Posted by Ryan W. Schultz on November 08, 2002 at 18:17:05:
In Reply to: Apology posted by Downsized on November 07, 2002 at 07:30:43:
No need to apologize "downsized."
For what it's worth I went through a similar thing at Sunhawk.com about three years ago. Although scary as hell at first, it allowed me to make a number of positive career changes. Now I'm making more money, doing what I love and I picked up a Master's degree to boot.
When I was in the Army one Medical Doctor said to me, "Always remember that the Chinese symbol for opportunity is also the symbol for crisis." Or as Chris Olka says, "Unemployment is one powerful motivator."
Keep your head up and good things will happen.