Beneath the Wraps

                 Marketing is horrible in Douglas County.  I noticed that shortly after we moved here from Salt Lake.  Marketing in Salt Lake was ALWAYS in everyone ’ s face ALL of the time.  It was quite refreshing not having advertisements and commercialism thrown at us every single minute – but I slowly understood the need.  Surely there has got to be a happy medium. Roland and I had both applied for several positions in August.   Nothing seemed to pan out.   Perhaps that is why Roland went with this hidden jewelry store which others had evidently heard of.   I never have.   The location is NOT a prime location.   It ’ s set back behind several food places.   For the first two months of being hired the Roseburg location wasn ’ t even open – though the building was there. The pandemic had slowed down its reopening.   And then when they did reopen they didn ’ t have any heat. ...

           There is a difference between a job and a career.   Career oriented people will put themselves out there.   They have a desire to advance.   They want to change things.   They want to set goals whether it is to make money or better the community, environment, what have you.   Some are so focused on their careers that nothing else is a priority.   Some balance their careers with other things that may have meaning in their lives – such as family or community.   Job people are those who need a paycheck just to make ends meet – or sometimes just to have an extra amount of cash.   These people don’t necessarily wish to make a career out of whatever they’re doing.   It is there just to get buy.   They are not married to their job or at least don’t want to be.   Often people have resentments about their situations on the job – or others that they work with.   Some feel used and abused and str...