joe and joe 

July 24, 2005

I quit my job nearly two weeks ago. I have a little money saved up and have decided to spend the rest of the summer trying to be full time whatever it is that I am when I'm not an office flunky. I'm finding that it's not as easy as I had assumed it would be. I realized that I was really accustomed to being me for only a few hours a week.

The first thing I did was buy a computer.

I spend half of my day in pajamas.

The second thing I did was buy a chair; I needed something to sit on while "at work" at the computer.

By the time I bought my chair it had been a week since I left my job. Seven days after leaving my cubicle I had accomplished two things, one of which was to buy something to sit on.
The New Dynamism I had anticipated would have to be jump-started.

Anxiety set in with week two.
I decided to take a few days off and give myself time to relax. I'm feeling better now.

I'm no stranger to The Internet.
Today, while tapped into the collective thought of the developed world I idly googled "what do I do now?" This is what I found:

The first offering directed me to career advice.
Here are the next three:

"The moment of decision: when do you pull the trigger? - Guardian Unlimited - 7 hours ago"

"WHAT TO DO WHEN DAD TURNS OFF FINANCIAL TAP - Kansas City Star - 22 hours ago"

"What the Bleep Do We Know!?™ - The Movie"

So I've read The Internet's response thus:

I should be looking for my next job (nos. 1 & 3), in the execution of which I need to carefully consider when it is appropriate to kill others (no. 2), and that The Internet doesn't really know.