The Letter

from:     Amber Chapman to:     Joey Thompson date:      Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:32 PM subject:     This is between us mailed-by:     gmail.com   This itch to run is coming back, big time. I am so conflicted. I hate my job, but I love my home, this town. I don’t have a lot of good friends here [...]

Sick.

I’m sick. And I’m at work which is even worse. You see at my corporate job if we want to “call out sick” we have to call by 6am. But I only live a mile from work and don’t even wake up until 7am at the earliest. Never mind that no one is even available [...]

Waiting…

This day is d r  a   g   g    i     n     g… “Only 6 months to go”… I keep chanting in my head over and over, “ONLY 6  MONTHS TO GO!” I know these 6 months will have flown by once they’ve actually flown, but in the meantime the waiting…THE WAITING is killing me! Hours spent [...]

Wishing Life Away

So what am I doing here!? I know I am not cut out for this. So why am I here? How have I managed to become stuck? Stuck in this cubicle with no sunlight or fresh air. I am suffocating. I always swore this would never be me. I would never waste my life away; [...]

I’m not cut out for this.

“I would recommend that you sharpen your focus. What is it that makes you come alive, that you could do all day and night without feeling tired, that you would do if you were already wealthy? There are simple means by which anyone can figure out what for them that thing is.” 2 years later [...]

American Nightmare

A couple years ago, fresh into the corporate world, I suddenly found myself penning this cover letter to a non-profit out of NYC… Dear Human Resources: I am greatly interested in the Program Associate position with Phoenix Teaching Fellows. Having recently completed the Management Training program in Catering and Convention Services with Major Brand Hotels Corporation [...]