Me

My name is João and I'm from Portugal.
I've already published two posts but then, after exploring Steemit a bit, I figured I should to introduce myself...

Well, my story isn’t that interesting nor happy, but here it goes:

I´m 45 years old and for the past 2 years have been unemployed. I worked 14 years in the same place but with the so called “crisis” I got fired for costs reductions, nothing much different for millions of people around the world, I guess…

Before working at this place, I lived in Brazil and, after, in The Netherlands. It was two good experiences, it helped me to open my mind and understand that not much is needed to be happy (Brazil) and that we don’t have to sacrifice our personal live because of our professional one (The Netherlands)…

Anyway, at 35 I started Law school, against all the odds - I guess I was one of the very few who believe I would do it - and finished it at the age of 41. Since then I’ve done three Post-Graduations (Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Criminal Profiling and Forensic Criminology) and am now writing (…beginning to write) a Master’s essay on Juridical Forensic Science.

Well, the truth is that I’m just trying to keep my had busy so that I don’t think must about the situation I’m going through:

Unemployed, single father with a 14 years old kid at home, counting all cents so that I can fulfilled all our basic needs; sending CV’s to companies that don’t even answer me back; realising that, with 45 years, there’s not much opportunities out there for me and the ones that I see are completely out of my area (juridical).

I keep struggling for better days, keep giving the best education I can to my son, making him understand that in the dark mist there is always some light hidden that we’ll only see if we preserve a good heart and try to become a better person each day of our life.
I could have becomed an anger person and keep asking why things happened like they did; instead I fight for being better even if everything is going wrong. One day I’ll get a good opportunity of given back all the good I have in me.

Besides my son I have three passions: Surf, Muaythai and Laws. They’re what makes me keep some physical and intelectual sanity.
Going to the sea, catching some waves and making me feel like we’re just one. Nature has this ability to remind me that life is precious and that I must embrace whatever is going on with me; Muaythai helps to let go of negative energies at bring up the vitality in my body and helps me get a sense of spiritual balance with meditation before and after training; the Laws help understand how society works and it needs to be regulated so that human kind can live has a whole (don’t believe it´s working has it should but that’s another topic that maybe I’ll write about one day).

So, now I’m here sharing with everybody some thoughts about Life, about Law, about whatever comes to my mind and could have some interest, hope you enjoy it.

João