Ok, now I'm starting to freak-out a bit! Waking up this morning it fully hit me that I don't have a job to go to. In one sense I feel like a kid again and it's Summer Vacation... the other more powerful sense is telling me to go for a swim into the Ocean and not stop. No, that's silly.
It's really strange how thinking about it now I have never gone without a job for any length of time since I was 14. True there were semesters at school where I was not working but I was in school full-time taking six courses so there wasn't much time for that. Other than that my job or schooling has been a big contributor in the way that I defined who I am. Now that, that is gone... well that's why I'm in counselling anyway, to figure out who I am and what makes me up. This is going to be great for my self-discovery.
So I'm sitting here trying to make up a to do list of tasks that will keep me busy and help accomplish my goal of getting a job. I'm thinking about going around my neighbourhood and dropping off resume's at various video stores and other types of businesses. My thinking behind this is that if I can get a part-time job that will keep me busy in the evenings as well as help me meet other people from my neighbourhood that will be a good thing. Seeing as since I moved here 10 months ago I have met very few people and know just about no one I didn't know since before I moved here.
I'm freaking out here. This really is a scary process. There is so much riding on my next moves. Thank God I only have myself to worry about.
2 comments:
I can identify with the newness of the no-job phenomenon. I felt similarly in January. All of a sudden it was "oh, right, and what do I do with myself NOW?", despite having planned it! It does throw you off not to be able to identify yourself with a company or a school or a role like that, but you'll find something new soon enough, I'm sure. you've got that kind of gumption.
Good luck with figuring out what you want to do - and good luck with finding a rent-paying job in the meantime. (I'd share my house-cleaning clients with you if the commute weren't so bad from Van.!)
You could always temp somewhere. When I worked in the Education Dept at UBC there were always various temps in doing short (2-3 week) stints and getting decent pay for it. Drop resumes off at UBC, SFU, Vancouver Community College, etc.
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