Dear Under-employment…I’m Over You.
Dear Under-Employment,
You were kinda fun for the last two weeks. I was working in a temporary full-time position helping a quasi-government agency update its intranet website. It was great. I learned a lot. But when they couldn’t hire me on, I somewhat understood. I admit I had a being-a-Leo-induced, “Why-aren’t-they-hiring-me-I’m-fucking-fabulous-and-they’re-so-lucky-to-have-me!” moment. But times are tough, hundreds of people didn’t have such a great opportunity, blah blah blah.
I was welcome to the break after working two jobs through the holidays and barely having any time to eat, sleep, make my lists and check them twice. I came home from my last day at the previous job to open my Netflix account and see what I could watch instantly on my computer. Lo and behold, one of my favorite shows of all time, Law and Order: SVU, was available for instant viewing. All 10 glorious seasons. That’s all I’ve been doing basically for the last two weeks. I’m not sure if I’m sad or proud to say I’m halfway through season seven after viewing seven episodes last night after I got home from a friend’s birthday celebration in Milwaukee.
So while I like SVU, endless access to my refrigerator and not showering for days on end because I have no reason to leave my studio apartment, alas there comes a time when a girl has to grab the under-employment bull by the balls. Today I began my official, focused job hunt. And let me tell you: it sucks. There’s so much to weed through and my biggest problem is I’m still not 100 percent sure what I want to do/be when I “grow up.” I have this journalism degree and would obviously like to use it in a professional capacity. I have plenty of experience in retail sales/fashion knowledge that I could put to use. As I told my best friend earlier, I’m focused on the job hunt, but not panicked…yet. I have some time before things get really pinched, aka my lease is up and I have nowhere to live…again. I’m trying to be positive and we’ll see what happens.
Any job hunting stories/horror stories/tips? Thanks!
Sincerely,
Blogger Dearest
