A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss or What we did the first 2 weeks JR was unemployed

The first week, JR made phone calls and organized all the data and pictures he would need to do his resume, CV and portfolio. He filed for unemployment and he procured himself a domain name http://www.jamesronczyaia.com/ and got rolling. This website should be up next week.

The second week, he made more phone calls, started a LinkedIn page, which took 2nd place to getting the resume and CV done so he could give it to a few people that had asked him for it. He quickly realized that the resume and CV were going to take longer than expected. He spent 3 days from around 4am to 6 or 7pm working on them. We are happy to say they are done and only need minor changes commiserate with the job posting.

We also had a friend from Houston here from Saturday to Monday and had a blast. We walked from our condo to Millennium Bridge and back; a total of more than 6 miles. We had coffee at Riverfront and enjoyed the 60 degrees, sunshine and camaraderie. We went to Rocky Mountain National Park and walked around and enjoyed the sun, cold air and more camaraderie. We had a blast. Thank goodness she came when she did; it really was great timing as it was very energizing.

I was able to get my website up and running http://www.g2solutionscompany.com/, a 1,000 piece mailer, a Google AdWords campaign (a pay per click that shows up when those in Denver google any of my keywords), and a Cherry Creek Chamber ad campaign. I'm working on a Chicago campaign, a real estate campaign and noodling about an independent living campaign. Whew, that's lots.

We also had a networking brown bag at our house which was quite cathartic. We all talked about how it sucked to be laid off, what we can do moving forward to find employment, how we can help each other, and how to find freebies and make the most of our quickly dwindling dollar. We are looking forward to the next one in February.

I went to a luncheon where the speaker discussed having a purpose driven life. Having a Vision of what you want your life to be as opposed to setting goals. A vision should pull you forward, but as so often happens, goals make you work so hard trying to reach it, you wonder why it was even a goal at all. A Vision should be a movie of your life. It was fascinating.

Stay tuned...