Courses, Certifications and CBD

Besides starting a business, I have thought of taking courses to become more competitive in the job market. Prior to the pandemic, I was planning to take HR certification courses i.e. PHR and SPHR but my employer was not willing to pay for them. I was going to pay for them myself, then Covid-19 nixed all those plans. During this downtime, I have looked into Salesforce certification, proposal grant-writing, brushing up my Microsoft Excel skills (more on the data side). I am trying to get back into a career that pays well and has progression. That near six-figure income I was getting is where I want to be and then some. In fact if I could make more than my boss, that would be the ultimate payback! I may just send him a screenshot of my check, ha! That might be setting my goals too low in some people's opinion but all I want is to be comfortable in life. I do not care about being stinking rich. I want to be able to buy a plane ticket, filet mignon, or a Dave Chappelle show every now and then without worrying if I will be able to make my next mortgage payment. It doesn't take much to get me there. Any employers out there reading this in need of a diligent worker with a masters' degree from a top business school in Europe, years of experience in business operations and HR? Will you pay me $120K base salary or so? You won't be sorry! I promise I will make you look good. 

Back to the subject of courses. I am working on it and hopefully by January 2021, I will be able to update my resume with stronger skills. Someone needs to hire me, Good God Almighty! Tomorrow I plan to follow a new schedule I created for myself. I have carved out some workout time. I need to get back to hiking, I am so out of shape! After that, I will spend some time taking data analysis courses online, a little bit of Netflix. My current guilty pleasure is binge-watching Blacklist. Any fans? I plan to blog daily, and continue applying for jobs. If I can beat the bouts of melancholy that paralyze me, I will be more productive and in a better shape physically and mentally, which is my goal. I do need to add spiritual fitness too! I am truly a work in progress so help me God!

I know there are many people out there in the same struggle and can relate to my current situation. I am not going to preach to you today and tell you to hang in there. Hey hang in there! *sticks tongue.* For the past few days I have not had much of an appetite, I have wallowed in my misery, eaten chocolate chip pancakes for lunch and dinner (the only thing I have an appetite for) until I ran out of eggs and milk. I have cried from physical pain and mental anguish. For some reason I started experiencing sharp chest pains, and vomiting, just out of the blue. I got scared thinking, now surely if I die in this house, when will anyone find my lifeless body? Therefore, everyday I make sure I shower and put on my good lace underwear. I might not have much else on but the paramedics will not talk about granny panties over here honey!

To my dear unemployed, and underemployed, we cannot lose hope. Cut off ties that are not beneficial to you. Take up courses to improve yourself and also keep you busy. If you believe in a higher deity, pray, fast and meditate. If you dabble in alcohol, drink a glass of red wine before bed, you will sleep better! I do that sometimes but I have a small bladder, makes me get up too many times to go tinkle which beats the purpose of a good night's sleep! I know someone is thinking of marijuana, yes? I live in the south, it is not legal here. I am trying to get a job and not go to jail. ;) What is your take on CBD though?

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