• When One Door Closes, Another Opens, and Other Clichés

    Less than one month after celebrating five years at the company I worked for… I was unceremoniously let go. I suppose I have to caveat that the following is my experience, my thought process, after taking several days to process, reflect, and write constantly. Over several years, I had been given more and more tasks, more responsibilities, and recently was working ’round the clock to hit a deadline. When I received the meeting invite a few days ago, my heart sank. I knew. I knew that my time was up. I loved this job. It was in my very niche skillset, doing work that not a lot of people actually…