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Five years ago this week I found out my mom had been diagnosed with cancer. Five years ago I was working in a dead end job. I knew I could do better, but didn't put forth the effort to find a replacement job since I wasn't sure of exactly what I wanted, and there were a couple of girls at my job I really liked.
Well, within two years the girls I liked had moved on, and that place descended into an unbearable hell until I quit in the summer of '09 with no job prospects in the middle of the worst job market of my lifetime. My mom passed away from cancer last summer. I have a new job now, but the prospects are limited. I get along with my coworkers and as a whole I respect my current coworkers much more than the group of people left at my old job at the time I quit.
As a whole though I have made no progress the last five years. Losing my mom was by far the biggest loss, but my career being completely derailed and having no idea how to get it back on track is the biggest challenge I have to deal with in the next few years.
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