It looks like there will be a daily component to this blog too. I’ll talk about how my day went as I manage work and symptoms of PTSD and Depression. Maybe veterans will read this, find it in some way meaningful and hopefully that helps them transition.
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Lately I’ve been working a little harder than normal because the VCC has partnered with the Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources to connect veterans to some great opportunities. This has without a doubt added some tremendous burden to me because I’m not the best recruiter and I have a full schedule already. Well it’s come to the point in the process where hiring is about to begin and veterans will have found jobs. Nothing permanent unfortunately but work which could lead to meaningful employment which in my book reads better because a job that you have which you are miserable with is no job, its a prison sentence. Too many veterans get out and waste away from one wrong job to the next as they downplay themselves and their service.
My hope is to help veterans realize their potential and translate the incredible skill they acquired through service dedication and hard damn work. Many people deal with the same issues a veteran does, we all have baggage, but veterans posses the unique aspect of having been reprogrammed to transition out of typical social behavior into a more stringent, regimented life. The system is broken, and as veterans transition out, they lack the necessary skills to reprogram their lives back into something socially relevant.
The work I do helps veterans realize this and when I get frustrated or overwhelmed it’s easy to forget whatever good I do. Days like today when so many are on the cusp of finding work and they don’t even know it yet, feels good and it helps bring me back down. My only wish is that a great job like these which I’m recruiting for, could be found for every veteran.
I’m done venting and reflecting, it’s back to work for me.
Thanks for listening,
hm2grish
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