It seems as though life has been handing me bucketful after bucketful of fail recently. Lots of things have been seemingly going wrong and even those situations that seem to be taking a turn for the better have things that just make me scratch my head and say wtf. I must have pissed on somebody’s grave one night when i was younger or something to get this kind of karma going on. While I won’t get into the full details of what has been going on. I will say that the physical therapy I was getting ended in August. I got burned as a result of the Estim treatment they were giving me. It was a second degree burn on my back that I still have a scar from. It undid most all of the work I put in going there. The tension and stress that was created from the situation brought back most of the issues I was having with my back in the first place, with the exception of the extreme pain. That situation gave me a serious hit to my self confidence and affected my work output. In any case, fast forward a few months… Add in some of the stresses of a weak economy and less work and the financial outlook in my household is pretty bleak. I come across what seems to be a pretty good opportunity to pick up more work that will allow me to continue working for myself, yet have someone else send work to me for extra money. The person I have been talking to who is putting their name on this company is well connected and respected. They will most certainly be able to corner a substantial part of the market and get a large number of jobs to keep the work flowing. Good deal, or so I think. After some back and forth with the person I believe is running this new company, I get an email from the person whom I suspect will be my superior. My issue? This person is someone who I have known for sometime. This person is someone who I have a complete lack of respect for. This person is someone who I believe will be a hindrance rather than a catalyst. A person who I have absolutely no desire to do work for or with. Since receiving that email early yesterday. I have been contemplating all of those things. I have been looking for the positives in the situation aside from the extra money (which is sorely needed right now). I see none. As I was discussing the issues with my wife earlier. I was trying to come up with reasons why I should push ahead and not just retreat from it, waiting for the next opportunity which I seem to do more often than not. I came up with the title of my post and what I am going to try to implement as my new philosophy on moving forward. Consider every hurdle as an opportunity to jump higher.

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