Expect the Unexpected
A hangover has never felt so good. Yesterday at this exact time, I was the unemployed writer of a blog on my journey through unemployment. I had one follower and a handful of loyal friends who were following along. Today I am still unemployed, but am incredibly overwhelmed by the reaction to my blog being posted at businessinsider.com. More than 16,000 hits later, plus a bunch of comments -- some of which that were even positive -- and now I have 13 followers. It has never been my goal to become the most popular unemployed guy in America, but after writing a couple of blogs, I was really hoping that my journey could inspire others with similar stories. That being said, I never expected this. I never expected to hear from a lady “in her 40’s”, who was unemployed for eight months before having to move her family across the country to take the only job she had been offered. She said that she “sincerely hopes that something positive comes to me as a result of my blog”. Thank you a...