A 15 year-old list to myself

When I do get Doc’s deLorean, I will send the following list to my younger, idiot self:

1. Squirrel away as much as you can
2. Do not confuse love with infatuation or lust
3. Do not attract attention to yourself
4. Use the power of positive thinking
5. Lose the inhibitions, but be cautious
6. Leave company when advancement is via seniority, not merit
7. Avoid female bosses
8. Learn to control your temper
9. There are better people than you who have done worse
10. Buy into Google and Microsoft
11. Textbook cooking is not the same as real cooking
12. Do not leave the Peninsula hotel. Go wherever Chef Gundlach takes you
13. People who look for the limelight are the ones who are pretentiuous
14. Believe in the phrase ‘Birds of a feather…’
15. Keep to your mind map
16. Learn how to read people
17. Stay in the shadows, find the the opportune time to strike
18. ‘When in doubt, throw it out’ applies to everything
19. Peer pressure is as lame as the word ‘impossible’
20. Choose your trysts, you may regret it down the road
21. Having the latest and the greatest isn’t always the best
22. Don’t lose sight of serendipity
23. Your choices are what define you, not what you do
24. Do not let anyone cut you down
25. Start networking…a lot
26. Assets are liabilities. Make them into generators of your future
27. Save enough for even just one real estate property, and buy it
28. Gratification is a luxury. Attaining it is the adventure
29. Politicians are crooked
30. Policemen are crooked
31. Government employees are crooked
32. People will never pay attention to you unless you could do something for them
33. Do not ever hope for a career in showbiz
34. Keep a notebook of all your own recipes
35. Live life

This is not an existential list. It sits on my desktop until I can print it out to give it to Doc and Marty

In limbo

I have been out of the loop for a while. In fact, the last time I did anything strenuous was over thirty days ago. Yes. I am unemployed at the moment. because one day my ex-boss took me aside and says they have to let me go because they couldn’t afford me anymore.

‘didn’t you see this coming when you hired me?’ I asked in an even tone.

Boss just looks at me. ‘I left a pretty good job for you’ I said.

To which he replied ‘Maybe you could go back’. That bridge has burned, I though to myself

So now I watching every cent, every movement that I do. At this moment I am very worried. School starts soon, and the bills will be coming.

It’s incredible how I find myself in this situation. But I will not let it control my fate.

I have an interview in an hour. Wish me luck.