More about my future
Jun. 25th, 2006 11:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
e_clareTonight was the fourth or fifth conversation I've had this week about My Future as a gainfully employed adult. As soon as I got back from dinner with the family in Takoma Park and changed out of my wet clothes (HOLY CRAP is it raining a lot tonight), I jumped online and started trying to figure out what sort of job I'm looking for next. There are, happily, a couple of possiblities. There are also many that are not yet possiblities because I lack certain software skills and, y'know, professional experience. *sigh*
I know it's good that I'm looking. The conversation with my uncle -- one of the few other liberal arts grads in the family, and a working journalist -- was helpful in a way that conversations with my mother rarely are. I get inexplicably defensive whenever Mom brings up the job search, but I'm only moderately defensive with Uncle Jeff. It's not that I don't know what I ought to be doing, it's just that I'm reluctant to actually do it. Additionally, the fact that I'd rather not spend the rest of my life in Dayton provides a good incentive for me to really dive in.
Conversely, the fact that I really really want to go to London in September makes me less inclined to look for something substantial. Taking time off for awhile doesn't sound like a bad thing...but I think I know it wouldn't really be good, either. Boo.
I know it's good that I'm looking. The conversation with my uncle -- one of the few other liberal arts grads in the family, and a working journalist -- was helpful in a way that conversations with my mother rarely are. I get inexplicably defensive whenever Mom brings up the job search, but I'm only moderately defensive with Uncle Jeff. It's not that I don't know what I ought to be doing, it's just that I'm reluctant to actually do it. Additionally, the fact that I'd rather not spend the rest of my life in Dayton provides a good incentive for me to really dive in.
Conversely, the fact that I really really want to go to London in September makes me less inclined to look for something substantial. Taking time off for awhile doesn't sound like a bad thing...but I think I know it wouldn't really be good, either. Boo.
