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Not John Chow is All Doom and Gloom

Posted by Not John Chow | July 30, 2008 .

Lately, some of you have noticed my lack of enthusiasm.  I assure you that this is only temporary. I have been frustrated a my work (the thing that pays the bills!) and have been thinking of about life changes.

So, we close on the cottage today, not because we don’t enjoy it but, because we don’t need the debt.

Next, I decided that I no longer desire to drive 30 miles a day (one hour in traffic) to work and then again home from work every day.  I used to love my work and I was able to fill those hours driving with phone calls from my customers.  Today, I don’t like my job.  Technically it is not the same job that I had last year and I decided that if I am not going to like my job, I can not like it closer to home.

It was in this vain that I decided to open up the possibilities beyond Michigan.  I went to findyourspot.com and played around a little.  What I found was that after filling out the survey multiple times, my family and I all seem to match up with Oregon.  In the valley (what is it’s name again?) from Portland to Eugene, we repeatedly found that our answers matched.

So, maybe it means that we are all compatible or at the very least maybe it means that Oregon is a nice place. Either way, I decided to check out jobs outside of where I live.  This includes all of the USA. 

One thing is certain: my gloomy disposition will lift if my life environment changes.  I also know that my environment will not change (for the better) without my help.

So, how is your gloom factor?  Are you happy?  @here would you move if you had to? Or do you want to?

 

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9 Comments so far
  1. Steve Bents July 30, 2008 7:06 pm

    I know how it is to get doen with the way the economy is now. I hate working my nine to five or longer. I hate hearing about all the money people are making online. Man I understand. What I do is just go out there and try to find that elusive dollar. To me every dollar counts. People say money cant buy happiness, well happiness cant be found worrying about debt either. So no it can’t buy it but it helps find it. Any ways I hope everything gets better.

    Steve Bents’s last blog post..New Ad Income Oppurtunity

  2. Susan July 30, 2008 7:27 pm

    How funny. I just found your site and was laughing at the name. My husband actually wanted to buy this domain a long time ago and I can’t believe someone did! Great job :)
    Susan’s last blog post..Let it Snow

  3. Dean Saliba July 31, 2008 6:42 am

    Sadly the UK is going to same way. :(

  4. Hoto August 3, 2008 3:42 am

    i know what you are talking about. i have made some changes myself the last few weeks and my new job is going to start in september. i hope you are going to make the right decissions. good luck for the future.

  5. Melvin August 4, 2008 8:09 am

    Well i feel inspired these days because of a sky scraping roi…. ;-)
    Melvin’s last blog post..What Affiliate Network To Join

  6. theaffiliatepost August 5, 2008 10:00 am

    First of all I am sorry to hear about recent events, things like that are never easy. I think a lot of us are feeling the pain right now.

    Hang in there bud and keep your head up!

    theaffiliatepost’s last blog post..30 Day Challenge

  7. Not John Chow August 6, 2008 6:58 am

    Thanks for all of the kind comments.

  8. Paul U August 10, 2008 10:10 pm

    This is the same reason why I have lefty my job before and starting on working on an online job.

    Paul U’s last blog post..Courage + money = success [Digg]

  9. Henrik Blunck - Denmark August 21, 2008 4:13 am

    NEVER ever write when down or disillusioned… It sucks! The internet is so full of negative vibes, and you will loose many readers (both online and RSS-followers) if you ever continue down that trail.

    Personally, I may cover a negative aspect but always offer a positive solution, and that seems to work much better because you “end” your articles on a positive note. In that way you may hit a sentiment others may have also but give them a positive idea for a better solution.

    So, next time you’re hit with stress go read a positive blog (mine for example) instead of wrecking your own. Keep up the good cheers - the rest follows automatically… :-)
    Henrik Blunck - Denmark’s last blog post..Ever Tried Doing Something Fun For Free?