I find it frustrating when I asked for Long Service leave over the Christmas period (till the first week of January) only to be declined.
 
It is too busy etc etc is the reason. So, over the last 2 weeks, all casual (well 80%) have had half shifts and are being sent home. We have had at last count, 110 casuals quit because they were promised 12 hour shifts, left their jobs, only to find 12 to 16 hours per week available.
 
So this Christmas I can not travel to see my brothers and family and friends again because of this stupid policy.
 
I have put a line in the sand. My birthday is June 26. I will be 48 (!!!) This will be my last birthday in this warehouse. I am not sure how, but I will build up to $1,000 per week another way, using photography and Organo Gold Coffee to do it.
 
I am in the position I am now because of the decisions made 5 years ago. No money in my pocket, no money in the bank, working and surviving week to week. This is not freedom. This is bondage.
Financial freedom is freeing. That may sound strange but it is true. Freedom to be responsible for your own income, taking risks and growing as an individual is freeing.
 
Personal growth with the goal to help other achieve the best they can be is the ultimate call of a person. Your life to help others achieve more than they are at present.