Engineering or Martial Arts?

– Reginald GoodwinI was laid off on the 4th year anniversary of my father’s death: 26 August 2003. I was at the time 41 years old. I tried going “full-time” at martial arts, but the market is saturated with studios on almost every corner. I eventually had to close the business location. Tried graduate school in Astronomy at UT, but my quantum mechanical skills are twenty years rusty! I now teach at the Cedar Park and Taylor YMCAs as a contract Martial Arts Instructor. I enrolled in Kennedy-Western University (now Warren National University) in a PhD program in engineering. I’ve expressed my angst by blogging: http://outsourcedamerican.blogspot.com, then turning the blog into a book: “Unemployed: A Memoir.” You can find it on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Thank you for letting me share my story! I hope it helps and gives hope to others.

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