Flying in a whirlwind

The thing is that we are living in tough times. And under we I mean myself specifically this time. It is a hurricane, and I can tell you I am getting dizzy from the continuous spinning.
As it happened, end of last November MSCI Barra terminated the fix term contract a tad bit – 2 months – earlier than I expected. It was a fix term contract, so I had some basis to expect it to end on a fix date. They thought it does not count. Whatever. Probably I would have done the same if I were them.

This is not a huge tragedy, but as it happens the financial crisis caught up with this part of the world, and basically every single project I had in sight was shot down in the last minute. Last minute means on Monday it’s “good to go”, on Tuesday it is “canceled”. Good luck with planning.

So here I am, trying to find something so I can pay my bills – thankfully I had the common sense to have a debt-insurance on every credit card, loan, debt so if everything goes really south, I will have it a bit easier for a short time.

There are two possibilities right now – I can fight claws and teeth to land a job as an employee, or I can fight claws and teeth to land a contract. Honestly, at the moment either solution would make me glad.
The plan to go and work abroad are ditched for now – the situation is at least as bad as here all over Europe, with the added benefit of my saving worth much less abroad than it does at home. Especially since the Forint (HUF) crashed so spectacularly in the last 3 months.

So just you know the whole story. I am at home right now, hunting jobs, talking with people, and hoping for a better future – maybe I should play the lottery, winning would solve my problems for sure.
And, accidentally reading up on marketing, finances, economics, and whatever I can find about small business and freelancing, and having huge lunch and coffee meetings with people in case I have to go totally independent, building some business knowledge in advance.

I planned to have a business in 5 years anyway, but then there were a lot of things in my career that I have reached faster than expected – and yes, I know I have had this idea since December, but fact is the local system is not really favouring small businesses. Quite the contrary.

But as they say: “A tight spot sharpens the mind”. The photo on the top, from au_tiger01 shows the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina. It shows a rather disastrous event, but also shows that while the market for cars is definitely down for the moment, boats can flourish. So I intend to find a boat – one with a strong engine. And preferably wheels for the time when the water is gone.

I have no doubt that I will have some solution – if all fails, I go and load trucks. That’s a job too -, I just wish life would go in less of a zig-zag.