$72k Per Year

Categories:Donny Pauling, Employment

After that last blog entry I was feeling pretty down. I stepped back from the computer and said, “God, this is not going very well. I need help.”

I fixed myself two egg sandwiches and got back online. The second link I clicked on Craigslist sounded interesting. I made a phone call and talked at length to the owner of the company offering the position. He made me an offer on the spot and wants me there in a week to start.

I’ll be a finance manager for an auto dealership.

This is, of course, much less than I’m used to making. But it will allow me to take care of my son. Try telling me that God’s not helping me.

  • Anonymous

    OHH GOD please let this guy be run over buy a runaway car on his first day of work. That way you can take him home to your “heaven”… Trust me – you will regret saving this fat fucker

  • Anonymous

    OHH GOD please let this guy be run over buy a runaway car on his first day of work. That way you can take him home to your “heaven”… Trust me – you will regret saving this fat fucker

  • Anonymous

    Try telling me that God’s not helping me.God didn’t help you. You read the job listings like the rest of us and found a job.God isn’t in my life and I have no problems finding jobs…

  • Anonymous

    Try telling me that God’s not helping me.

    God didn’t help you. You read the job listings like the rest of us and found a job.

    God isn’t in my life and I have no problems finding jobs…

  • GODrums

    Donovan,

    You are doing the right thing. DO NOT listen to these distractors. If you want an accountability partner….let me know and we will trade emails……I have been a sex addict for a long time………these guys just want to trip you up…..God Bless you and these guys too…..

  • GODrums

    Donovan,You are doing the right thing. DO NOT listen to these distractors. If you want an accountability partner….let me know and we will trade emails……I have been a sex addict for a long time………these guys just want to trip you up…..God Bless you and these guys too…..

  • GODrums

    by the way, anonymous #1, why dont’ you try it? ask God to come into your heart……He rejoices at ALL hearts that come to Him……why not leave Donny alone. I don’t know Donovan, just on his recent posts, but God doesn’t regret ANYONE being saved by the Blood of His Son.If you have a problem with what he’s done, then leave him alone.

  • GODrums

    by the way, anonymous #1, why dont’ you try it? ask God to come into your heart……He rejoices at ALL hearts that come to Him……why not leave Donny alone. I don’t know Donovan, just on his recent posts, but God doesn’t regret ANYONE being saved by the Blood of His Son.

    If you have a problem with what he’s done, then leave him alone.

  • Anonymous

    at first i thought you had brains, why did you became such a fucking bitch.nico-t

  • Anonymous

    at first i thought you had brains, why did you became such a fucking bitch.
    nico-t

  • Anonymous

    And please don’t type god with a cap. You sound like a true fucking cult sheep.

  • Anonymous

    And please don’t type god with a cap. You sound like a true fucking cult sheep.

  • Anonymous

    GODrums, a heart is for pumping blood, not for housing gods.

  • Anonymous

    GODrums, a heart is for pumping blood, not for housing gods.

  • Donny

    Oh… and it looks like housing is taken care of, too… at least for now. What a load off my mind.

  • Donny

    Oh… and it looks like housing is taken care of, too… at least for now. What a load off my mind.

  • Anonymous

    Donny,Good luck to you, but be careful on that job. Car dealers do not hire anyone with no experience to be a finance manager. Although you have lots of life/work experience to be a finance manager you need car experience and most good dealerships finance managers make more like 120k a yr and up if your at a good place. I also have never heard of a dealer hiring anyone without a face to face, unless they are recommended personally by other car people they know. Also, car dealers are notorious for no job security.

  • Anonymous

    Donny,

    Good luck to you, but be careful on that job. Car dealers do not hire anyone with no experience to be a finance manager. Although you have lots of life/work experience to be a finance manager you need car experience and most good dealerships finance managers make more like 120k a yr and up if your at a good place. I also have never heard of a dealer hiring anyone without a face to face, unless they are recommended personally by other car people they know. Also, car dealers are notorious for no job security.

  • Jeff

    Hey Donny, I hope this fulfills you for now. I’m so glad you got this job! Even if it’s just a stop-gap, God is definitely with you. You wanted your doubts relieved? This is the first of, I think, many ways he’ll show you.

  • Jeff

    Hey Donny,
    I hope this fulfills you for now. I’m so glad you got this job! Even if it’s just a stop-gap, God is definitely with you. You wanted your doubts relieved? This is the first of, I think, many ways he’ll show you.

  • Anonymous

    haha you are an idiot.

  • Anonymous

    haha you are an idiot.

  • david

    how can people hate something SO much that they claim not to believe in?

  • david

    how can people hate something SO much that they claim not to believe in?

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • GODrums

    Donny,You’re doing something right to get all this hate from these evil ones……

  • GODrums

    Donny,

    You’re doing something right to get all this hate from these evil ones……

  • Crissy

    Don’t pay attention to the porn addicted losers on here Donny. You will be blessed as only God can bless you!

  • Crissy

    Don’t pay attention to the porn addicted losers on here Donny. You will be blessed as only God can bless you!

  • GODrums

    one last thing on here….if all of ya’ll are so tough…show yourselves….come out into the light……oh right you love the dark……..I get so sick of people trying to tear people down……look, I’m not judging anyone here….you want to take a look at my blog and slam me there, fine……I’m a pig, loser too…..I am working on a relationship with Jesus who died for your (and my) sins…..it’s the least I can do. Luke 9:53-56 says 53 They didn’t receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.54 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”55 But he turned and rebuked them, “You don’t know of what kind of spirit you are.56 For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” OK guys come at me http://godrums.blogspot.com just lay off donny

  • GODrums

    one last thing on here….if all of ya’ll are so tough…show yourselves….come out into the light……oh right you love the dark……..I get so sick of people trying to tear people down……look, I’m not judging anyone here….you want to take a look at my blog and slam me there, fine……I’m a pig, loser too…..I am working on a relationship with Jesus who died for your (and my) sins…..it’s the least I can do. Luke 9:53-56 says
    53 They didn’t receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.

    54 When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”

    55 But he turned and rebuked them, “You don’t know of what kind of spirit you are.

    56 For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”

    OK guys come at me http://godrums.blogspot.com just lay off donny

  • Anonymous

    So Donny, will you and Belinda still be having sex? The two of you aren’t married but you’re still living together, so I assume you haven’t cut her off.Or have you decided to ignore that part of being a Christian? What about what the bible says about sex before marriage? Let me guess…you’ll pick and choose the parts that you’ll follow, right?Once again Donny, the message from your “old life” is the same- GO! Quit coming back to the boards and just leave the adult industry alone. We’re all fine with that. I promise!!

  • Anonymous

    So Donny, will you and Belinda still be having sex? The two of you aren’t married but you’re still living together, so I assume you haven’t cut her off.

    Or have you decided to ignore that part of being a Christian? What about what the bible says about sex before marriage? Let me guess…you’ll pick and choose the parts that you’ll follow, right?

    Once again Donny, the message from your “old life” is the same- GO! Quit coming back to the boards and just leave the adult industry alone. We’re all fine with that. I promise!!

  • Matthttp://www.mattjonesblog.c

    I find it fairly sad and strange that people are coming down so hard on Donny. Yes, he has turned his back on the industry that paid his bills and made him popular. So what? Has depravity so entrenched in the world of porn (maybe that is redundant) that you can’t even be happy for your fellow man who is trying to do something that he find morally right? How about the people from his “old life” step up and try to do something with a bit of honor and wish him well in his new life. Heck, maybe even look into WHY he decided to change his life. It seems like non-Christians love to say that Christians are so judgemental (and that may often be the case), but don’t be so hypocrytical: you are the ones being judgemental. And you are being judgemental for a pretty sad reason: Donny wanted something better (who can say they don’t want the same thing?).”Or have you decided to ignore that part of being a Christian? What about what the bible says about sex before marriage? Let me guess…you’ll pick and choose the parts that you’ll follow, right?”Do you think that when someone becomes a Christian they are magically turned into a perfect, pious person with a halo? Do you think ANY Christian is like that? YES, Donny is going to have to deal with many of the issues you bring up, everyone has to deal with those things. So if he doesn’t become perfect right away he is “picking and choosing” what he wants to follow? You clearly enjoy being a judgemental ass without actually knowing anything about what it means to be a Christian and follow God.

  • Matthttp://www.mattjonesblog.com

    I find it fairly sad and strange that people are coming down so hard on Donny. Yes, he has turned his back on the industry that paid his bills and made him popular. So what? Has depravity so entrenched in the world of porn (maybe that is redundant) that you can’t even be happy for your fellow man who is trying to do something that he find morally right? How about the people from his “old life” step up and try to do something with a bit of honor and wish him well in his new life. Heck, maybe even look into WHY he decided to change his life. It seems like non-Christians love to say that Christians are so judgemental (and that may often be the case), but don’t be so hypocrytical: you are the ones being judgemental. And you are being judgemental for a pretty sad reason: Donny wanted something better (who can say they don’t want the same thing?).

    “Or have you decided to ignore that part of being a Christian? What about what the bible says about sex before marriage? Let me guess…you’ll pick and choose the parts that you’ll follow, right?”

    Do you think that when someone becomes a Christian they are magically turned into a perfect, pious person with a halo? Do you think ANY Christian is like that? YES, Donny is going to have to deal with many of the issues you bring up, everyone has to deal with those things. So if he doesn’t become perfect right away he is “picking and choosing” what he wants to follow? You clearly enjoy being a judgemental ass without actually knowing anything about what it means to be a Christian and follow God.

  • Anonymous

    Donny, Something smells fishy about that job offer. High Plains Drifter

  • Anonymous

    Donny,

    Something smells fishy about that job offer.

    High Plains Drifter

  • Anonymous

    Best of luck man…Gods grace is sufficient and the enemy will be there to TRY to take you out- no fear- look at Ephesians 6 (armor of God)—notice one thing…there is NO armor for your back side…simply because we are not intended to run away.Press on to the goal…

  • Anonymous

    Best of luck man…Gods grace is sufficient and the enemy will be there to TRY to take you out- no fear- look at Ephesians 6 (armor of God)—notice one thing…there is NO armor for your back side…simply because we are not intended to run away.
    Press on to the goal…

  • Anonymous

    thanks for keeping it real donny

  • Anonymous

    thanks for keeping it real donny

  • kitsune

    I’m in awe, keep it up. Remember that alot of this criticism is inevitable, it’s impossible to please everyone. Are you saying you made $72k per year, or that your starting salary is $72k?

  • kitsune

    I’m in awe, keep it up.
    Remember that alot of this criticism is inevitable, it’s impossible to please everyone.

    Are you saying you made $72k per year, or that your starting salary is $72k?

  • Angela St. Lawrencehttp://www.zenfetish.com

    absolutely awesome…

    I am very happy for you.

    And, unlike some other commenters, I do believe with all my heart that God is, indeed, guiding you. In fact, I am sure He’s always had his fingerprints all over you…you’re just getting around to noticing!

    And what is with this God/god thing? It’s Donny’s blog…so it is sort of like being in Donny’s house, don’t ya know? I wouldn’t light of a cigarette in someone’s home without asking. I wouldn’t presume to use his fancy towels. I wouldn’t criticize his decorating choices.

    Come on…lighten up! Show some manners…a little bit of respect.

  • Angela St. Lawrencehttp://www.

    absolutely awesome…I am very happy for you.And, unlike some other commenters, I do believe with all my heart that God is, indeed, guiding you. In fact, I am sure He’s always had his fingerprints all over you…you’re just getting around to noticing!And what is with this God/god thing? It’s Donny’s blog…so it is sort of like being in Donny’s house, don’t ya know? I wouldn’t light of a cigarette in someone’s home without asking. I wouldn’t presume to use his fancy towels. I wouldn’t criticize his decorating choices.Come on…lighten up! Show some manners…a little bit of respect.

  • Tony

    Hey Donny… good luck to you. Tough steps you’re trying to take here. None of us are perfect…Email anytime; I’m glad to talk about faith/God/porn whatever.

  • Tony

    Hey Donny… good luck to you. Tough steps you’re trying to take here. None of us are perfect…

    Email anytime; I’m glad to talk about faith/God/porn whatever.

  • BKater, the Oceanskaterhttp://

    Hi, Donny,I found your blog via an e-mail sent out by XXXchurch.com. I just wanted to encourage you today since it seems like a lot of people are trying to discourage you here. Praise God about the job! And the housing :) Keep looking for a church and believers to connect with. I know how hard it can be to find a good church with real people who will accept you for who you are (my past isn’t the prettiest pciture, that’s for sure), but that church and those people are out there. So keep looking until you find it.

  • BKater, the Oceanskaterhttp://www.unveiledfaces.org/wordpress

    Hi, Donny,

    I found your blog via an e-mail sent out by XXXchurch.com. I just wanted to encourage you today since it seems like a lot of people are trying to discourage you here. Praise God about the job! And the housing :) Keep looking for a church and believers to connect with. I know how hard it can be to find a good church with real people who will accept you for who you are (my past isn’t the prettiest pciture, that’s for sure), but that church and those people are out there. So keep looking until you find it.