If you lost your job, would you keep mum about it?

I know some people who have been laid off that try to keep it a secret. Why? A little bit of it might be embarrassment, but it's mainly because they don't want other people/potential future employers to see them as disposable. Makes sense. So why in the hell did I decide to start a blog called FIRED 'n' Fabulous? What the eff, man?!

Actually, I don't think I have shared my pink slip story yet. It wasn't like when The Donald tells contestants on The Apprentice to get out of his face because they suck at life. Umm, not quite.

I was a freelance reporter at a tabloid magazine, and when I took the job I knew straight up that that there was a good chance I would get the boot; they told me that from the jump. I didn't have any previous tabloid experience, but I figured if I busted my ass hard enough, everything would be OK.

I instantly got positive feedback from the editors on staff, and while I was worried about losing my job, I pushed the thought to the back of my mind. After I had been at the magazine about three months, I got called into my boss's office. I rushed in with a pad of paper and a pen, assuming I was going to be sent out on an assignment to stalk Jon Gosselin's house again or drive to a faraway courthouse to pick up divorce papers that documented a celebrity's infidelities.

As soon as I walked into the office, I was told to shut the door behind me. Uh-oh. I knew what was happening and as I heard the words "this just isn't working out," I wanted to crawl across the editor's desk and put him in chokehold until he screamed uncle. Obviously, I didn't. I kept my cool, said a few words, extended my hand and left.

I'm not going to get into everything that happened after that right now, but let me just say that it was not a fun experience. The whole situation just sucked, even though I knew from the beginning that being a tabloid reporter truly wasn't my destiny. Yikes, that was not a pleasant memory to relive. An.y.way.

Tell me: If you lost your job, would you keep mum about it? Is it ridiculous that I'm sharing my unemployed status with the world?

Welcome!

When I got fired from my job as a reporter at a tabloid magazine (I'm going to keep mum on which one) a couple months ago, I was totally stunned. I had quit a secure job at a teeny-bopper mag to take this job. I knew it was a risky move, and all along I told myself things could end this way, but I never really thought it would happen. Not to me. Needless to say, I've had more ups and downs these last 8 weeks than I have had in my entire life. Yet somehow, I feel more positive about the future than ever—and that my dears, is simply fabulous. So come and join me on this rollercoaster ride. It'll be fun, sometimes crazy, but never boring.

Let's get to know one another: What's fabulous in your world?