Clayton

Sky's the limit in 2016

Reply #1 –
Happy New Year. There's always another door to go through.
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Sky's the limit in 2016

Reply #2 –
Good to see ya back Clayton. Glad things are looking up for you. Happy New Year!!


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Sky's the limit in 2016

Reply #3 –
I'm confused how quitting a job put your bank account more in the positive, but good on you.

Glad things are turning around for you.

Sky's the limit in 2016

Reply #4 –
Good luck to ya!!! And Happy New Year!!!

Sky's the limit in 2016

Reply #5 –
wow, at your age, you seem to have your head screwed on real tight,, good words you spoke there and having the balls to balance work and personal life is a huge risk, usually normal folk like me worry about the money but seems like you cracked some sorta code ,, stop one job and things go well!!!  great news to hear and yeah, glad to see you back around here.