Lets be proactive

[brightroar]

I have a question.  It's a fairly important question, so if you think you have an answer, no matter how far outside the box it may lie, please respond anyway.  Please try and be honest.  I think anon posting is allowed on my LJ and I don't log IP addresses so go crazy.

What am I good at?

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[brightroar]

That's... Hmm. Disappointing I guess, that I came off like that. I've been about a million miles away from happy with job situations since moving to Lancaster, but it didn't really affect my day-to-day lifestyle (aside from having fuck all to do all day, which got maddening, which was part of the reason I ended up doing shitty temp work for something to do). The whole reason I'm starting to really look at this in depth is cos I realised I dind't want to be doing a 9-5 admin job for the rest of my life, so I need to find something I'm good at and will enjoy (as much as somebody can enjoy a job, anyway). The massive gaps in my education and qualifications are going to be a problem, so I expect I'm going to need to throw myself back into education for a bit.

I think that's the other reason I've not had this drive before now - I keep getting put on hold, waiting, because people tell me that stuff is going to be happening, and due to the nature of these things starting a project like this would have been an excersise in immense frustration as I couldn't commit myself to anything when I knew that I'd have to drop it before I'd really got into it. That's the other reason I couldn't go for an actual career-job while in Lancs, no employer wants to train and nurture and groom someone for upward elevation within their company if they're going to be moving to the other side of the country within the next three years, it's just a waste of time for everyone.

You're right though, I'm going to need to make sure I can explain myself properly to the person who decides whether I can do something I love or not..

[silent_wrong_me]

Perception is half of it i am afraid. From a employers/personal point of view, if i see a capable attractive and articulate young woman not in a good job i can only assume it's because you don't want one/can't be bothered. That puts us in a certain mindset.
Skills/qualifications/experience can all be forgot by raw passion and a good attitude.

[brightroar]

Once I figure out what I actually want to do, I think the problem is going to be *stopping* myself from being too enthusiastic... Last time I went Children's TV Presenter enthusiastic at an employer they looked at me funny, said "thank you for coming" and never called me back...

*edit* sorry, that's not to say you don't have a very good point, and I have taken it on board quite seriously

[silent_wrong_me]

oh god no, never take me seriously :-p

Ever thought of doing Childrens TV?

[brightroar]

Thought about it, but I don't think I can afford the amount of cocaine needed to get into that frame of mind for the initial job search and auditions. Obviously once I'd got the job it'd all be provided for me by the broadcaster, but it's the kind of profession where you need to spend money to make money.