Who Am I Kidding?

No matter where I wind up or what I might be doing for a living, I'll always be trying to work my way back.

Just sucks it had to come to an end (however brief it may be).

Ride on, boys and girls!

Is this what a reckoning feels like?

So as has been at least thinly veiled on this spot of cyberspace before, I have been unemployed since mid-May of this year. During that time, I've gotten in lots of cycling, quite a few moments with our kids, grocery shopping, and lots of time to think.

Like many of us in similar circumstances, I've been trying figure out what to do with myself. So far, I've come up with a few ideas and one or two offers but nothing that I've convinced the household either we can pull off or that I truly want to do it.

But that brings me to the point of this post. I believe I'm at a crossroads of trying to continue making my living in the bicycle industry. There have been a few openings this year which I've sent my resume in for review. To date, I've officially gotten one call back and two phone screens. That's in the course of five months of trying. Sadly, this is on par with the results I've gotten outside of the industry as well. Two call backs, one actual interview.

I spend a great deal of time and energy "keeping up" with what's going on in the business and not really learning anything new. Or at least finding anything new that strikes me as a holy cow moment or idea. The industry is very insular. There are tremendous people inside, but the companies as a whole seem to approach their existence in a rather cannibalistic way.

Currently, my inclination to give up on the bike business hinges on two outstanding applications. One job requires a move to southern California, the other to Minneapolis. Should both of those follow the same dire path as my previous marks...I think it's time to find a new shooting range. It took me seven years to land the gig I did and it lasted two years. That won't hack it.

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