Resume Building

I write this as a way to get my ideas on paper.

So I have been looking for replacement jobs for a while and after being employed for the same company for almost 12 years it occurs to me that I have not had to write or use a resume in a very long time.  I don't even know where to start, in fact I am so close to paying $50 so that I can take an online self guided course on how to put together a great resume.  Is this a good idea?  Is this something that any of you have had the chance to do over the years?   It is almost more stressful to research and write a resume than just staying at my dead end, no chance for promotion, job.

So as I go through and realize that I am nearing the end of my schooling and doing the things that I need to do to become a better member of this society, I realize that I am stuck and unable to really get out without basic business education.  It is almost as if my entire school experience has pruned me into not being able to do much with it afterwards without the basic writing skills that are required in order to be the best that I can be.  

Okay so my rant is over.  It is time for me to start researching and figuring out how to write a killer resume and become not just another brick in the wall, but a stand outside the wall and on my own two feet.

The Automobile Idea

This week I have been working on a research proposal for an ecology class as well as thinking about Earth Day which is coming up tomorrow.  I will be spending Earth Day playing a round of golf after work, in case you were wondering.  But that is besides the point of this short blog post.  

Traffic was horrendous yesterday and it took me an extra 20 minutes to get to school, which put me in a bit of a sour mood but it was no big deal.  As I was taking the bus looking out the window trying to figure out why traffic was so bad, other than the fact that it was 420 and all the potheads and stoners were out and about, I realized that almost every single vehicle on the road that was not commercial in its use was occupied by a single driver.  There were no passengers anywhere to be seen.  

This fact got me thinking about the traffic issues that face the greater Denver area, what if people actually carpooled, or better yet took the same public transportation that I was taking at that very moment.  So I did a bit of a thought experiment.  I thought of the most common places of work in the Denver area and realized that there are really only three, so the chances that a neighbor or even an acquaintance would be working within the same area were pretty high.  This led to the next phase of my thought experiment which had me counting private vehicles that had just the driver in them.  I counted 55 out of 56 cars had only one person in it.

What would happen if just two people drove together every day?  I thought maybe, just maybe traffic would be cut by 50% during the rush hour time slot.  In my mind this alone would cut travel time by roughly 5 minutes each way saving you and your new carpool buddy 10 minutes of aggravated driving each day and if the work week was 5 days an entire 50 minutes per week.  

Now let's think about the old carpool ads from the early 90's where every seat in a vehicle is occupied by coworkers all traveling with their coffee and breakfast alternating who drives each day.  So that would be 4 people per vehicle during the rush hour time or a whopping decrease in vehicles on the road by roughly 75%.   Now we are saving 8 minutes each way and a giant 80 minutes each week!  Now we are talking.  I am not writing this with the environment in mind even though that is where this all started, but what is the biggest cause of delays on a commute besides volume?

Road Construction.  If everybody just carpooled the need to widen the roads would not be there since the amount of cars would stay low.  This means that big construction projects at least for the near future would not be happening.  Road maintenance would not be as frequent since the normal amount of vehicles on a road would be a lot less as well.  

So to look at the overall outcomes of just carpooling or taking the many options for public transportation we would have a happier, healthier community.   Let's all do our part.

Back to the world at large

It has been a weekend that has been so much fun that coming back to the daily grind of work, school, and taking care of the housework has been hard for me to come back to.  For those of you that are not following my other blog, "Weights and Games" I just got back from Utah where I stayed with my grandmother and uncle while also attending a wedding.  I love going out to the town where they live as it is a step back from the city, a slow pace where I am able to think without feeling the rush of people or commitments all around me, it is an oasis of thought in the middle of the desert, not to mention a really cool little community where everyone waves at you and is pleasant on the outside.

Now  I sit here thinking about what to write for my other blog, reread journals on the feeding habits of coyotes in the south eastern portion of Utah, and wait for my turn to go back to work and think of the joy that I feel when I am able to step back and take a hard look at the world as a whole from the bubble that is Emery County.

I guess my putting thoughts here is a way to get my creative juices flowing as I try and make the other blog more of a professional branding blog, and to keep it free of the randomness that encompasses me as I write down just feelings, events, and daily life here.

I will continue to propose school projects here as a sounding board, will continue to put a few little tidbits of my side projects here, and will continue to make this as much of an intellectual pursuit as I can, for example I have just begun reading "The Prince" and will be discussing thoughts and learning here for the world to digest it with me, but it will also be a safe place for me and anyone else that wants to comment to discuss the events of the day and how they impact the life at large.

I guess these last four paragraphs have really been just me saying...  I'M BACK YA'LL AND LOOK FORWARD TO WRITING AND TALKING WITH YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN.