I'm in a mood today.

I realize it's been a while since my last posting, but Real Life intruded upon the blogging world, as it always does. I've been at my job since late September of last year and I've already seen people leave for better jobs, get promoted, or in some cases, fired. This all makes me wonder if I shouldn't seek employment elsewhere. This shift is not doing my body any good whatsoever (11PM - 7AM), and there is practically no way that I'll "get noticed" by management and get ahead, even if I wanted to rise in this company's hierarchy, which I'm not sure if I want to or not.

I wish things were the way they were when my father entered the workplace: you got your training in whatever field you chose and you worked for the company until you retired and then the company would take care of you by providing you with a pension so that you and the missus could retire and not worry about having to eat dog food out of a can just to get by.

I don't know if you can tell, but I'm in a mood today.

Let me throw this question out there and see who answers: how am I supposed to find a job that pays me what I'm worth and doesn't make me feel like I'm parceling out bits of my lifespan and my soul to an employer that couldn't care less? How can I find a job that lets me actually be creative in an artistic way and actually feeds my soul and my wallet? Is such a thing possible? Part of me wants to hope that it is, but another part of me just wants to rail away at the heavens for all the good it would do me.

Forgive me for getting all emotional, but if I can't vent here, I can't vent anywhere.

Next time I post a blog entry, it'll be funny. I promise.
Take care,
~Rob