You said you’re worried about getting stuck in the mud. The first thing I thought when I read that was: no mud, no lotus. Sometimes we need to be in the mud for a while so we can transform. I absolutely relate to your post. I too have been through major changes in my life that redefined my sense of self. Sending you positive energy ❤️
This happened to me in 2008 when the economy bombed. Then I was too old to rehire. Since then I've learned to be someone new without expectations of others. Good luck in your journey.
Ready for a different way? Try "A Course In Miracles". Or take another trip around the same old block. You are not alone. Your Father has given you all the help you need but you must choose to use it This world has nothing to give.
Sorry to hear about the job loss. I'm on the cusp of potentially losing mine and I distinctly felt like "the world was ending". It's the clinging that hinders us. I hope that the loss composts a new beginning.
I had a job that my identity was completely wrapped up in. It was the most important job of my life. It was in truth a most toxic job. Toward the end, I was sent to Santa Fe to set up a new store. It was the best work I'd ever accomplished. One afternoon I was walking down a street there, and a man came running up to me out of nowhere, and said - The monks are finishing the sand painting, you have to come now! I went to where the Buddhist monks were. They were just finishing the art, and then after they finished - they wiped it all out, dumped all the sand. When I got back home I was forced out of that job. Soon afterward, there were Buddhist monks doing a sand painting where I lived in the library. They finished it, and dumped it into the creek. I followed, tore up my business card, and scattered it with the sand.
Good luck in finding your new path. It's never easy, but always worth the journey.
In one sense it's the old story of having to train an intern to "do" your job at a fraction of your wage. Happened to me years ago, long before AI. Sucks no doubt, not gonna tell you it doesn't.
But you *did* effectively train AI models, and I know for sure, based on that, you still have salable skills in this pool of humanity called the labor force with only our knowledge and wits to trade in the "open market" of surplus labor extraction. I don't know you but I think you'll be fine -- fine as any of us that haven't achieved critical mass.
l like that you acknowledged the grief of the transition. my daughter just lost her job. myself, I'm working through some disillusionment since I work for the same company. Good thing is I've worked through it before and I'm not afraid of the upcoming path
Thank you for this. My wife and I have decided to part ways and we're in a transition period. I'm more equipped than ever to handle this and yet I wrestle with what you said, the acceptance of impermenance and the present of the heartbreak.
You said you’re worried about getting stuck in the mud. The first thing I thought when I read that was: no mud, no lotus. Sometimes we need to be in the mud for a while so we can transform. I absolutely relate to your post. I too have been through major changes in my life that redefined my sense of self. Sending you positive energy ❤️
This happened to me in 2008 when the economy bombed. Then I was too old to rehire. Since then I've learned to be someone new without expectations of others. Good luck in your journey.
Ready for a different way? Try "A Course In Miracles". Or take another trip around the same old block. You are not alone. Your Father has given you all the help you need but you must choose to use it This world has nothing to give.
I really love your blog and your thoughts. May all this unfold into something even better for you.
Thanks so much! ❤️
Sorry to hear about the job loss. I'm on the cusp of potentially losing mine and I distinctly felt like "the world was ending". It's the clinging that hinders us. I hope that the loss composts a new beginning.
Love the transparency. We can trust the process while simultaneously having fear with change.
I had a job that my identity was completely wrapped up in. It was the most important job of my life. It was in truth a most toxic job. Toward the end, I was sent to Santa Fe to set up a new store. It was the best work I'd ever accomplished. One afternoon I was walking down a street there, and a man came running up to me out of nowhere, and said - The monks are finishing the sand painting, you have to come now! I went to where the Buddhist monks were. They were just finishing the art, and then after they finished - they wiped it all out, dumped all the sand. When I got back home I was forced out of that job. Soon afterward, there were Buddhist monks doing a sand painting where I lived in the library. They finished it, and dumped it into the creek. I followed, tore up my business card, and scattered it with the sand.
Good luck in finding your new path. It's never easy, but always worth the journey.
In one sense it's the old story of having to train an intern to "do" your job at a fraction of your wage. Happened to me years ago, long before AI. Sucks no doubt, not gonna tell you it doesn't.
But you *did* effectively train AI models, and I know for sure, based on that, you still have salable skills in this pool of humanity called the labor force with only our knowledge and wits to trade in the "open market" of surplus labor extraction. I don't know you but I think you'll be fine -- fine as any of us that haven't achieved critical mass.
l like that you acknowledged the grief of the transition. my daughter just lost her job. myself, I'm working through some disillusionment since I work for the same company. Good thing is I've worked through it before and I'm not afraid of the upcoming path
Thank you for this. My wife and I have decided to part ways and we're in a transition period. I'm more equipped than ever to handle this and yet I wrestle with what you said, the acceptance of impermenance and the present of the heartbreak.
Loss of ALL my teeth puts me in that sim spot. Thx
LOVE 🤲😊❤️🔥 thank you for sharing, ;) we would love to have you with us.
For me it would a completion of my duties at there and time to take a next step of journey 💖
Good luck🌹
There is something quietly dignified in the way you let loss remain loss without rushing to convert it into a lesson.
I see your honesty about how identity can attach itself to work so deeply that displacement feels existential.
The line about starting over “not from scratch, but from where we are at this moment” is especially strong.
It gives the piece both humility and steadiness.