As I sit here in front of my desktop computer, I wonder when will someone, ANYONE, is going to call me for a job. I have been unemployed since April 12 of 2017, fired from my previous job due to my own fault, which I have owned, rectified, and made peace with myself. But it seems like the "punishment", as I call it, continues, from my past mistakes. Have heard nothing at all...
I've put my heart and soul in the job hunt, waking up every morning as usual, as if I had a real job still, at 5:30 AM. Don't want to just lay there in bed and waste myself thinking what I could've done better, or whether I regret what I did, which I honestly, don't, because it was freedom of speech, my opinion, and it is my right as an American! Not going to go there because that is a different chapter I may blog about later. In the meantime, however, I've been practicing yoga because it seems to calm my mind and my physical state. But the more I impatiently continue to wait and keep sending job application after job application, I am honestly running out of time here.
I have read many articles for the time being, but one struck a chord with me today. Sort of a "reset button", to maybe re-think a different career path. I have done customer service for 30 years, mostly in the office setting type. Previous jobs were challenging and diverse and I gave my all, yet, I was not happy as it was to me, "just another paycheck to survive, live and pay the bills". I laugh when job postings write "looking for someone who doesn't think of a job as a paycheck"... what are you supposed to think of a job, if not one to survive earning a pay? That sentence has always been one of the deep thoughts... ironic!
But going back to the "reset button" article I read, one of the things it narrowed down to was to think of finding a job you find joy in doing, a passion. Whether it is working with kids, your love for animals, or a favorite hobby. Lately, I have been trying to get back into art, and I have contemplated this for quite a while, getting my hand back into drawing, which I enjoy immensely. Growing up I wanted to be an artist and was always with pads and all the Crayola crayons you can imagine, along with pencils! That was all I could be happy doing, did not care much for school work or studying... I was always drawing, my escape into my world! However, as I got older, this so-called bitch named "Naïve" took a hold of my life and that was put on the back burner once I turned 19.
Now that I am in my late 40's, I honestly don't know what it is, but I want to get back into all these creative things I have in my brain! I am still job searching but it is becoming a clock ticking time bomb for me... running out of money, bills that still are needing to be paid, and I have a trip in August this year that unfortunately, I cannot cancel... the non-refundable crap thing you get from airlines! And canceling is not an option... it is to go see my family on the East coast, and that no one messes with! I am to get back into drawing and my dabbling at painting, I will need to work to supplement myself with artist stuff!
Hopefully, before my time is up until something happens... maybe a miracle? Is there such thing? I do have some paints, tons of pencils, already about 11 canvases, some paint brushes, and my will to get started so maybe in the meantime... I shall get creative and maybe even try selling my art! After all... I have to start somewhere by doing this now right?
Time to grab my sketchbook and 4H pencils... and get back to my escape!
I've put my heart and soul in the job hunt, waking up every morning as usual, as if I had a real job still, at 5:30 AM. Don't want to just lay there in bed and waste myself thinking what I could've done better, or whether I regret what I did, which I honestly, don't, because it was freedom of speech, my opinion, and it is my right as an American! Not going to go there because that is a different chapter I may blog about later. In the meantime, however, I've been practicing yoga because it seems to calm my mind and my physical state. But the more I impatiently continue to wait and keep sending job application after job application, I am honestly running out of time here.
I have read many articles for the time being, but one struck a chord with me today. Sort of a "reset button", to maybe re-think a different career path. I have done customer service for 30 years, mostly in the office setting type. Previous jobs were challenging and diverse and I gave my all, yet, I was not happy as it was to me, "just another paycheck to survive, live and pay the bills". I laugh when job postings write "looking for someone who doesn't think of a job as a paycheck"... what are you supposed to think of a job, if not one to survive earning a pay? That sentence has always been one of the deep thoughts... ironic!
But going back to the "reset button" article I read, one of the things it narrowed down to was to think of finding a job you find joy in doing, a passion. Whether it is working with kids, your love for animals, or a favorite hobby. Lately, I have been trying to get back into art, and I have contemplated this for quite a while, getting my hand back into drawing, which I enjoy immensely. Growing up I wanted to be an artist and was always with pads and all the Crayola crayons you can imagine, along with pencils! That was all I could be happy doing, did not care much for school work or studying... I was always drawing, my escape into my world! However, as I got older, this so-called bitch named "Naïve" took a hold of my life and that was put on the back burner once I turned 19.
Now that I am in my late 40's, I honestly don't know what it is, but I want to get back into all these creative things I have in my brain! I am still job searching but it is becoming a clock ticking time bomb for me... running out of money, bills that still are needing to be paid, and I have a trip in August this year that unfortunately, I cannot cancel... the non-refundable crap thing you get from airlines! And canceling is not an option... it is to go see my family on the East coast, and that no one messes with! I am to get back into drawing and my dabbling at painting, I will need to work to supplement myself with artist stuff!
Hopefully, before my time is up until something happens... maybe a miracle? Is there such thing? I do have some paints, tons of pencils, already about 11 canvases, some paint brushes, and my will to get started so maybe in the meantime... I shall get creative and maybe even try selling my art! After all... I have to start somewhere by doing this now right?
Time to grab my sketchbook and 4H pencils... and get back to my escape!
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