I am unhappy.

[J_Parker]

Congrats on working things out Justin!

[green-lantern]

Whew, thanks everyone! I was drowning my sorrows the other day. All this uncertainty with the business is stressing me out and in some ways brought up some of the uncertainties in my own life. I struggle with a sort of existential angst sometimes.

So I spoke with the CEO yesterday. (Today? My time zones are all screwed up.) The conversation actually went better than I ever expected - it's SO important to have good leadership, and our CEO is great. The good news is, she's going to work with me to find a balance between getting things done here and maintaining my life in Tennessee. So TN folks are stuck with me for the time being. Although I might be spending weeks / months here and there in California.

I want to reply individually to people but I'm exhausted, so I'll chat with you all later. Thanks.

That's great man! I was hoping you would work something out like this, a middle ground that would allow you to reach goals with this company and still have some kind of life here in TN. Just think if you moved out there and took the car you would have to put emissions back on it. lol That would suck ha ha

I tried to give you a call yesterday. I wasn't sure about the time change and thought you might be busy but tried anyway.

Give me a ring whenever you get some time and sanity.

[stealthify]

Glad to hear things are looking up again man!

[Intropy]

I have wanted to be in LA (Well Irvine, oc), for the longest time and ended up getting stuck in Ohio for personal reason much to my dismay.

Ha ha, well compared to Ohio... yeah it might be an improvement. Have you ever lived or worked here? My standard reply when people express this sentiment - you might not want to live here as much as you think. I would probably need a $30-40k raise just to maintain the same standard of living. Seriously.

I do have to admit though - the "aura" is very appealing if you keep to the nicer parts.

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-...-los-angeles-1

LA is #10 on the most obscene cities In America lol

LOL, obscenely expensive maybe.

[MK_94_3000GT]

Ha ha, well compared to Ohio... yeah it might be an improvement. Have you ever lived or worked here? My standard reply when people express this sentiment - you might not want to live here as much as you think. I would probably need a $30-40k raise just to maintain the same standard of living. Seriously.

I do have to admit though - the "aura" is very appealing if you keep to the nicer parts.

I'm a young kid my standard of living is pretty blah to begin with wouldn't mind living in pretty much a shack. Kinda one of those things I think I could make it get better especially now that I made my business bigger.

Anyhow glad you seem to have got things worked out to a place where you can stay where you want and save the company. Good luck going forward with it man.

[Intropy]

Wow, here's a life lesson for you that I'm just now learning: never underestimate the power of being assertive. So as you know, I was sort of at the end of my rope, both with the company and with my own personal direction. So I decided to meet with the CEO and spill my guts, and in general since then, I've had a "say whatever I want, real niggaz don't give a f*ck" attitude. Totally unlike me.

Well, since then, I have been promoted, got a raise, and hooked up with our smoking hot accountant who is way out of my league... holy crap! LOL

[stealthify]

Grats man

[j2k4]

I have been promoted, got a raise, and hooked up with our smoking hot accountant who is way out of my league... holy crap! LOL

Oooh.

Careful, there.

Possible dire consequences.

Is her name Jennifer?

[Granny]

She hasn't seen you in the coveralls yet!

I'm glad things are working out. You deserve it.

[Intropy]

Careful, there.

Possible dire consequences.

Is her name Jennifer?

LOL, no... why? You know an accountant near L.A. named Jennifer?

Fortunately we're a small business with no official "don't date the hot accountant" policies... but yeah I'm aware. Or are you talking about other consequences?

She hasn't seen you in the coveralls yet!

I'm glad things are working out. You deserve it.

Ha ha... yeah I'm not sure I fit in here... but one trip to Venice Beach convinces me that no one fits in here.