Stress Level 11

I have been feeling a lot more stressed in life this last month or so. I have tried to smile and just go with the flow but it has been getting harder and harder to ignore.

Last November my Wife was laid off from her job due to the economy. She took it pretty hard but also looked at some positives. She was able to get some projects done around the house and her E.I. payments were close to what she was making while working.

She figured that she would have plenty of time to find a new job by the time October came around. That is far from the case now as the job market in Alberta is tough and its hard to find a job that is a career and not just a temporary filler.

We can survive without her working, but my work has undergone more changes in the last couple of months with more to come. This affects me because I am in a specialized position that was created by the old management team. None of those people are in their old management positions anymore and with the economy where its at still, my position is not that secure anymore.

I know that a change is coming, I just don't know what it is. It may be time to change careers or maybe start a new business (just don't know what that would be yet).