The last time I posted anything on here has been a while, so I thought I would update in a shortened manner.
The impossible has happened. I finally got out of Illinois. One more year there and I think I would have been sank for sure. Down to the depths of Lake Springfield, to be eaten by catfish and perch, no doubt.
I took a position with another financial institution in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The wife and I traveled 1,600 miles across the Midwest, into the desert and are now here in the Valley of the Sun. I couldn't be happier. I may know very, very few people here, but I needed to escape the Midwest.
No one should live and die in the same place they grew up. It's not healthy, not natural. Get out in the world and experience something. Way too easy to just say...No, I'm going to be complacent and stay where it's comfortable. Where would that have gotten anybody?
Even if it's just for a year or two. EXPERIENCE.
Vacation is one thing, but actually getting out there and sowing your seeds deep within another terrority is very therapeutic. I already feel 15 lbs. lighter. (The real weight is for another blog though.)
There is so much to do, see and live. Museums, Theathres, hiking, biking, walking, skiing...we are going to do it all. Live up the experience...not just drink it away in some bar, tucked away from life.
I feel that's how some of my friends are back home.
They want to get away, because there is nothing waiting for them except maybe an STD, or another DUI. They know better, but choose not to do anything better. Now, this doesn't apply to everyone, just a select few.
CPK for instance, rose from the ashes like the phoenix, now has a great job in Chicago, smart and funny wife and is living the dream on the Northside.
That's the way to go.
Me. I have one part down. I got out of Illinois. Now, I need to work on the employment factor.
There is so little offered in SPFLD when it comes in the ways of Media employment.
Population Comparison
125,000---Springfield, Illinois
4,300,000---Phoenix Metro Area
Enough said. Opportunities completed. A banker is a good job. Get to meet new people everyday. Show them how to save money and help them with their finances. But to me, it's just that...a job. It could be a career, but I choose it to be a job. Interviewing people. Talking and walking that beat. cultivating new and exciting leads, while maintaining your current beat is the way to go.
Now, if I can only network enough to get that...
