Tag: unemployment

  • Directions I never intended | Vignettes of my failed marriage

    Directions I never intended | Vignettes of my failed marriage

    September 2015: I began working in Annual Giving for the UND Alumni Association and Foundation. I worked in a beautiful office, with glass walls and white noise in this super-architecturally-environmentally-sustainably-awesome-buzzwords-that-means-something-to-people-who-know-about-amazing-buildings-building. I was part of a talented marketing and communications team. I had an actual Lichtenstein print on the wall just outside my office. I was…

  • The only way is through–

    The only way is through–

    I’m finally getting back to my blog. Leaving my husband, getting laid off, losing almost my entire social circle of close friends, moving to Minneapolis, applying for literally dozens and dozens of jobs, six months of unemployment, working two part time jobs, figuring out how to date in my 30s, moving again–and life in general,…