Feeling Excited At Work Is Amazing
So for those of you who don't know, I'm still technically unemployed. (It's only been... a month and a half? Okay... maybe closer to two... but my resume doesn't say my last internship ended at the beginning of May, not the end, so fuck it.) I haven't even managed to bag an interview for the multitude of jobs that I've applied for. Except for that one teaching job near Crawford, which, I really don't want to go there. Ah well, at least I'm volunteering somewhere at the moment. The boss has actually taken to calling me "intern" instead of "volunteer," so in a way I'm employed. Just, in the annoying unpaid way I was trying to avoid.
I like it there actually. The working environment is much better than it was at my previous internship, and I don't feel incompetent. I actually had a particularly good day today, because yesterday I pretended to have balls and volunteered to help them out with their blog. I just casually let them know that I wrote a few blog articles for my last job and that I enjoy writing and would love to help out in that area. So today my boss asked me to write a blog article related to a CNN news article, and my coworker suggested to her that I write another one regarding my experience volunteering with them at Hagee's Cornerstone Church last Sunday.
Once I was done writing about the CNN article and how it relates to what we do, I felt accomplished and quite proud of myself. I'm not saying it was that great a post, but it felt good to write again (and about something I actually care about). It felt good to go home with a glow, feeling like a productive member of society who may go someplace and not like the crouching, unemployed, constantly-berating-myself, randomly crying person I've been recently.
They'll be interviewing for a paid position later this month. I've updated my resume and my list of references, and I'm just hoping now that they're happy with me there, that I won't be too nervous during the interview, and that I don't have too much competition.
Meanwhile, I came home today to a flyer stuck under the wipers of my car. Some company is looking to hire some people immediately. I'm still hoping to work at Atticus Circle, where I am now, but I'll call these people up tomorrow to see what exactly it is that they need.
I like it there actually. The working environment is much better than it was at my previous internship, and I don't feel incompetent. I actually had a particularly good day today, because yesterday I pretended to have balls and volunteered to help them out with their blog. I just casually let them know that I wrote a few blog articles for my last job and that I enjoy writing and would love to help out in that area. So today my boss asked me to write a blog article related to a CNN news article, and my coworker suggested to her that I write another one regarding my experience volunteering with them at Hagee's Cornerstone Church last Sunday.
Once I was done writing about the CNN article and how it relates to what we do, I felt accomplished and quite proud of myself. I'm not saying it was that great a post, but it felt good to write again (and about something I actually care about). It felt good to go home with a glow, feeling like a productive member of society who may go someplace and not like the crouching, unemployed, constantly-berating-myself, randomly crying person I've been recently.
They'll be interviewing for a paid position later this month. I've updated my resume and my list of references, and I'm just hoping now that they're happy with me there, that I won't be too nervous during the interview, and that I don't have too much competition.
Meanwhile, I came home today to a flyer stuck under the wipers of my car. Some company is looking to hire some people immediately. I'm still hoping to work at Atticus Circle, where I am now, but I'll call these people up tomorrow to see what exactly it is that they need.