I am a Multitask dragon trapped in a human body ! I've done too many jobs and been a volunteer in plenty of cultural, sports and charitable associations since I was very young. I do lots of DIY too, from home improvement, eco-building to renovation and repair of various objects and stuff. I was juggler, stilt walker and fire eater too...
I am a former Chef, I learned for it in high level catering school, I spent 10 years in kitchens in London, Switzerland or in France... in the early 2000's, I owned a restaurant "Eddy's Ghetto, saveurs du monde" in Nancy, Eddy was a goldfish (several goldfish in fact) their throne was a giant wine glass on the counter, once Eddy IV jumped out of his glass and died in front of clients... He was so desperate !!!
After that I spent many years in Performing Arts as a general manager for theater companies, modern circus Cies (without animals) and few bands, it was really fun time, mixing pleasure and work was so delightful. Creating shows, managing artists and tech staff, producing gigs and many kind of shows was fascinating and full of human encounters.
After a trip to Midwest US (mostly CO, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming... ) in order to try to change your life and find a job (that was fuckin' hard as hell), a big FAIL with my darling of the moment (she was bassist in a band I used to manage, she couldn't handle the distance between her and her family), a return to France and a rather tough surgery one month later... somatization is a load of crap !
In 2015, I turned into social working with all my abilities. I used to work in Recycling centers as team manager to help people with disabilities to get a new social or working life... Helped them to learn new skills in workshops like cycling repair, furniture renovation and repair, motorized machines (lawnmowers, hedge trimmers, tillers...) or washing machines, dryers, computers or any HI-FI system from vinyl turntables to home theaters repair and renovation... teaching them how to sort many products, objects, gadgets and gizmos from dishes to children's toys and how to place them and sell them in our shop was very thrilling, stressful but useful. Considering the fact that everything in my life turns to shit, what had to happen happened newly hired director trashed all my work and humiliated, harassed and threatened me in front of my entire team and volunteers... It ended with a huge Burn-Out ! The same day I lost my house in a fire... I was a the end of my life at this point !!!
My entire body has given out, my pain was such that I walked one year and a half with a cane, all my muscles and nerves were making me suffer... I was under tons of pills (morphine medication, antidepressants and others full of shit meds) and Covid has arrived, it made me shut myself up with unhealthy, dark thoughts and I didn't see or talk to anyone. what a bad "2 lost years" ?! I'm not sure it was 2 wasted years but I'm not proud of them as well... Now I am slowly starting to see people again and get involved in 2/3 projects as a volunteer and meeting some pros to make me feel better and think about my working life. We are lucky in France to have access to back to work support structure called "Pôle Emploi" filled with (sometimes) full of professional and experienced people, mine is pearl and we make a great duo, my last meeting with her was doubled-time as regular meeting (on the contrary of the other helped persons), anyway!
At 45, brainstorming on a new working plan is pleasant, interesting but kinda stressful...
Thank you to all those who read my thoughts of the day !
Wish you the best
Take care and be safe guys