Holy christ, just read through this thread after bizaro linked it in the rich calgarypuck guy thread.
What a great thread. I can't believe some of the stories looking back. I've known you guys a long time...
An update to my strange non-answer, at the time, I was in a very unhappy marriage, I had just left a job that I loved in Indigenous Relations and gone to work in fund development for a non-profit. It was a job/role that I hated, was terrible in, and spent far too long hammering away at.
I moved to Vancouver with my ex so she could go to law school, took a similar job at UBC, had a similarly horrible time where I felt that all my career ambitions and skills were just going to the toilet. Then, I got divorced, spent some time in the wasteland of the old brain, quit my job, drank whisky at 10 am for a few days (very bad idea), and then dusted off my old resume and got to work.
Since then, I've gotten right back into my field doing government relations and comms work for business, got to sit on some provincial working groups on the DRIPA legislation, and a year ago, landed my dream job at a firm where I basically just get to do Indigenous Relations again.
I love my job and like many people in here who also said they loved their jobs, I just kind of do it, don't think about, make good bucks, and spend my life doing other wonderful fun things.
Anyway, I'm 35 now. Funny how life goes along and teaches you things.
Hope everyone is doing well.
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