It's October already and still no sign of work. We placed an ad in the local free ad paper on Friday advertising Martyns' engineering skills. Fingers crossed, something will come through for him next week. I have given up on the job websites. It's very clear to me that I can't go back into an office environment, unless that office is my own! I have decided to go self employed and have begun to research the possibility of a market stall. I have an idea that I think will work, especially in the run up to Christmas. It will mean working long hours, being frozen cold, getting soaking wet but at least I won't be in an office being told how to think.
We haven't yet worked out why neither of us have been able to get work, it's always been quite easy in the past. It's easy to feel negative and wonder if there is something wrong with you but there are a lot of people out there looking for work and I have to say I really can't bear the thought of working for £5 an hour. If I have to I will, of course, but there are other options too explore first. Maybe it's because we don't really want to work for other people again, maybe we're just not trying hard enough because deep down it's not what we want. Either way it's making us think 'outside the box'(hate that phrase!). I have always believed that Martyn should work for himself, he's much more talented than he gives himself credit for. Hopefully this will give him the push to realise his potential and enjoy working again. Personally, I have always wanted to work for myself but until now didn't really have an idea of what I should do. We will give both ago and see what happens. There's no point in sitting around waiting for the next job, it's time to go out and make some money! Tomorrow we are going to have a look at the market (the worrying thing is that we haven't come across it before!) and then visit a possible supplier. There's every chance I could be up and running within a week or so - exciting times!
We have had our first real taste of what might be to come over the winter months. On Friday, following a glorious day on Thursday, a huge front came in. We had serious water over the sea wall and right over the boat! It was hard at times to move around the boat without hitting the sides. By Saturday morning however all was calm, dead calm. Boat owners around the marina were out in the Autumn sunshine washing the salt off their boats and discussing the weather, how well we do that in England. Whatever the reason, anything that gets people out of their boats and talking to each other must be a good thing. It makes you smile and you feel part of something because you have something in common and something to talk about. We discovered that one of our very close neighbours originates from Hull. If Martyn hadn't been out washing the boat they might not have got talking. He seems like a really nice chap and a good character. Hopefully we might get the chance to have a beer with him and learn a little more about how things work around here.
So far there hasn't been much to report. I really hope that changes for the better this week. I'm excited about the future and hope that at least one of us will be able to make a success of working for ourselves. It feels a bit like we have been given a second chance to make work an enjoyable part of our life. They say you either work to live or live to work. I just want to earn enough money to live and have some fun. I want to wake up in the morning and not feel sick at the prospect of going to work. At the end of the day there's only me that can make these things happen. If we can't make it happen in Brighton where can we?
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