For the first time in my life, I’ve been fired. I suppose I could go on and on about my boss being cheap, or market values, blah blah blah.

But I’ll spare the useless drivl and get to the point. Fact is, I don’t think that the fishing tackle industry would every be able to afford someone like me (unless I worked in Cabela’s corporate office). Like I told my boss - It’s like trying to make a profit from selling penny candy, and there’s a thousand people out there doing the exact same thing.

In the end, it was probably for the better. Not only am I obviously more grounded now, but it’ll give me the opportunity to explore other options. I highly doubt I’m ever going to make what I deserve anymore… at least, not around here.

The boss and I parted ways on a good note tho, and I certainly don’t regret going to work there. I learned a hell of a lot for new skills…. which is yet another reason I should have my own business now. I have a good understanding of how advertising REALLY works. I’m equipped with different marketing methods. I learned how to operate some pretty high end software. And I did it all pretty much on my own.

The only bad part is, I feel like I let my kids down. Heck, I haven’t even told them yet cause I really don’t know what to say, and I certainly don’t wanna paint a shitty picture of my boss to ‘em, cause the kids can’t grasp the complexity of the situation.

I look at as this - I just couldn’t bring myself to give more of myself to a situation/company that wasn’t going to give me what I required in return. Just because that’s all there is in front of me, doesn’t mean I have to take it.

I’ll probably be ultra broke now working some dead end job, but at least I won’t have a mountain of stress at the same time.