In my Happy Things in my home post, I showed a picture of my favorite piece of artwork ever – the scratch board lion. A lot of you left nice comments about my lion and mentioned how I should do art again. I probably should do more art, but I very much have a love/hate relationship with art these days. Growing up, art was my passion long before I became interested in creative writing. For whatever reason, I was slightly…
I started riding lessons at 10/11, which is probably an average age for kids. For many years though, I considered that “late” because I started my first competitive sport when I was 5. Even though I’ve always loved horses, the lessons came later in my childhood because my first love in life was ice skating. Growing up in North Carolina, ice skating was kind of a spectacle to folks. It was still super rare, and I have no idea how…
Given the turbulent environment at the cult, you’d think there wouldn’t be much room for upward growth. In contrary, they actually gave promotions out like candy. Unlike candy, promotions weren’t very sweet. It was more of a curse than a blessing really, because they did not typically come with any raise. I knew several people who received a lot more responsibility, often switching departments or roles entirely, to bring the same amount of bacon home at the end of the day….
On the first day I showed up for work at the cult, I was given a homework assignment. “We require everyone who works here to read this Dave Ramsey book. Financial independence is very important to us,” the HR person said as he handed me the book. “There will be a quiz,” he added. Now there’s nothing wrong with Dave Ramsey and I know a lot of people love him, but this immediately turned me off from anything DR. I…
I live in a very old house. When I say old, I’m speaking more like Eddie Izzard’s opinion on American history than old old. Our house is no 1800’s New England house (lived in one of those too), but it was built in the 1930’s and it wasn’t built all that well. More sharecropper’s shack than chic bungalow. Not only is our shoddy cute house old, but it’s also the most secure part of our wealth. Why is that important? Because…
I spent the weekend with my Dad while he visited in Austin. While this was fun for me, it didn’t leave much time for the barn. It did however remind me of a story y’all might enjoy. If you asked either of my parents, they would say they had no idea where I got my love for horses from since neither of them are enthusiasts. Even though this is true, it’s not 100% accurate. Long before I was born, there…
Previously, I told y’all about the huddle and the DISC profiles from the craziest job I’ve ever had. Those had some cringeworthy moments for me and I’m sure for y’all as well… but the behind the scenes shittiness that went out beat anything I’ve ever experienced. Let me tell you more! At the cult, people tended to get promoted quickly. Promotions may or may not have title changes, but they always had an increase in responsibility and virtually never a pay…
My interview for the job that shall not be named was interesting on many different levels, but one of those levels was the DISC personality test I was given. Maybe my job career thus far has been old school, but I’d never been asked to take a personality test for a job before. The one they had me take was the DISC profile, which as explained by Wikipedia: DISC is a behaviour assessment tool based on the DISC theory of…