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| Christina Fajardo - Graphic Designer Austin American-Statesman |
So after 15 years as a graphic designer in the Marketing Department at the at the Austin American-Statesman, I got laid off yesterday..... what a blessing! I feel so free! I had been trying to figure out how I was going to transition out of the 40 hour a week job and it was handed to me on a silver plater during my annual review.
As if by magic, I was able to walk out of my corner office on the 3rd floor, get in my car and drive down Congress Ave to Opal Divine's. There was a SXSW event going on. All my friends were there. Jimmy LaFave was the first person I saw. He said "What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at work?" I said "I just got laid off." He said "You don't look very upset." I smiled and said "I'm not!"
I sat and listened to
all my favorite bands, drank a cocktail and ate my favorite food, feeling extremely grateful for the job I had for 15 years while I raise two children, bought a house, a car and all those other luxuries that a single person has to purchase for one's self.
I'm really looking forward to what my future is going to look like.
I wonder who is going to do all that work.... ha! Not.
I wonder who is going to do all that work.... ha! Not.
