Monday, June 10, 2013

Summer Showdown: Aftermath of Saying Goodbye To Paradise



Dear Friends,


I wish I could tell you all that my life was going ok and things were not as bleak as I once made it out to be. However, due to some changes in my life, I had to change my life for the better I hope. Now all the blogs during the winter and spring are done but I will post them later. Right now, let's focus on the here and now. So if you didn't see the post on Twitter and Facebook, after a decade of good work and service, I was let go of my job doing what I love. I gave my heart and soul to be a vendor and also seeing my favorite sport: baseball. Now I cannot really go into great detail about the circumstances of my early termination but this is not the end of this situation.

I guess rather to talk about it right now; I wanted to sit-down and finally let the reality set in. Something in my life that was taking forever to come. Most people associated myself from being at the ballpark, selling beer or whatever. Most people took pictures of me doing my job. I am not a well know person but I am known. My life did not revolve around work but my life was connected by this job. Everything I have done was because of this job. What kills me is that I have had this job longer than anything else I have done. This job created the person I am now. This job was the catalyst for blogging again.

This is not a goodbye for working for ten years. The truth is that this is the start of a new beginning. I have been feeling like doing this job for ten years limited me as to what I am able to do and what I allowed to do. People don't realize that a job is a way to make a living. A career is a way to do something to cement your life's work. I am done being a vendor and working half of a year. However, I am not done living and being someone totally different. So time to make changes and really look at the man in the mirror. Thankfully this is also time to finally not be depressed about the life I was living. There is more to come.






Eugene Chandler III

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