Comments on: Banging My Gong – The Brand, Part 3 http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3 Helping Internet Writers Achieve Their Dreams Mon, 07 May 2012 17:36:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: raj http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-668 raj Thu, 15 May 2008 00:38:39 +0000 http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3#comment-668 Bob: So glad you pulled through. Transitions are never easy. I was in a similar state of mind but I actually found the IT work (contract) fulfilling. There were other social issues, which I've written about elsewhere and don't like to revisit too often. Can't wait to find the next part in this series. Bob: So glad you pulled through. Transitions are never easy. I was in a similar state of mind but I actually found the IT work (contract) fulfilling. There were other social issues, which I’ve written about elsewhere and don’t like to revisit too often.

Can’t wait to find the next part in this series.

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]]> By: Bob http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-168 Bob Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:43:32 +0000 http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3#comment-168 @ Amy - I know what ya mean. @ DeafMom - Welcome, welcome! I hope I don't disappoint! @ Amy – I know what ya mean.

@ DeafMom – Welcome, welcome! I hope I don’t disappoint!

]]> By: DeafMom http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-165 DeafMom Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:41:11 +0000 http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3#comment-165 Hanging on to every word and wanting to read more! Hanging on to every word and wanting to read more!

]]> By: AmyL http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-162 AmyL Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:43:29 +0000 http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3#comment-162 Okay, now I love Angie even more. :) Okay, now I love Angie even more. :)

]]> By: Bob http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-161 Bob Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:08:43 +0000 http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3#comment-161 @ Vijayendra - Thanks for stopping in, and for your well-wishes. @ Steve - the guy was more than a tool. He was a <i>power</i> tool. Having said that, I owe him my career now, in some ways. @ Vijayendra – Thanks for stopping in, and for your well-wishes.

@ Steve – the guy was more than a tool. He was a power tool. Having said that, I owe him my career now, in some ways.

]]> By: Steve Mills http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-160 Steve Mills Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:24:04 +0000 http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3#comment-160 Thanks for sharing your story. I worked in technical support / system admin for a little while and I can agree that it is soul-less, meaningless work. Combine it with a tool for a boss and it becomes very hard to get up out of bed in the morning and go to work. It is a shame that sometimes it takes something like getting fired to shake us out of our work induced auto-pilot lives and find something meaninful to do, but it can be the best thing that ever happens. Steve Mills Thanks for sharing your story.

I worked in technical support / system admin for a little while and I can agree that it is soul-less, meaningless work. Combine it with a tool for a boss and it becomes very hard to get up out of bed in the morning and go to work.

It is a shame that sometimes it takes something like getting fired to shake us out of our work induced auto-pilot lives and find something meaninful to do, but it can be the best thing that ever happens.

Steve Mills

]]> By: Vijayendra Mohanty http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-158 Vijayendra Mohanty Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:35:03 +0000 http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3#comment-158 Thanks for the candid account. My best to your family. Thanks for the candid account. My best to your family.

]]> By: Bob http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-152 Bob Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:32:15 +0000 http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3#comment-152 I wasn't suicidal, but I was close. I was trying to think of ways to become disabled, it was that bad. The more I think about this post, the more I realize I've left out one significant thing: Anti-depressants. I tried several through that time and none of them could control my anxiety. Some helped more than others, and when I was ready to move forward doing something fulfilling, those meds proved an invaluable support. I see my recovery as a stool with 3 legs: Angie and the girls, meaningful work, and Wellbutrin. Knock out one leg and the stool falls over. I wasn’t suicidal, but I was close. I was trying to think of ways to become disabled, it was that bad.

The more I think about this post, the more I realize I’ve left out one significant thing:

Anti-depressants.

I tried several through that time and none of them could control my anxiety. Some helped more than others, and when I was ready to move forward doing something fulfilling, those meds proved an invaluable support. I see my recovery as a stool with 3 legs: Angie and the girls, meaningful work, and Wellbutrin. Knock out one leg and the stool falls over.

]]> By: Cath Lawson http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3/comment-page-1#comment-149 Cath Lawson Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:24:22 +0000 http://writing-journey.com/internet-writing/banging-my-gong-the-brand-part-3#comment-149 Hi Bob - what an amazing story. You must have felt really depressed if crashing into a telephone poll seemed like a better option than going to work. It must have been awful at the time though - depression is a horrible thing. It sound like you have a really supportive wife though and it's brilliant how you managed to pull things round and finally found something you loved doing. Hi Bob – what an amazing story. You must have felt really depressed if crashing into a telephone poll seemed like a better option than going to work.

It must have been awful at the time though – depression is a horrible thing. It sound like you have a really supportive wife though and it’s brilliant how you managed to pull things round and finally found something you loved doing.

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