In February, my mom and I were visiting my grandfather in his assisted living center, and inspiration came when I saw the Certified Nursing Aid (CNA) filling out paper work. I thought maybe I could do this. I got back to 'bama and did some research. A CNA pays pretty good, only requires a few months of training, and getting a job would be a lot easier since, unlike acting, is actually useful! I went back to work at the office expecting more of my sub-par life, but something changed... I seemingly overnight became a better employee, with better sleeping habits, beater hygiene, and my net worth more than doubled. After a while I came to the conclusion that this phenomenon resulted in a shift in my perspective. Before my goals had been nearly unachievable and unrealistic. Deep down I felt what I was doing now didn't matter because I was going to "make it big" someday. Since I started pursuing the CNA job, the "hear and now" are much more important to me.
Anyway, I signed up for classes at a local community college, passed with strait A's (something I've never done before!) and officially got certified on January 13th of this year! Since then I filled out applications to any nursing home I could find near my house. Yesterday I got a call from one of them saying the would like to hire me! The pay will be slightly lower than at my dads office, but that's ok since this is now my career. I'm scheduled to come in on Monday to fill out some paperwork.
In short, my life has never been better! I have a career, I'm making more money, I'm sleeping better, I'm interacting with people better (since I started taking medication), and I'm even getting laid more! Oh, and getting unbanned ain't to bad either
I haven't been this happy in a decade and a half, 2015 was the best year of my life, and it looks like 2016 and beyond will be even better.