Intro to Out of This Cube Farm

Have you ever gotten to the point in your life where you see all the crap around you and think "this has to stop"? I've reached that point, and am beginning to dig myself out of the muck slowly but surely. I'm working hard to overwrite the thoughts that have held me back all this time.

This isn't intended to be my personal diary. If it was, I'd stick with my Livejournal account and make it private. What I hope to accomplish here is to share what I'm doing with others who may be going through the same thing in the hopes that I can do some good. If this blog keeps even one person from hitting rock bottom, that's great, because no one deserves to feel that way. 

Much of the content will be about work, because that's where most of my woes originate. Hence the name of the blog (which doubles as an homage to Thomas Bell's classic book Out of This Furnace). But I'll talk about pretty much anything that matters. I'm open to suggestions from others as well.

Just as a warning, this site isn't going to be all sunshine and unicorns. I'm an ornery old b, and there will be plenty of potholes on my road to recovery, so I'll be ranting and griping here too. I'll just try not to do it all  the time.  

Thank you for reading. -GoGR