Last week I lost my job after six and half years. It’s OK, really it is. Mind you, if you’d asked me that question on the day I would likely have lamented that it was the end of the world, but really it isn’t. In the grand scheme of things it is but a hiccup. I’ve experienced far worse things in my life, and lord knows some of you have as well I am sure, so I am not going to moan about this.
Kinda how I’ve been feeling on occasion.
That said, it has not been without the occasional moment of self-pity, quickly followed by some anger towards my former employer. When you’re cut because the Excel spreadsheet decided it be so, it is very frustrating. At least if I performed like a total plonker I’d have no-one to blame but myself. Not the case though, and I find having no-one to blame quite annoying. No point getting mad at an inanimate software program, even if ultimately there was a human who decided to pull the trigger. Anger is such a destructive and negative emotion, there’s simply no point holding onto it. You only hurt yourself.
My lovely wife, Marie, has been a rock. She immediately said “This is going to be such a good thing! A chance to find something new and challenging“. She said this to me on day 1. Brilliant! The kids too have been superb. My seventeen year old daughter gave me the biggest hug when she got back from school (she’s not usually much of a hugger). And the first thing my thirteen year old son said was “Don’t worry Dad. You’ll get something better. Then you can call your old boss and thank him“. That’s my boy!
And then of course there has been bike therapy. What would I do without it? Given that the average temperature at this time of year is -15c here in Montreal, all bike therapy must be conducted indoors (unless you’re Andybuk in which case you may be found pedalling across a frozen lake) and so I have been pushing the physical limits on the Elite trainer. It feels good. Get it out through exercise means you don’t take it out on loved ones nor do you let it fester inside you, which as I said, hurts only one person: you.
Alright, on with the job search! Ride safe people!
