Comments on: Why I blog. http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/coming-soon/ Being a Mid-Twenty-Something in the Early Twenty-First Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:12:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Surburban Groundhog http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/coming-soon/#comment-10 Surburban Groundhog Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:31:38 +0000 http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-10 Wow, there are so many things running through my mind as I read your above commentary about "working". As someone who's first job was not a cubical farm, to now working in the "surburban cubical" type setting for several years, I must say that I have a lot to be thankful for...and yes I am talking about my 10 by 10 box. In my younger years before the cubicle, working in the restaurant business taught me several things. One-how great it was to have a gay friend, Two-everyone was working to pay for coke to snort on your break in the bathroom, and Three - how much I didn't want this to be my life. I have since returned to that restuarant for lunch and 15 yrs later I still see my burnout friends...with less hair and fat. Except for the coke heads, they're skinny. As I moved on from the restaurant life to obtaining my degree, I went into the world full force in helping others-the healthcare system. I worked in many healthcare facilities, and none were in an office. Every job I had I worked my ass off for minimal pay and drained at the end of the day. My husband although did work in the 10 by 10, came home everyday looking like he discovered the cure for cancer, made more money than me, and all in all was happy at his job...I wanted that. Still, I refused to go that path and the search was on for the perfect job, or at least a job I could stay at longer than two years. Years passed, had kids, and still something was missing. I looked at my husband thriving in a 10 by 10, then I saw my brother thriving in a 10 by 10, then my father, then my sister, then my other friends, and I looked around and thought...well,maybe I need to look in to this whole box thing. I gave into the whole "suburban cubical" and something amazing happend. I was happy, I was respected among my peers, my family thrived, my marriage was great, and holy crap...for the first time I made good money. I love my job, I love my 10 by 10 cubical that has more space than my living room. At my job I help thousands of people all over the country with health issues..who would of thought that could be done at a desk in front of a computer. With my desk job I have also helped my family grow closer and stronger. How do you say that can be? Well, with my desk job, I am off every weekend and holidays and with good benefits I can take my family on vacation where we can be together and grow stronger...and we have. I think though the biggest change in my life from working in a 10 by 10 would be giving financially and giving of my time to help out others in need. Working at my 10 by 10, we give back to the community, something I should have done a long time ago. Yes, there is good and bad to every job, this 10 by 10 is not the perfect job...but for me being in the workforce for many years, I must say that it's pretty close. Again, the cubical job is not for everyone and so be it, but for some it works. I do have a question for you, Calico, what are you doing now? How did you get where you are today? Are you working? you said something about soon to be wife? Are you married yet? Why are you the worst as a fallen person?-really? What was so depressing when you worked in your cubicle? That is to bad that things happend to you to jade you against working in an office type setting. Maybe not all 10 by 10's are so bad. Maybe you just laneded in the wrong one. Maybe Wow, there are so many things running through my mind as I read your above commentary about “working”. As someone who’s first job was not a cubical farm, to now working in the “surburban cubical” type setting for several years, I must say that I have a lot to be thankful for…and yes I am talking about my 10 by 10 box. In my younger years before the cubicle, working in the restaurant business taught me several things. One-how great it was to have a gay friend, Two-everyone was working to pay for coke to snort on your break in the bathroom, and Three – how much I didn’t want this to be my life. I have since returned to that restuarant for lunch and 15 yrs later I still see my burnout friends…with less hair and fat. Except for the coke heads, they’re skinny. As I moved on from the restaurant life to obtaining my degree, I went into the world full force in helping others-the healthcare system. I worked in many healthcare facilities, and none were in an office. Every job I had I worked my ass off for minimal pay and drained at the end of the day. My husband although did work in the 10 by 10, came home everyday looking like he discovered the cure for cancer, made more money than me, and all in all was happy at his job…I wanted that. Still, I refused to go that path and the search was on for the perfect job, or at least a job I could stay at longer than two years. Years passed, had kids, and still something was missing. I looked at my husband thriving in a 10 by 10, then I saw my brother thriving in a 10 by 10, then my father, then my sister, then my other friends, and I looked around and thought…well,maybe I need to look in to this whole box thing. I gave into the whole “suburban cubical” and something amazing happend. I was happy, I was respected among my peers, my family thrived, my marriage was great, and holy crap…for the first time I made good money. I love my job, I love my 10 by 10 cubical that has more space than my living room. At my job I help thousands of people all over the country with health issues..who would of thought that could be done at a desk in front of a computer. With my desk job I have also helped my family grow closer and stronger. How do you say that can be? Well, with my desk job, I am off every weekend and holidays and with good benefits I can take my family on vacation where we can be together and grow stronger…and we have. I think though the biggest change in my life from working in a 10 by 10 would be giving financially and giving of my time to help out others in need. Working at my 10 by 10, we give back to the community, something I should have done a long time ago.

Yes, there is good and bad to every job, this 10 by 10 is not the perfect job…but for me being in the workforce for many years, I must say that it’s pretty close. Again, the cubical job is not for everyone and so be it, but for some it works. I do have a question for you, Calico, what are you doing now? How did you get where you are today? Are you working? you said something about soon to be wife? Are you married yet? Why are you the worst as a fallen person?-really? What was so depressing when you worked in your cubicle? That is to bad that things happend to you to jade you against working in an office type setting. Maybe not all 10 by 10’s are so bad. Maybe you just laneded in the wrong one. Maybe

]]> By: Non-Existent Chord http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/coming-soon/#comment-7 Non-Existent Chord Tue, 20 May 2008 22:11:35 +0000 http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-7 my offer of the bass playing position still stands. i will try calling you again. hit my xanga if you're still interested. my offer of the bass playing position still stands. i will try calling you again. hit my xanga if you’re still interested.

]]> By: calicorebellion http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/coming-soon/#comment-5 calicorebellion Thu, 15 May 2008 18:55:53 +0000 http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-5 In response to Wes: I would probably still be miserable in a real office downtown. I would just be hip and miserable. In response to Wes: I would probably still be miserable in a real office downtown.

I would just be hip and miserable.

]]> By: thomas http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/coming-soon/#comment-4 thomas Tue, 13 May 2008 15:18:29 +0000 http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-4 do vegetarians eat eggs? just kidding. I like the blog man. Good stuff to ponder, and I feel like I'm in a similar place with you, trying to decide whether chasing the dollar or the calling is best, or if chasing the dollar means placing the call on hold, or closing that chapter all together. . . it's pretty unnerving at times. but yeah, I'm afraid a cubicle farm would make me crazy. do vegetarians eat eggs?

just kidding.

I like the blog man. Good stuff to ponder, and I feel like I’m in a similar place with you, trying to decide whether chasing the dollar or the calling is best, or if chasing the dollar means placing the call on hold, or closing that chapter all together. . . it’s pretty unnerving at times. but yeah, I’m afraid a cubicle farm would make me crazy.

]]> By: wes http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/coming-soon/#comment-3 wes Tue, 13 May 2008 00:32:22 +0000 http://calicorebellion.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-3 so i dont get it, if you would have your own office with real walls, and it was in downtown okc (non-suburban, non-cubicle) it would have been ok? so i dont get it, if you would have your own office with real walls, and it was in downtown okc (non-suburban, non-cubicle) it would have been ok?

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