Losing my job a couple months ago has added a lot of stress to my life.  Though I do have enough in savings, it won’t last forever, and maxing out my credit cards on just the necessities of life does not appeal to me.  That being said, I feel like my skill sets could use a little updating, and perhaps for this reason, I have been having a difficult time finding a job.  I’m older too, which doesn’t always help: just because you’re older doesn’t mean you’re wiser.  Yet corporate team building is expensive, and while I do have a friend who could help me out with the expense (she has an in with the people holding the seminar), I’m still weighing my options.  Perhaps this is one of those things that will pay off in the long run.  It’s just hard to that right now when the economy is giving me tunnel vision.

My friend is actually quite an inspiration to me.  She’s literally built herself up from prison time and drug abuse.  She likes to quote a favorite actor of hers, Charles S. Dutton, or rather do a takeoff on a quote of his.  He often says he went from jail to Yale, but she went from jail to Harvard.  She did offer to get me some sales management training for free, but I couldn’t do that to her.  Sometimes she’s too generous for her own good, even though she does have the cash to spare.  I guess I still have too much of pride left.  I have a hard time accepting charity from other people even when I need most.

I do enjoy sales, but having her pay for a 2 grand seminar seems ridiculous.  She’s been threatening to give it to me as a birthday present, or rather to make it for my next five birthdays, but I know she’ll give presents still despite anything she says in addition to the training deal she had for me.  Hopefully when I get back on my feet, I can be just as much of inspiration to others as she is to me.

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