Friday 05.30.2020

Where am I at in terms of life?

So far, the main thing I hope to accomplish is to be on my own; to be self-sufficient. As of right now I graduated just about 1 year ago and the hope was the I was going to get a stable job, start paying for my own utilities like healthcare, car insurance, and at some point, phone plan. Then after I was going to move out into my own place. So far most everything I pay for on my own with the exception of rent because I still live with the relatives. This is obviously a good way to save money considering that they do not make me pay rent, however, I am going to be real. As much a I love my family I am going to need to my own person soon. I’m the kind of person the takes the GPS to a familiar place a couple times before I navigate on my own kind a guy. Meaning I won’t know what “life” on my own is until attempt it. Plus, my siblings are growing older and soon my they will need their own rooms. So, it’s not that I’m leaving out of defiance or anything negative, although sometimes I would like my own space, I need to experience life for me. As well as allowing one of my other cousins to develop on this own as he is the youngest and more than not asks for help when it comes to anything. He can definitely do himself, but he is so used to having someone help him or arrive at his beckon (youngest sibling issues I suppose).

So far, I believe my plans are going somewhat smoothly, but with no exception.

I was hoping to move out around summer in 2020… and due to this pandemic, it looks like that is not going to happen. Not only is it kind of impossible to find place to stay during these times, I also lost the prospect of a stable job. As in I use to work at Makita in the AR department. They typically do temp to hire police which is three months of a temporary position then they will most likely higher you. Unfortunately, the lock down took place after me during the second month of my probation period, so I wasn’t able to work remote and therefore keep the job.

So yeah 2020 wasn’t looking so hot fortunate, the agency I’m part of found me another position in a week. This is/was great news however, now I’m in a bit of a pickle. So the position is in the San Diego and I live in Pasadena CA so about two to two and half hours away from where I live. Now I am able to work remote because everything is web base and I didn’t need and interview, because my skill set just required some training to just the systems. Great New I have a job! However, this currently position I know its going to be temporary and it doubtful that they will hire me into the team so that’s a problem, secondly, if by some stroke of fate I do get hired, am I going to move down to SD? Both valid questions

Granted that would not be a bad thing entirely, it would just be an extreme case of a hard shift in my life. Though considering the volumes of stock trades it doesn’t seem like that is happening anytime soon because rumor has it that the pandemic will keep us all inside until at least the end of summer. Meaning there won’t be any availability for housing and the economy I going to be really slow overall.

How are we as American handling this even? I would say along the lines of not well because people in American tend to act two ways “all in panic mode” or scoff because they could care less. Even the beaches in OC had to be closed down by government order because people were still going despite the soft close! We had to escalated it in order for it to be done thus reaffirming this need for it to be a life or death situation.

Meanwhile, as we till collectively distance our self socially and remain vigilant to stay at home I can but help wonder how this seeming short amount of time away is effecting a lot of business. It definitely affects smaller business that will ultimately come and go. It’s true that a lot of these mom & pop shop might disappear since their margins are low as well as new stores especially those in the restaurant industry. However, I can help to think about larger businesses that thrive on people such as movies theaters and amusement parks. They often don’t make profit from admissions, but from food and merchandising. All of which are close because you can really have taken out option in an amusement park. Same with movie theaters. It is scary to see how a few months of the stay at home order setting so many industries back. Again, back to amusement parks, they are place that everyone from everywhere typically knows of. It is a place where people go to have fun, loose hats, lighten your wallet, and gain weight at the same time! Now its all empty. Naturally all the service teams there need to remain in order to keep everything in working order, but without the masses of people with season passes and tourist arriving in flocks I can’t say the parks are very lucrative right now or if they will emerge from this even unscathed. This will be something people will know from all around the world because amusement parks are common points of interest.

Furthermore, this mini stasis in time was good for all of use to see the delicate balance between us and society. Much like how in our own body blood flows around continuously we as people need to flow around in society in order to make it all work. On the bright side of all of this people have since found a a way to appreciate what we do have more; though probably a common thought during any low point in time it does have impact in the sense where everyone is effect. From the small business owner to the millionaire next door everyone is affected in some way; Therefore, the government has to restructure in order to preserve the flow of capital for all status of society we are all connected. What mean by that is even if a person is rich and has the means to wait this even out, there is a connection from other majority of working men and women that need to provide services for these people like they restaurant owner that cant afford to stay open during this time.

We are all in the same world under the same president, I know we will pull through; this will be an eye-opening experience for everyone and I hope it will facilitate necessary changes and advancements in our society.