i just got fired. it was the best job ive ever had, it didnt pay much, and it was only part time, but i loved it and it was such good experience (recent college grad in fashion, a very difficult field to get into) what the f@#$ am i supposed to do now? that was the only job that ive really never wanted to quit. why is it that as soon as things are going good something crappy happens? what the hell do i do now? this was the first one that i thought i could keep. i only took one sick day and that was when i first started. i looked forward to going to workin the morning, got excited about what i was doing. i got fired because i screwedup really bad on an expensive project. this blows.

i just got fired. it was the best job ive ever had, it didnt pay much, and it was only part time, but i loved it and it was such good experience (recent college grad in fashion, a very difficult field to get into) what the f@#$ am i supposed to do now? that was the only job that ive really never wanted to quit. why is it that as soon as things are going good something crappy happens? what the hell do i do now? this was the first one that i thought i could keep. i only took one sick day and that was when i first started. i looked forward to going to workin the morning, got excited about what i was doing. i got fired because i screwedup really bad on an expensive project. this blows.

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I am sorry to hear you got fired... That is NEVER a good thing, no matter what the reason...

Keep your heads up...

so on top of being fired this morning, i was sued by small claims court today by someone i subleted to this summer because i lost the job i had this spring when i originally moved in. this is ridiculous. why is this happening agian???

why is this happening agian???

THAT SUCKS...

Hang in there Weasel...

I feel your pain... Money problems SUCK...

Hey weasel, that really does suck. Just don't let it trigger an episode or get you so down you forget to take care of yourself. Be good to yourself, especially now. And come to the board for support. We're here for you.

WOW So sorry!

so i think things will maye work out. my dad is helping me out with the whole sued thing. and im trying to quickly throw together asmall web-based business with my friend. its something we've been talking about for close to a year, but just never really did. its good though, because both my parents and my boyfriend told me that this was a sign that i just need to do my own thing, so i can control how much work i take on, and what work i do. so hopefully this time we will get passed thestages of "seriously talking" about it and just do it. im suprisingly ok right now. my boyfriend made a comment to me that at least this wasnt a result of my having bipolar. it wasnt me quitting for no reason because i was having a badday. weirdwhy that would make me feel better, but it did, and hes right. this is the first time that my losing a job was not a result of my issues, and i cried all day monday when it happend, but it didnt trigger any "episodes". so anyway, we arent investingany money into it just yet. we are making stuff to put up on (very popular auction site here cause i dont think im allowed to say it) to see how it does, taking the first money from that if any and then get into the website, advertising, etc. we also out ads in classifieds around our area for people needing stuff sewn, altered, or added too............so anyways, i dont think that this is one of my crazy manic ideas, because it makes sense to other people...and we arent investing money in it right away because we both have tons of materials, and i have all the time in the world...so im hoping this happened for a good reason

im trying to quickly throw together asmall web-based business with my friend.
weasel, you might want to get a lawyer to make a contract so that you and your partner have independent personal finances. You become one legal entity, yet your personal finances are both tied in to the business. There are ways to minimize this connection so that one partner can't completely screw the other over. This is always a good idea in a partnership, but especially for people like us. When I get to that point, I'm going to build in as many failsafes as I can so that I don't have to worry about being responsible for screwing my partner in case something happened, just as a precaution.
it wasnt me quitting for no reason because i was having a badday. weirdwhy that would make me feel better, but it did, and hes right. this is the first time that my losing a job was not a result of my issues, and i cried all day monday when it happend, but it didnt trigger any "episodes".
Right on, it's great that you can see the difference, because everyone gets fired sometimes, and crying is natural. Sometimes, I have a hard time not pinning the blame on myself in situations like that.
so im hoping this happened for a good reason
Good luck with this, keep us posted with how it's going.

weasel, you might want to get a lawyer to make a contract so that you and your partner have independent personal finances. You become one legal entity, yet your personal finances are both tied in to the business. There are ways to minimize this connection so that one partner can't completely screw the other over. This is always a good idea in a partnership, but especially for people like us. When I get to that point, I'm going to build in as many failsafes as I can so that I don't have to worry about being responsible for screwing my partner in case something happened, just as a precaution.

Right on, it's great that you can see the difference, because everyone gets fired sometimes, and crying is natural. Sometimes, I have a hard time not pinning the blame on myself in situations like that.

Good luck with this, keep us posted with how it's going.


thanks fo rthe advice. yeah im going into this with my best friend, but i still kno better than to get money mixed up with that. im pretty sure she has some degree of bipolar as well....what a team, huh? hehe, anyways, we arent actually entering into this and pooling finacces until between the two of us we have the money and can make it incorporated, so our personal finances are separate from business finances, so we dont end up screwing each other, or having to file for personal bankruptcy should something happen. we advertise together, but thats about it, fo rnow.

and i do pin the blame on myself, but i am surrounded by people who know thats what i do, and have helped make me realize that its not a self blame thing, and it really looks like my boss was just having a bad day, because given the situation, i really shouldnt hae been a matter of firing.....


thanks, i appreciate the support. this board is great.