More about my future

[e_clare]

Tonight 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.

Comments

[eccentric_hat]

Oh, the future. What a pesky creature.

[oraveles.livejournal.com]

At first, I read the sentence I know it's good I'm looking as I know I'm good looking. I thought, "Well, that's true. But Gigs never struck me as someone who would want a job she got just based on her inherent hotness..."

I think this means I need to sleep.

Also, you should go to London in September. And then come visit me in France in October. And then I'll come visit you in London. Or were you not planning to go for very long?

[e-clare.livejournal.com]

*snerk* I'm so flattered, my dear. Thanks. ;)

I'm only really thinking about a week or so, since I don't think I have anyone to stay with in the area and I'd be on a tight budget. Plus, there's not much I'm looking to do except see a play, and maybe some museums. But France? France could be fun...

[magentand.livejournal.com]

I'm in Tenleytown! Cumberland Ave, if that means anything.

Anyway, we should def hang out soon :)

[e-clare.livejournal.com]

Hey! Yes, we should. I'm on Brandywine, on the opposite side of Wisconsin from you. Whee!