out with the old....

just a couple of months ago... [ weeks ago ] i was super broke.

the past two years have SUCKED........... beyond sucking.....

in '06 I was kinda on top of the world working at merrill lynch as a financial advisor until i didn't pass my series 7 exam.

i landed a job at bank of america flipping through docs while getting my AA at FCCJ (at the time).
the economy rolled over and i just so happened to audition at JU for a scholarship for photography.

what seemed like a good shift in life "just in the nick of time"  turned out to be one of the biggest trials of my life..
... becoming a full time student... with full time bills.... in a crappy economy .... living with my parents.... with a thirst for partying...  indeed was the most trying time of my life.

drugs, sex, n alcohol back in the merrill days.... oh what a time. ....
imagine the complete opposite but negatively paralleled : broke, desperate, and stressed.
the "light at the end of the tunnel" was photography.

>>>>>>>FLASH FORWARD 2 YEARS>>>>>>>> graduated in May.
SUMMER SUCKED... if you could plug a mike up to my brain... you would hear...
"PARTYING SUCKS NOW... "
"drugs, sex, alcohol have no benefit to me now"
"what is going to happen to me in this new chapter of my life?"

it was like playing a OUIJA board in my head by myself.

Having explored all the boundaries of life I've come to the conclusion that biggest benefits I've had in life have been while 'walking with God' and obeying his commands.

through thick and thin i've been a faithful tither... since about 07 until now.

i say that not to brag but to declare that i'd probably be dead had I not.

Tithing & sinning = learning life the hard way.

being a hokey pokey believer and "the life of the party" wasn't really working out for me.

my craziness hit a head last december and i just totally gave in to God....

i became an usher at my CHURCH [click me] in January and week after week God's been clipping off my "dead branches"

the taste for partying has subsided. my ego has shrunken. as well as my arrogance. i've seriously become a better version of my self... a completely new person. ...

oh yea... remember me talking about how not too long ago I've been super broke?

well... in an economy where MILLIONS are unemployed... God granted me with a permanent position at Bank of America as a Short Sale Negotiator. in short - I help people avoid going into foreclosure.

It's a rewarding position and I'm super thankful. The job has very little stress, a gym that I go to during lunch [ with towel service ;) ], an awesome campus... and it's kinda too good to be true y'kno?

with the new car [ http://reggietaylor.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-ride.html ] and new glasses [ http://reggietaylor.blogspot.com/2010/10/best-eye-exam-ever.html ] it seems that things are moving up for me. i'm due to move out of my parents house next month.. and then... i will embark upon Haiti.

... :)