2022:
I'm writing this in the same vane as the original Fireside Codex on the blockchain blog (the original locale). In my life I have always been resourceful, curious, and most importantly adaptive. Part of that I think comes from my generalist side of life (or is it vice versa??), and the other part comes from my mom.
Honestly I am not sure how she managed to do things growing up, whether it was paying bills with no income, or it was accomplishing a great Christmas. She was always resourceful, and I picked up on that trait too. I think at times she may be a bit off when it come to the dynamic of renegade vs paragon if you know what I mean, and I rather tend to stick the paragon options. However that skill made its way to me luckily.
Around the time I was ending my venture at Natural Grocers (a truly gross company to work for, and terrible experience IMO), there was a family I made a connection to. When I would cashier for them (they would even make a point to come to my line) I would make the whole process more efficient. Something I do naturally, but it helps tremendously when the patron plays along. I'd end up scanning half of their items before they would even leave the cart (mostly just codes to remember rather than scanning). They were really grateful, as it would cut about a third of the time of the transaction. They were business people, and time is money after all.
I ended up working for them later on, due to the networking connection. It was a great job, even if it was temporary (as they moved).
A similar experience happened to me recently, as I picked up a temp job at the halloween store in the meantime. There was a customer, and I just ended up being my generally excited demeanor. I really tried to help him, and he was impressed by the effort that he offered me work at his store after this one ends.
Whether that ends up being fruitful is still up in the air, but I have a good feeling about it. It is an example though of that resourcefulness I got from my mother though. It just happens to happen to me at times in my life. Often when I need it most, and I have a need of income drastically.
Things just always seem to work out. Now to be clear I am not saying this to be pretentious, and certainly don't want people to think that life has been a cakewalk. Far from it, but if you are patient enough things will eventually work out for the better. That is if you set your intention high, and your expectation low.
I don't want the universe to come at me with a great big problem tomorrow!
Just trying to stay adaptive, trying hard, and going with the flow of things.
2024 Edit:
I found this editor page in my bookmarks of all places, and decided okay I'm going to add to this post. As recently I have experienced both good and bad changes related to this mindset I shared above.
"Things always seem to fall right"
A similar idea.
When I say they fall right, I mean they fall right into place. I recently quit my remote job that I worked hard to get, and it was something that I was lucky enough to get it in the first place. I was thinking maybe there is a timeline that I didn't quit it, and maybe I accelerated my plans because of that. However I also feel that it would greatly lead to burn out.
Although because of that job I experienced a lot, it allowed me to catch up financially, and buy a couple things I have been needing for a while.
I went back to teaching swim lessons, as I feel it will be my last time in Columbia to do them. Thus it was important for me to finish them with my clients.
Here is the bad though however. They say you need to have a "third place", as you have home and work, but you need another to be truly happy. My 3rd place was Karaoke, at Eastside Tavern. However recently I got skipped over when it came to being picked for a permanent role as a DJ there.
I felt shafted and betrayed, and could no longer enjoy being there. Perhaps that is the fault of it becoming my work rather than a place of enjoyment. However I started losing my appeal for that place a while back, it was DJing that kept it alive.
However despite all that I still tried to give it a go, and this just this week I got offered the role for a permanent spot two days a week. Now that I didn't have that remote job, then I needed the income to be able to save up and move.
I was still a bit stung, but I sucked it up and said yes. Not a day later, the same owner/boss rescinded the offer because he didn't do his due diligence and make sure it was actually something he could offer.
Forever tainting the feeling of that place I used to call my 3rd home.
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Here is where I think it connects to this post.
While yes it is negative, sad, and upsetting. It leads me to having an even greater burning desire to move to my next chapter.
Thus when I move to Austin, ATX, then I will be much happier and find a new place there to be my 3rd place.
