Moving Forward

Sometimes to move forward, you have to step back to revaluate your life. It’s back to the struggling job hunt again. I shrug my shoulders as the job I was hopeful about did not pan out. Thankfully I didn’t burn any bridges at my retail job. I called my manager on a Monday and asked if I can come back, by Friday I was working.

It is funny how I was dreading working retail, wanting better, yet now I am so grateful to have a job. I talked to a career counselor, upset that I have been looking for a good job for almost two years. I did not want to go back to that retail job. However she brought up a good point, why add the stress of finding any job and not able to pay necessary bills onto my job search? It’s funny how true that is! So I went back, but on my terms.

Also I am realizing I have been applying to the wrong jobs, I definitely accepted the wrong job. I was so ready to jump to a better job, that I did not analyze my job offer. If I had stopped to think about it, I would not have accepted the position. One thing it did not meet my salary retirements. During the interview, the description of the job held no interest for me.

So I am taking a more proactive hunt for the right job. I’m not going to send resume to any job. It’s going to be a qualitative, not quantitative search. I’m beginning to study for the GRE, so if I don’t find a job, I’ll be working on my masters. I may continue to do this even after I do find the right job. I heard Anderson Cooper of CNN state that his mother told him to find his bliss, and look where he is now! So I am off to find my bliss.