BIG DECISION - Possible Library Job

[laura_seabrook]

I wish I could get my shit together.

I'd made the decision to go back to uni and do my Masters in Fine Art. I haven't quite completed my application yet - it needs a decent proposal that I can send to my prospective supervisor for review. So there's work to be done.

but

There's a job of Technology Officer at Lake Macquarie Council. John

Comments

[kath_ballantyne]

I'd give the application a go. If you decide that you really can't do it then you could always knock it back

[laura_seabrook]

Even if you were at the job for 6 months and wanted to leave at least that's 6 months of money you have that you wouldn't have got before.

That's what Kevin was saying. It's just been so hard to think straight this w/e.

[rashelleym]

Personally I think you should put the uni application process as first priority, very firmly, and begin imagining the next four years in that context.

Then, as other priorities permit, a job search could continue, including applications for jobs, including the one you're referring to.

And then, if a job that closely fits your skill set becomes available, and depending on circumstances at that time, you could apply for it.

So... there it is! Frankly, I really feel you should give this job a pass, perhaps going through the job application process this time at your own pace, but giving uni absolute first priority

[laura_seabrook]

Personally I think you should put the uni application process as first priority, very firmly, and begin imagining the next four years in that context.

That's what I though I was doing, but it's been so hard to focus in the last week. Nothing much has gone the way I wanted, and my energy just seems to vanish.

So... there it is! Frankly, I really feel you should give this job a pass, perhaps going through the job application process this time at your own pace, but giving uni absolute first priority.

I haven't had anything at my own pace for the last 4-5 days. I feel very flustered.

Sounds to me like the pace of that job, day in and day out, could literally leave no energy--and no desire--to ever do anything else. Your webcomics would be missed, believe me.

My huge fear is that apart from the money, I  won't have time for anything like that.

[rashelleym]

For me, the word "decision" (as in "decision I'd made") means, really, a change: doing something different than I would otherwise do. Personally, in this case, if I had decided to go the postgraduate route, I'd be seeking jobs that would allow me to do full-time course work, and these close-in to the University. Because, having decided, I would be busily rearranging my life to acommodate what I had decided to do

[laura_seabrook]

if I had decided to go the postgraduate route, I'd be seeking jobs that would allow me to do full-time course work, and these close-in to the University. Because, having decided, I would be busily rearranging my life to accommodate what I had decided to do.

You are absolutely correct. I just need the courage of my conviction to realise that.

The subtext is that the job would probably go to an equally qualified person who was also either male or twenty years younger than you.

Well that only leaves men 30 and under (giggle). It's most likely to happen that way, yes.

You need to bring that "exhaustion" to the attention of your physician, explicitly. You need to program your life as well as you can to enjoy life itself as much as possible, "poverty"-stricken or no. You don't need that job.

I agree, though this hasn't been the case for a while. I started taking a multi-vitamin supplement starting yesterday. We'll see if that makes a difference.

[strang_er]

Can you apply for both and hold your decision until you see which offer(s) are made?

[laura_seabrook]

That seems to be the advice I'm getting, so I shall.

[curi_oz_wolf]

Have you considered applying for both, getting both and then asking if you can do them both part time? It might make for a job-share situation at the library job, and you would need to be super organised, but it might leave enough time/energy to do both (and the extra moulah to do the art with would not go amiss *gentle smile*)

As for the tiredness, could it be merely the time of year? I am not overly fond of Christmas myself. But if it has been dragging on for a while a trip to the phlebotemist for some tests might be a good idea?

*blessings*
Curious and Goody Wuss

[laura_seabrook]

Might have to do what you suggest.

Been feeling a bit more perky since I started taking multi-vitamins in the morning.