Years later you find yourself in a job that is so far away from what you wanted, but you’ve got the money and the job title and, well, this is what you “do”.

But now, if things are unsteady in your company or industry, or things have already fallen apart, or if you are finally ready to give into those feelings that this is just not right for you – maybe it is time to re-evaluate.

I clearly remember back when I was just getting exposed to the internet, and Bulletin Boards before them, I wanted to learn HTML in order to make pages on the net for my own magazine.

I had a passion for magazines as a kid, I’d buy all of the ones related to my ZX Spectrum computer and pore over them in ridiculous detail, reading each article and advert, whether I had an interest in MIDI music or Desk-Top Publishing or not.

So years later when I could see the opportunity for my own magazine on-line I began to learn how to do it. Before I could begin anything I got a job using my new skills. Then I got the next job centered around that, and then I moved to a role using ASP, and so on and so on. Was this really what I wanted? My attempts to keep my hand in with some freelance journalism suggested otherwise, but Web Development became my job, my career and my secure cash-flow.

But of course it’s not secure. And here I am again cast-adrift. And I have had time to re-evaluate.

Maybe it’s your time to re-visit your passion and see if you can make it a career.

This website is for that morning after, or the Monday after if like me you were let go on a friday.  And it’s for the days after that, and after that.  SurviveRedundancy.co.uk is about how you and I cope with the position we’ve been put into.

And coping can take many forms, and I hope to be able, with your help, to cover as many of them as possible. Whether you are looking at jumping right back into employment, changing career or deciding to work for yourself, we’ll try to cover them all.

For me this journey is more about the last item and making it work. I’m at a crossroads. 33 years old, with a baby on its way, having worked in similar roles for the past decade+ and very rarely felt comfortable that they were right for me. I’ve dallied with freelancing/contracting before but this time is, and has to be, different.

And if through SurviveRedundancy.co.uk I can learn a bit more about what I can and want to do, and in turn help/inspire others who may feel the same way, then that is perfect.

It can be a lonely road, and sometimes it can be difficult to see the “wood for the trees” but it’s potentially an exciting one.  Let’s see how it goes!

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