Turning down the job
So I made a very painful decision Friday.
I turned down the CL job.
It had been offered to me, wrapped in just about everything I wanted: a third more than I'm making now, the political beat, escaping the Big W.
But in the time that's passed since I first considered the job, I've paid more attention to CL. There are some things in the magazine that just don't fit with my faith and my morals. Ads for call girls. Some of the editorial content. Etc. Etc.
And I wanted to take the job. Bad. But, after I asked them to give me some advice, my parents just began asking some questions. And I couldn't answer them. And I knew what that meant.
In retrospect, it was the right decision. But it's hard when you have everything you want put in front of you, and told all you have to do is compromise just a little bit.
I learned my lesson back when I was trying to be editor of The Gamecock, and in a few cases I told the Board of Pubs what I thought they wanted to hear instead of what I thought. I was trying to avoid, for a while, what I thought was right to get what I wanted. And in the end, I lost a chance to speak my mind and what I was after. Trying to get one, I got neither.
So, with some help from God, I did something that felt painful and peaceful at the same time: I said no.
Anybody know of any openings? ... ;)
I turned down the CL job.
It had been offered to me, wrapped in just about everything I wanted: a third more than I'm making now, the political beat, escaping the Big W.
But in the time that's passed since I first considered the job, I've paid more attention to CL. There are some things in the magazine that just don't fit with my faith and my morals. Ads for call girls. Some of the editorial content. Etc. Etc.
And I wanted to take the job. Bad. But, after I asked them to give me some advice, my parents just began asking some questions. And I couldn't answer them. And I knew what that meant.
In retrospect, it was the right decision. But it's hard when you have everything you want put in front of you, and told all you have to do is compromise just a little bit.
I learned my lesson back when I was trying to be editor of The Gamecock, and in a few cases I told the Board of Pubs what I thought they wanted to hear instead of what I thought. I was trying to avoid, for a while, what I thought was right to get what I wanted. And in the end, I lost a chance to speak my mind and what I was after. Trying to get one, I got neither.
So, with some help from God, I did something that felt painful and peaceful at the same time: I said no.
Anybody know of any openings? ... ;)