Decisions, a fork in the river
I've got a decision I don't know how to make, and my stress level is through the roof,which is exhausting and unhappy.
I've been interviewing for a job, as an academic service coordinator at a community college. The group, and the people, are really neat. But, I am uncertain if the job, which turns out to have a lot of bureaucracy and a lot of sitting at a desk, is right for me. Don't get me wrong, I'll d that stuff if need be. But, it's not my strong point and I am anxious about starting a job where I'd be trying to do that stuff much of the time. I think it's important to know our strengths and weaknesses ... I am not good with this stuff. As I told Becca the other day, I'd probably more enjoy driving around and scooping roadkill off roads than I would doing filing and accounting. There are good things about the job too, but I just don't know if it will "work" for me. The other thing is it was billed as part time but occasionally approaches full time... Part of the plan was to do some other work/projects as well and it's hard to accept a part time job if I can't reliably expect to do that.
The other factor? There is another job I really want, that I think is a better fit. But they won't be interviewing until I have to make a decision on the first one. Also, my friend is also applying, and she has similar qualifications to me, and in addition to disliking the competition between friends this decreases both of our chances (either of us would be great for the job, and she really wants it too). I was hoping the first job would be a good fit because of this, but now I am uncertain.
So yeah... Not sure what to do here and feel mildly frustrated with feeling like the first job was slightly misrepresented at first. If my only choices are between skunk roadkill and office work maybe I should start altering my resume to include my shoveling and scooping skills....
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