We pause for fundraising.

In these great times of economic uncertainty, upheaval, and general mayhem, we all can probably rattle off at least one (or maybe a dozen) people we know who have been laid off, suffered salary cuts, taken forced unpaid vacations, and so on.  It’s tough, it’s tragic, it’s the way things go these days in the good old U.S. of A.

I don’t know about the rest of you, but in most cases, I feel fairly helpless in my ability to do anything for said friends who have lost their jobs.  I don’t consider myself “well-connected” in the business world; I work in communications (i.e., not the most lucrative or happening industry right now); and, networking, unfortunately, isn’t necessarily my strong suit.  Don’t get me wrong—I’ll do what I can for you.  But, well, that “doing” might just be buying you a good, strong martini or treating you to a night on the town to drink away the day spent scouring the internet for jobs. 

This morning, I found in my Gmail account an e-mail from a fellow blogger, Crisitunity, who also just found out she’s getting the pink slip come the end of July. Interestingly, she’s taking this forced life change and trying to make the best of it….by saving up for yoga teacher training.

Freaking awesome.

Teacher training is expensive.  Saving for it can be hard and can take years, depending on what kind of training you want to attend and at what level. 

So, help a yogi (and a writer) out. She’s selling some stories over at her site, seeking some donations (five bucks! ten bucks!), striving to take a great leap forward in pursuing her dream.  Cliche, but every little bit helps.

And that is my Monday morning solicitation.