It is hard to believe that the first month of this year has come to an end. I have had some meh, hum drum, lethargic, non motivated and lazy days when it comes to running, however for the most part I have managed to stay focused on my goals.
In a little over 2 weeks I have my wonderful adventure planned. I am actually a little concerned, because it has been a few years since I have had a crazy travel adventure on my own. But I am hoping that once airborne, the sense of adventure will kick in and the feeling of trepidation will disappear. Sometimes I worry about why I am worried, considering this is something I have done before.
The last few days whenever I try to do research on my destinations, I can’t stop singing ‘Istanbul not Constantinople’, that is because it is one of the places I will be visiting.
Right now, I am working on my résumé, because I want this year to the be the year that I make some big changes to my life. Be it moving across the country, the world or just across town, I want to change my career. Have you tried writing your résumé ? As much as I can sit on here and type my thoughts, ideas, life story, I just can’t seem to figure out how to write my résumé. How do you write a résumé that will include 3 different careers ? Personal Assistant, Journalism and being a baker/chef…. I don’t have a clue !
Downing a cup of coffee definitely did not help me with the writing, so now I stare at my empty coffee cup in my office (aka coffee shop) watching everyone around me pound away on their computers. I thought I had a new place which not only had great coffee but silence allowing me to gather my thoughts. But today it seems everyone who is out here, is on Skype having loud and obnoxious conversations making it almost impossible for me to have a cohesive thought and considering the usual Barista wasn’t here, my coffee wasn’t unto par either. It seems this day is turning out to be one of those days where I should have never left the house.
But the sun is shining and as much as I would like to sit here eavesdropping on the conversations everyone around me is having, maybe its time to put on my running shoes and make this meh kind of day to a better kind of day.
I can’t image having to go look for a job these days. Everything is so different because of the computer. My 85 year old mother told me the other day she “wanted me to make my living writing a book”. Hahaha! First of all, I’m retired! Second, I can’t write a book until I learn to write and I might be dead by then. LOL
LikeLike
PJ, I feel like I need to quit my current job to look for a job. I read on-line about words and phrases you have to put in and every site I read tells me different words. No wonder I have been at the same job for way too long. But nothing wrong with sitting down and writing a draft for a book. You do have some interesting stories to tell. There is no learning to write, we all just write differently and you do write well.
LikeLike
I think it is great that you are researching these jobs that you want so you can put in the words they are searching for. I am sure there are also words they are looking for that they won’t tell you about. Please keep that in mind. I certainly wish you the best! I hope you get that dream job you are searching for. Yes, I need to think about writing a draft but first I need to get my thoughts together on it and that is what I am working on now. Gathering thoughts and what all I want to put in it.
LikeLike
Thank you PJ. At this point I will settle for another job, my dream job is just that, a dream job. Writing for a cooking magazine will be my dream job, but there might be too many people ahead of me in line.
I too have thought about writing a book, so many interesting stories to tell, maybe one day. My blog is a way to keep track of those stories for that book.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Why not use your blog as though it was a cooking magazine and you are writing for the cooking magazine. You never know when you will be discovered. That is the truth. WordPress has written about how many people have been “discovered” through their blog. And, if it doesn’t pan out that you are discovered, your blog could be the best resume and “portfolio” you can have for that dream job.
LikeLike
Write a few different versions of your resume and then tailor it for each job you apply to in order to emphasize your skills for that job and de-emphasize the things that aren’t important.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you for your suggestion. That is what I was thinking too. I want to have 2 different resumes, one food related and another for Personal Assistant/Admin. Assistant and that way I could incorporate journalism/writing into that one. Looking for a job seems to be a full time job.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Looking for a job is a pain in the butt and very demoralizing. I hate it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Absolutely, specially now that it seems you have to use certain keywords and catch phrases to even get into a computer system.
LikeLiked by 1 person