My 500th Post! And Why I Have The Best Suckiest Job In The World

I have finally arrived at the magic number of 500 posts! :party:

:disco:

:guitarna: :dance4:

It’s hard to believe that I managed to stick it out even when there were so many times I was tempted to hang it up and stop blogging for good. But writing is in my blood evidently, and blogging has always been a good outlet for me to express myself in a linguistic sense. With 2009 also on the horizon and a new plan possibly in the works to really get some traffic going, who knows, I might finally be able to realize my dream of actually making some serious money off this blog.

Yet what if that were to really happen though? What if… I were able to honestly blog for a living? Should I give up my job for good and blog full time, and do what I’ve always been pining to do, which was to travel across America and write about my experiences?

Doing so would mean giving up a dull job that otherwise offers a lot of benefits, from being able to work only 33 hours, 4 days a week, to enjoying excellent medical and dental plans, including additional perks like longevity pay, education stipends, ample vacation/sick time, being vested in a retirement and additional medical plan, not to mention the fact that it is laid back enough that I can surf the Internet for most of the day while still getting my work done. Heck, I don’t even have a supervisor either (at least not for a long while, since I scared them all away.) :naughty: And since it’s a government job, it offers the kind of job security that could easily survive the recession as well (as long as crime doesn’t go out of business.)

There’s also the fact that if I succeed in monetizing my blog, I would effectively have two incomes as long as I keep my current job. In a few years I could buy a condo or even a home in another state without even taking out a mortgage. Such a possibility had never even occurred to me until I considered what I’d be able to do if I pretended my second income didn’t exist at all, and just let it pile up in my savings account for a few years. I could afford a home for my parents. A real home. I could fund their accounts so they’d no longer have to work full time and can enjoy some kind of semi-retirement lifestyle. I could really help people, good people who are just going through a hard time and could use a little financial charity. I’d be able to provide for a family too if I had one.

And the only sacrifice I had to make was to simply put up with my ultra-boring, soul sucking job, and God help me, the stupidest bloody coworkers that could have ever graced creation. And of course, continue living in the worst, most disgusting leftist-riddled state in the entire union. :sick:

You know, as much security as my job would offer me now, there’s something to be said for being completely self-sufficient and self-employed, with an online income that doesn’t require you to be tied down to any one location. It offers the kind of freedom most people can only dream of, and for it to even be a distinct possibility for me is a miracle unto itself. Maybe I can somehow find a way to live the best of both worlds though. Ultimately, it all hangs on what happens in the next year or so.

In the meantime, here’s to another 500 posts, and promises of a better future that sees this blog not only enrichening my life, but the lives of many others as well.

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11 Responses to “My 500th Post! And Why I Have The Best Suckiest Job In The World”

ConsrvYank1 wrote a comment on December 22, 2008 @ 10:46:am
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I hope all you wish for comes true. But if I were you I would not quit the soul sucking job. Jobs that are recession proof with all the bennies you listed do not grow on trees. You are a great writer, that is a God-given talent, so don’t ever give that up either.

But because I like you so much I am prepared to help you realize that dream. As I am a senior on a fixed income, I can’t help in the money department, but I can offer you time. Time to do whatever for you, research or something of that nature. All you gotta do is ask. I believe in you Linc.

Isaiah wrote a comment on December 22, 2008 @ 06:25:pm
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CONGRATULATIONS, brother!

I definitely look forward to the next 500. Your blog has been a great source of humor, fun, and the rare glimpse into your hidden genius. I don’t say it just because it’s the season and am feeling mushy.

Oh, you can be a sore thumb sometimes, but I love you as a brother just the same though you know as well as I do we disagree on quite a few theological issues.

Keep writing and sharing, and more importantly, keep the job if you can in the new year, really. It might suck, but there are thousands who will give anything to actually have a job as you do in 2009.

God bless, and a Merry Christmas!

Soli deo Gloria,

Isaiah
Singapore

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on December 22, 2008 @ 10:45:pm
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@ConsrvYank: Awww thanks dearheart, I really appreciate that. Fortunately it’s not an undertaking that requires any outside help other than prayer, and my Mom has already expressed interest in helping me with keeping track of the finances and doing the taxes. Of course I’m getting way ahead of myself here, so let’s see what happens in the next few months. It does feel like 2009 could be a breakout year for me though, and as much as I want to temper my expectations, I’m feeling really charged about it. In the meantime I believe God will give me the means and the opportunity should He so desire. Whatever success I find will be because He opened the doors.

@Isaiah: Thanks for your kind words as well. Even though we don’t see eye to eye, if Spurgeon could speak highly of John Wesley even though they were polar opposites theologically speaking, then why not you, and a chiseled model of perfection like me too?

Don’t worry, I won’t give up my job anytime soon, even if my blog does surpass all expectations. I won’t burn my bridges until I’m positively sure it’s a bridge to nowhere.

Martini Girl wrote a comment on December 23, 2008 @ 12:17:am
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Congrats on the big 500! Just don’t take your job for granted Linc. Take it from someone who was making a very nice salary in a professional career with great benefits only to be laid off and unemployed for a year. Hell I can’t even get a lowly cashier job at a grocery store. Save all of your money right now.

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on December 23, 2008 @ 12:56:am
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Thanks for the kind advice MG. For what it’s worth I know how you feel. After I graduated college it took me 18 months to find my first job. I had two college degrees and I was even turned down for a job as a cashier, and got fired once after being a florist delivery guy for only a week (after they found out I had a college education.) It was absolutely humiliating. But, I got through it, and you will too. You know how I know? Because we’re both good looking. :ggrin:

Martini Girl wrote a comment on December 23, 2008 @ 12:59:am
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Ok now that made me smile pretty big. ;-)

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on December 23, 2008 @ 01:03:am
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LOL, it should! :afro:

Conservative Belle wrote a comment on December 23, 2008 @ 05:35:am
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Wow! Congrats. I didn’t know we were supposed to celebrate such things on our blogs. I will have to pay close attention on my own blog because I’m getting pretty close to 1000!

I’m in a similar situation as you with a secure job and good benefits, but I really don’t enjoy what I do. I have some dream jobs, but right now they are just dreams because common sense prevails, particularly in this economy.

I love how you want to take care of others. Selflessness is a fine characteristic.