Unemployable
This week I did something that I really felt needed to be done. I went against the grain (as I often do) and went with my gut. Literally, as I pulled into the parking lot at work this past Monday, I decided that that day I was going to give my notice of resignation. During a normal bi-weekly meeting with my boss, I told her that I was giving 4 weeks notice of my resignation.
This is going against the grain because I don’t have much money saved-up and I don’t have much of a safety net at all. But, more importantly, I felt like this was the right decision because I feel like my job has been holding me back as much as it has supported me. In the REI world, I believe he/she that hustle’s most wins. So, I have been hustling for months and months, but I just haven’t been able to come up with anything. For instance, just when I’m getting somewhere and making progress at 3am, I would have to get some sleep because I would have to make work the next day. Or just when I may have a lead to check out, I would have to usually defer my meetings to weekends because of work. I still plan on reaching a 7-figure net-worth before the age of 30. And I know that I can’t do it while sacrificing 45 hours of my life every week to “the man”.
I should also mention, that the stress of that place is just unhealthy. I don’t have any kind of power/authority complex, so I have no problems taking orders. But it’s extremely hard to do, when the orders just make absolutely no sense at all. Stuff like, “Justin, I need for you to tell our customers that 1+1 = 11″. When your job depends on it, you just have to go with it. And when customer’s try and reason with you that the correct answer is “2″, you deep-down want to agree, but you can’t. But anyway, enough of that mess. Knowing that I won’t be employed there after March, feels like I’m getting a tumor removed or something (I hope to never experience what that feels like, by the way. I mean if I develop one, I do hope it is found, well…you know what I’m saying).
So, I’m going all-out. I’m ready for the adventure and the beginning of this new chapter of life. I’m about to hustle like you wouldn’t believe. I mean, if you thought I was a hustler before…you ain’t seen nothing yet. Steph Davis gave me the name “Mr. Hustle”, I like that. And I’m going to more than live-up to it. Since I’ll have more time I’m going to give you more of the ups and the downs, it’s either sink or swim at this point. So, just stay tuned and enjoy the ride.
P.S.
I’ve had a few people now ask me, “Do you make your videos primarily for theatrics?”
Seriously….seriously? “Funny?” Am I here to amuse you? Am I here to make you laugh? HUH!!? Funny…funny how? What do you mean I’m FUNNY?!?! What the %&@# is so FUNNY about me! (bonus points to who knows the movie reference).
Truth is. I just do all of this stuff because I like to act. I play the role of a struggling real estate investor on-screen…it really allows me to show my range. I was all-in after I read the script in one-sitting. Here’s a clip of my latest work….pretty “theatric” stuff.
