Professional Life: 2021: My day-to-day work life did not have a dramatic change like it did back in 2020. I am still under the same larger department, but the product line is more streamlined. Instead of handling individual’s money, I am working with business owners to offer their employees life insurance. In my previous role, there were at least five different types of accounts that I had to be familiar with to handle a standard phone call. Now that I am down to one product, I am able to dig deeper into the subject. I have a lot of tenure around me now. My current Team Lead has over 10 years’ experience…
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A slowly rising alarm breaks my restless sleep on my first day. I go to the window to open the curtain and I am greeted by pure darkness. Artificial light is my early morning companion. Following my normal routine of making a large breakfast brings a sense of stability to this rather odd day. I make my way onto the interstate highway as a few clouds start to expose the pale blue sky. As I cross the bridge over the small river, sunbeams cut down towards the ground, little rays of hope on this gray morning. Finding a parking spot at my new location is harder that I…
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Life Update after being in Illinois for 3 years.
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Hazel eyes stare into a virtual worldSocial guidelines restrict movementWeather brings darkness, even at middayThis is not a temporary fantasyNo willpower can resolveHope for a certain future waversDeeper still into the depthsMental acuity replaced with foggy uncertaintyThe pounding rain intensifiesMatching the turmoilModern conveniences offer no respiteHuman contact awaits
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Can we at least locate a future date online?
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Nocturnal by natureCreated for comfortMy master controls me An array of colorsOnly the bestNothing like my boring cousins Awake or asleepThey have no in-betweenFollowing the old ways I am the futureEvolved from demandUseful Working together as oneA simpler world is bornNo rest for the weary