Bits and Pieces
Hello dear friends! Last July I started a new job in a field I've never been employed in previously-call center rep for a financial institution. As a math phobic, sometime math dyslexic and complete imbecile when it comes to money, I honestly never expected to find my self employed by any type of financial institution-much less employed as a call center rep who spends nearly eight hours each workday informing customers of various ways to save money, manage their finances better or just explain to them how it is exactly that their accounts have gotten into such a sad shape.
Weeks of intensive training and now almost five months taking calls has not lessened my stress and anxiety regarding this situation. Although my salary now enables me to eat and pay my rent, and the health and retirement benefits are the best I've ever had-I find my job more emotionally draining than any previous position I've held. I literally come home and lie down with ice on my head most evenings worrying about the future of the world-the general populace seems to be even more clueless about their finances than I am and that is a truly frightening thought for me.
At any rate, I've not been writing anything at all these long months-although ideas are bouncing around in my brain all night while I should be sleeping. So I've decided to start posting little snippets of whatever comes into my mind in the hopes that I'll soon get back into a rhythm and complete my previous efforts I posted last summer as well eventually post some newer full length scribblings.
As always constructive criticism and helpful hints are welcome- I've really missed bouncing ideas off the writers I've met on here! Thanks in advance for any advise/help you offer.