Fishin'

I used to have a sign that read:
If you always do what you've always done,
You'll always get what you've always got.

It is so easy to get in a rut. Definition: RUT = a grave with both ends knocked out. Keep doing the same thing and you get in a rut. The longer you do the same thing, the deeper the rut and the harder to change. That seems to be where I have been. I keep trying to do the same thing to satisfy my need for a job. I have called people that I know and I hear, "Let me call you back." And then they don't call. I call back and still don't hear anything. So I can keep doing the same thing and expect different results or I can change my approach and move forward. Interesting.

Of course, if what you are doing is working then keep doing it. It happened last Saturday. Fishing was rough with the tide out but after 4 hours of nothing, the tide started to come in and the fish started biting. I cast my bait and let it drift down with the current and the trout took it. I did the same thing again and caught another fish in the exact same spot. A third cast, got to the same place, another hit. I told Marc what I was doing and he tried it and got a hit. It went on like that for an hour and a half. When it was all done, we had 8 trout in the boat, had thrown about 6 back because they were too small and had about that many that got off the hook before we got them to the boat. Was really a lot of fun. Wish I was having that much fun job hunting. As I get out of the rut, my attitude has changed and I am looking in places that I haven't before. Expectation has changed, too. We'll see.