Saturday, December 31, 2022

Living in a Holding Pattern

2023 is about an hour and half away and 2022 has been really weird. Post pandemic Earth is weird. I'm trying to figure out things on my own. I am drifting right now. I do gig driving to make hobby money and all to supplement my pension income. I don't have much happening and that's the feeling I never wanted.

Really since graduating this past spring I've kind of been living in a holding pattern. I've got nothing to really work towards and therefore no purpose to work within or goals to work towards. I've been applying for jobs within my degrees and can barely rate an interview. Which is odd, I've got one heck of a work ethic. I always come to work, I always do my job. That used to mean something. 

Regardless I've started towards a direction. It's not a purpose yet, in fact it might not be more than a hobby but it'll be fulfilling while I job hunt and gig drive. I'm not hurting, all my bills are paid, and I'm well fed. I may not make a lot of headway in paying bills off faster but for now I'm comfy. 

So here's what I'm going to do to break out of this holding pattern. I'm going to have themed dioramas made in 3D stl files. Then I'm going to obviously print them and then utilize a skill set I've built up since 1986 when I first went to school to study autobody repair and I picked up my first paint gun. 

I'm going to paint these custom dioramas. Also I'm going to film them on a time lapse and start my own youtube channel with that content. Basically it's going to scratch some creative itches and will be unique enough to capture a really small, micro niche. I've got to find my purpose again. I might as well utilize my skills while I'm trying to find someone to pay me for utilizing my skills.