What Really Bothers Me About Not Having a Full-Time Steady Paying Job?
Do you know what really bothers me about not having a full time steady paying job? When people ask me “Aren’t you freaking out? Aren’t you worried?”
I know the people who matter know how hard I’m working and how motivated I am, but what really frustrates me is that people question my optimism. As I’ve said here before, and a fact that I will maintain to the fullest, it is impossible to move forward without believing in yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself, then who will?
You want to know why I’m not freaking out too terribly? Because I know my job is out there, but not now. And because I stay busy.
Whether it’s through internships, or seeking out new writing opportunities, or learning new tech systems, I don’t remain complacent. I don’t think “I’m going to give the same old job boards a morning search and a late afternoon search and chill in between.” I hit the pavement. I don’t think “look at my resume! I don’t need to intern” - I find them. In not having a steady job, my resume has grown in the most important senses: skills and varied experiences.
I only think of this because in a rare slow afternoon, I looked back on the past year, and really was pleasantly surprised with my reflections. A year ago, I was leaving a position that veered me off my straight and narrow “I’m going to be an entertainment marketer! I’m going to be the suit in a laid back company” path that I had been on throughout college. And as I looked to further myself in that area, I decided to give myself a test, which, eight months after the fact, I realized was a test that failed.
I also wrote this — a reflection on why I want to be a writer, inspired by my doing college alumni interviews. Several months later, I still stand by all those reasons.
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writer, inspired by...interviews. Several months later,
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