I think I am Accidentally Going Back To My Old Job and This Is Better

I don’t know how it happened, but I may accidentally be going back to my old job—actually doing the same work for the same company. I wouldn’t want the same job to be released under the old circumstances. I was looking to leave and create a life of freedom.

I planned to work 100% online, travel the world, and live a freedom lifestyle. What happened? I liked the work and loved the freedom it afforded me. Luckily I was let go and I left on good terms.

I believe everything happens for a reason. When one door is closed, many doors and windows immediately open for you. This is how I may be Accidentally Going Back To My Old Job and why things may be better.

Living The Digital Nomad Dream

I became a minimalist a few years before being released (terminated) from my old job. I was in the process of downsizing all of my possessions to live great with less money. I planned to earn money from my websites, quit my job, and live a free lifestyle.

I am a Telecommunications Network Technician. I planned to document my workday in the field and upload it to my YouTube channel, as well as create a podcast.

My employer had other plans and terminated me before I got everything off the ground. LOL. It was like they knew of my plans and put a monkey wrench in the works for shits and giggles.

In my last 90 days, I was taken off the road and placed in the Network Operations Center. That ended my future YouTube uploads documenting my workday in the field.

I only planned to work for one more year before I quit to live my digital nomad dreams. I was unprepared to accelerate my plans, but when life hands you lemons, you make lemonade.

Back To My Old Job Is New Again

I wanted to design my life so that I could be happier by living with only the essentials and shedding waste. That is how I am living now and making progress. I decided to become a contractor and pick up some jobs. I missed doing the work I did for many years.

As I worked online to build passive income, I missed being out and about working. I would set up offices at places that offer free WiFi, like malls, parks, and other public places daily.

I often saw people going to work and stopped to watch tradesmen working when I happened upon the job site. This is why I decided to go back to my old job. Not the company as much as the type of work.

When I made myself available, the floodgates opened. I was swamped with possible opportunities. Surprisingly, I am back at my old job. I am not entirely back to my old job, but it is better.

I am doing the same work for many other companies. I am back to my old job in that sense.

In a more direct sense, I am back at my old job through a contractor we used at the company where I last worked. Through this contractor, I am working with many of the same people I used to work with, doing the same work.

I am back to my old job in that sense, also.

The best part is that I work more with the people I like. It is not that I do not like others, but some people are more complex than others to work with.

I always try to love difficult people more, even though I may like them a little less.

Living Like A Tourist During My Workday

Now, I only work when and in the jobs I want. I try not to drive anywhere and use public transportation. I am never in a rush, and I avoid stress.

I look and move differently than other workers and commuters around me. I am enjoying my commute.

Recently, I had a few jobs in the new World Trade Center, and I behaved like a tourist. The company I used to work for had an office there, and when I would visit, I would be in and out, never really taking in the surroundings—the food, the shops, the landscape, the history.

Now, the World Trade Center Mall provides much of my work as the stores and shops move in. I enjoy them all. I am a tourist everywhere I go.

I recently had an evening job at Columbus Circle. I arrived almost two hours early to enjoy the sights, sounds, and food. My job was inside the enormous mall, and I drew some attention from security, but I had a ball.

Again, The Columbus Circle Mall has been my work source.

I used to work out of a building on Park Ave. I never realized the building had a lower level with a health club and shops. I always rushed to arrive on time and left to catch the train home.

I explored the area this time and even visited The United Nations before lunch.

Next week, I have a job in Queens and Brooklyn. I will explore those boroughs and enjoy the foods, sights, and sounds—living stress-free like a tourist.

Returning to my old job has been fun, excitement, and stress relief.

Conclusion

Becoming a Minimalist and drastically editing my possessions down to only the essentials has allowed me to live more with less. Combined with working online to produce passive income from my websites, I can work less and enjoy working more.

How would editing down your possessions and maintaining them affect your quality of life? Would you save a lot of time and money? If so, what would you do with that saved time and money?

I decided to go back to my old job. Is there a job you would go back to? Are you not doing what you would like to do because of finances?

Decide not to live in a world created for you by others. Escape The Pointless Rat Race!

Please tell me what you think 😉