I glossed over this yesterday in pursuit of getting the waiver out, but I got fired. I was working for a creative writing center in an administrative capacity and it was clear that the work was very catty corporate nonsense and, sadly, led by people who are not actually writers or about the writing life. I brought that up. I combated a great deal of the nonsense and incompetence going on and in response they promoted the most incompetent person while firing me for an error that was largely (almost entirely) his fault. The error they fired me for was an excuse. It was an environment where they often made excuses for this individual and took no measure of excuse from other individuals. They chose to end my employment because I was combative and because I would not follow status quo. The entire thing pissed me off for the day, and I am still angry today, but honestly, I am angry about the loss of income and the fact that they fired me before I quit (stealing the power from the situation and sullying my name if only in that small circle where they maintain the power to say I was bad at something when I truly wasn’t). I am dealing with those two things.
Life presents opportunities and failure is an opportunity. I have the opportunity to remind my kids that bad things can happen. I have the opportunity to rebound. I have the opportunity to turn this failure into a greater success and a better situation for myself. So, it is time to get on my grind and turn this around.