My name is Heather Whitmore and for a while I was climbing and descending the tracks of uncertainty with disdain for my average, unfulfilling every day life....and I don't mean to say that anyone living an average life has any reason to feel lack of fulfillment if they in fact are satisfied and happy, but I have never been average or accepted average.  Many people have found me to be strange and others have thought me to be exceptional....while I have just always felt out of place.  

I tried doing the Monday-Friday grind after marrying and having a child and I actually got a fairly good job that some of my coworkers considered their choice career.  But, I was miserable.  I was not meant for customer service,  collection of monies, and information gathering in a hospital environment.  I was not built to witness death regularly and disregard emotion for the sake of healthcare and expediency.  I hated my job and felt completely trapped because there was no way that I ever could, of my own volition, leave such a good and stable job which provided my daughter and I with amazing insurance, a cheap gym membership, the ability to receive my diabetic medications free-of-charge, etc. 

So, it was a complete surprise, when on January 18th of 2011, I was fired!  At first I cried and argued my case and asked how on earth they could fire me over something so silly(and I guarantee you....the reason was quite silly and unfair)and out-0f-my-control but they told me that they were sorry but there was really no other option......  I guess that my dislike for my job may have been a bit more apparent than I realized.  They sent me off with 2 1/2 weeks of paid leave and wished me well.  

After going home and thinking about my situation and future I started realizing how relieved and happy I was that I never again had to return to that hospital as an employee!  At first I searched for jobs.  I acquired an interview and they seemed to really like me and think of me as a great potential employee until they asked about my 'current' job with the hospital at which point I had to tell them that I had in fact been fired and was no longer employed.  I saw my interviewer's view of me change immediately and the interview was soon ended with a "thankyou" and "we'll be making our decision at the end of the week"......I knew that I wouldn't be getting the position at that point.

I knew that I needed to make an income somehow.  I started searching for opportunities on the internet.  I signed up to receive emails containing information pertaining to unemployment and possible routes for finding new jobs or receiving government grants to help with college tuition and different training courses.....but nothing seemed right.

One day a few months ago, I decided to go into a nearby shop named Mary's Antiques that I'd always known about but had never ventured into and.........I fell in love !  Mary's Antiques is a jewelry maker's dream.  She has any type of bead you could ever imagine and gives discounts when you check-out at the register.  As I browsed the store a woman who was also shopping, started talking with me and before I knew it she was instructing me on cinching beads and bead wire and convincing me that I should give jewelry-making a try and possibly even set up shop at a local artist's venue.  I went home and that very day my endeavor to become an entrepeneur  began.  My shop has been open for around 2 months now and I'm currently in the process of acquiring new methods of attracting customers to my site and getting word around.  

I may not be making a descent income as of yet but, I am so happy!  I got off track after highschool and fell into a downward spiral of depression and lack of fulfillment but I've finally returned to my true calling and I hope to never be forced back into the Monday-Friday grind!