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The story of job loss and rebuilding...at middle age |
A Book for Our Times: Anchor
Stevens' award-winning story about the experience of falling unexpectedly into poverty at mid-life and what his character,
Jimbo, does about it. Winner of the 2009 book-length annual Eaton Literary award. Check out this review at Vogel's Bookshelf, Midwest Book Review, June 2012.
Anchor on the move. |
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What does he do when the bottom falls out? |
Born: New York City Early years: Lived in Astoria, then northern
New Jersey. Education: Attended distinguished art and design school, received
BFA Professional career: Began as a young art director, currently own small media
strategy, marketing and design communications firm. Busy freelancing and consulting, about to start-up some new on-line enterprises.
Avocations: Animals, photography, painting, travel About "Pipedream: Life at Middle Age:" This story is fiction
grounded in personal experience. It chronicles a year in the life of Jimbo, beginning when he loses his 4th job in less than
a decade, just as the economic bubble is about to pop. The story documents his fall from the middle class and what he discovers
in the experience of impoverishment as it slowly, then quickly, envelops him--
Purchase: You can purchase this publication at Createspace. It is also available on Amazon. Contact: eMail Anchor Stevens
Sketches drawn by Anchor Stevens to help get at what has occurred.
These are not included in the publication of this book, but may show up in a subsequent edition.
Endless job searches on-line. |
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"Nothing to show for it." |
Fruitless Phone Interviews |
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"Nothing to Show for It." |
Utter Exhaustion |
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"Nothing to Show for It" |
Jimbo's transplanted tree |
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"Nothing to show for it." |
Daily walk through woods... |
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Getting some peace with his 2 dogs |
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Your job "going away?"
Brace yourselves. Once was true that companies were looking for good people. Now, they
look for good "fits," and only on an "if we have to," basis. Whose job is not in jeopardy?
11:53 pm edt
Monday, May 16, 2011
Pie Shrinking?
Is all this talk about massive debt, budget cuts, tax increases, entitlement programs
and the atrophying of the American economic fabric due to one reason, and one reason only? If you add the minus $15 trillion in lost wealth that has occurred in the past 3 years plus the $14 trillion in new
debt, and you use the basketball system of accounting (when one team loses the ball, the other team takes it over and scores
two points. Net difference, -4 points), you can conclude that our net loss totals about $30 trillion dollars. If you divide
this by the approximate 100 million who make up the workforce, you arrive at a number that approximates what each working
citizen owes the US Government. If you divide this by 300 million Americans, you get what every man, woman and child owes,
in personal debt. In other words, the pie is not expanding, but shrinking. In this man's view, no single change in policy will provide to make up
for this kind of loss. The only remedy that will work to restore economic health is to fertilize, grow and nurture new enterprise.
For those who have forgotten a simple lesson, this is where our wealth came from. This is what we have relinquished. This
is what we have let rot.
10:05 pm edt
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Your Company
How many employees are over 50 years old? What percentage is this?
10:44 am edt
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