Am I Standing Still?
As I promised earlier...this is the update on my job situation.
The interview at Grace ended up being a nightmare. Mr. so and so (he shall remain nameless) who is the director on the SPRC (Staff Parish Relations Committee) ended up not bringing my resume and extra information he asked me to provide for all the rest of the members to look at while they were interviewing me, and he got up and left during my interview...he was gone to the bathroom for most of it. There were two other people interviewed that day...one before me and one after. Each of their interviews lasted over 45 minutes...mine lasted 20. They said they would be calling about a second interview within the next 2 weeks... I haven't heard anything yet. But, I did hear from a friend that all the ladies in the church are talking about me...so that's good...right?
As far as everything else goes, I've applied at BAM, Bath and Body Works, PetSmart, Old Navy, the Providence Theater, and Lane Bryant....not to mention Starbucks about 2 months ago but I never heard anything back.
As I was meandering on facebook the other day, I saw all these pictures from friends still in college working on things for this school year, I saw others who had pics from their careers, and then others had engagement and wedding pics. It's so crazy...I thought that I would never end up here. I'm at a complete stand still and the world is moving along around me. I feel like I'm stuck in the middle of a vortex...I'm completely still, but everything else is bustling around me so fast. I mean..time is moving on quickly...it was just my birthday a few days ago...it's almost fall!! My goodness! I just thought that after I got out of college that my life would immediately begin...that I would keep moving forward...but no one ever prepared me for "sorry, you are under-experienced and over qualified." It's ridiculous!
So, I'm in the process of putting a portfolio together for interviews...consisting of lesson plans, letters of recommendation and so on. And, I still continue to learn. For example...I'm reading this incredible book called "The Shack"....everyone needs to read it. I never realized how little faith I had/ have in God. It's made me question everything about myself. But, I know that even though this stand still period may seem lacking and insignificant...I know that God has used it for some good purpose...as He/She does in all things. Something else I've really taken a hold of is that the past is good to look at to learn from, but not to dwell on...cause God isn't there. And, if we are always looking into the future...we are giving into fear...for the only reason why we daydream in the future is to control what we do not know and what we fear...and God isn't there either. I've learned that God is completely in the present working through us when we do not limit ourselves through fears and others. God is alive and working in us when we give up our independance...die to self every day...and live for the passions He/She has put in us...that is God alive in us!!
Sometimes it is hard, but it's so cool that God is this great mystery that we have to take our entire lives and then some to figure Him/Her out....and it's awesome that I will spend every day learning more and more.
The interview at Grace ended up being a nightmare. Mr. so and so (he shall remain nameless) who is the director on the SPRC (Staff Parish Relations Committee) ended up not bringing my resume and extra information he asked me to provide for all the rest of the members to look at while they were interviewing me, and he got up and left during my interview...he was gone to the bathroom for most of it. There were two other people interviewed that day...one before me and one after. Each of their interviews lasted over 45 minutes...mine lasted 20. They said they would be calling about a second interview within the next 2 weeks... I haven't heard anything yet. But, I did hear from a friend that all the ladies in the church are talking about me...so that's good...right?
As far as everything else goes, I've applied at BAM, Bath and Body Works, PetSmart, Old Navy, the Providence Theater, and Lane Bryant....not to mention Starbucks about 2 months ago but I never heard anything back.
As I was meandering on facebook the other day, I saw all these pictures from friends still in college working on things for this school year, I saw others who had pics from their careers, and then others had engagement and wedding pics. It's so crazy...I thought that I would never end up here. I'm at a complete stand still and the world is moving along around me. I feel like I'm stuck in the middle of a vortex...I'm completely still, but everything else is bustling around me so fast. I mean..time is moving on quickly...it was just my birthday a few days ago...it's almost fall!! My goodness! I just thought that after I got out of college that my life would immediately begin...that I would keep moving forward...but no one ever prepared me for "sorry, you are under-experienced and over qualified." It's ridiculous!
So, I'm in the process of putting a portfolio together for interviews...consisting of lesson plans, letters of recommendation and so on. And, I still continue to learn. For example...I'm reading this incredible book called "The Shack"....everyone needs to read it. I never realized how little faith I had/ have in God. It's made me question everything about myself. But, I know that even though this stand still period may seem lacking and insignificant...I know that God has used it for some good purpose...as He/She does in all things. Something else I've really taken a hold of is that the past is good to look at to learn from, but not to dwell on...cause God isn't there. And, if we are always looking into the future...we are giving into fear...for the only reason why we daydream in the future is to control what we do not know and what we fear...and God isn't there either. I've learned that God is completely in the present working through us when we do not limit ourselves through fears and others. God is alive and working in us when we give up our independance...die to self every day...and live for the passions He/She has put in us...that is God alive in us!!
Sometimes it is hard, but it's so cool that God is this great mystery that we have to take our entire lives and then some to figure Him/Her out....and it's awesome that I will spend every day learning more and more.