Final Reflections on Unemployment
Posted in The Life of the Historian and tagged with Lists, Unemployment, Work on January 19, 2012Well, after two and a half months off, my unemployment ends Monday. So what I have I learned during this season?
1. God is definitely sovereign. He kindly overrode my own plans for my life, giving me something better.
2. Planning is good and necessary, but don’t be married to your own ideas for your future.
3. I can live on less income than I thought. Going to take advantage of this in the next couple of years to save up for long-term plans.
4. I thrive on a schedule and am rather helpless in forcing myself on a schedule without concrete items on my calendar.
5. Just because you have more time to read doesn’t mean that you will. I can almost guarantee I’ll read more in my first month at work than in the last month of unemployment (four books read).
6. My time is not my own, so I shouldn’t selfishly spend it on myself. Same is true of money.
7. Blessings freely given by God are more precious than anything you can try to grasp for.
I’m incredibly thankful that this season is over, but I wouldn’t want it to be different if I had a do-over. I can honestly say I’m closer to God and to others than I was two and a half months ago.
January 19th, 2012 at 1:34 am
Woot! Congratulations. =) I love writing down what I’ve learned after particularly stressful/difficult/interesting times.
What a wonderful blessing WORK is!
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January 19th, 2012 at 5:35 pm
A great reflection. It is funny how the hard times in life usually end up being the things that teach us the most.
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January 21st, 2012 at 8:37 pm
Great observations! And good luck in the new job!
January 24th, 2012 at 3:38 am
What great work God has been doing in you. I agree with Teacher Girl – I’ve learnt my most significant lessons during trials.