I went on a job applying bender for a month or so and applied to about 200 places in and outside my current city. I have a job, but overtime has been slow to come back (work is slow, but usually the lull does not last this long). I applied to 200 jobs, got maybe 4 or 5 call backs, some interest online (but the pay was not enough), flew out to this one city, and nada. I did get a callback this week and the pay is good and will go into an actual interview with this company. I am crossing my fingers.

The larger thing I found is that with being in growth mode for my career and realizing my industry is spread out, I may need to move again even further into the future. This made me consider whether settling down in one area makes sense, or whether I should just be prepared to move in the future. I was planning on hunkering down and getting a second job, but a 40% increase is too hard to pass up. I may not get the job, but my future seems destined for the one city, as my current city dried up.

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How do you plan for the future, if at all? How did the current paradigm change things?