That sounds like a pretty shit year, it could be worse though, you could have ended up living in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
> Since a couple of years I have been running a small
> investment company (on the stock market) in Sweden very
> successfully. But in September last year I got captured by
> the financial crisis. Like a friend said to me: “This
> financial crisis has been worse than a divorce – You have
> lost half your money but you still have your wife left”.
> Even I lost a lot of money. During a period last autumn I
> felt very bad and I saw my life end up in ruin.
>
> To solve this grave situation I decide to try to get a job
> to hibernate the crisis. On my fist interview I mentioned
> that I was a big fan of Steinman’s music. And although
> they didn’t know who Steinman was they were very
> interested of it, which surprised me. After that interview
> I wrote in my job application that I was a big Steinman
> fan, as one of my interests. On every interview after that
> they wanted me to explain the music. At some works they
> had even made some research in Steinman’s music before
> they met me. It was positive to see that they were really
> enjoyed when I told them about the music. After two months
> desperately job seeking, I miraculously got a good job as
> an IT-auditor; just before the job market deteriorated
> even more. Sometime you have to be lucky.
>
> 2008 was a catastrophe, everything went wrong. The only
> good thing with 2008 is - that the year is over. 2009 has
> the possibilities to become a good year. My crisis is
> over. I have begun at my new work, I will soon move to a
> new beautiful apartment and my financial situation is
> stable again. Now I have the possibility and the strength
> to wait for the turnaround on the stock market so my
> capital can grow again. An appreciated bonus for 2009
> would be if we get some new Steinman music or a new Dream
> Engine show in NY.
>
|
