Dodged a bullet

There were major lay-offs at my company this week. Ten percent of the workforce is gone. As foreshadowed earlier in this blog, this came as no surprise to me, though it did to some of my (perhaps naive?) colleagues. The only thing that did surprise me was that my whole department has come through it unscathed; neither I nor any of my friends have been directly affected. We are incredibly lucky. Some people who I thought were permanent fixtures of the company got the tap on the shoulder.

Though it was no surprise, it was still a shock: enough to make me realise that I am very fortunate to have a job at all, and that it is time for this period of vague disillusionment and apathy to come to an end - and I am not just talking about work. Soon after hearing the news, I felt a sudden urge to do more fiction writing (perhaps in anticipation of soon having a lot more time on my hands to write a novel?). I'll let you know how that plays out!