Thursday, January 26, 2012
Things Are Looking Up
Just before New Years, everyone I knew said things like "2012 is going to be my year, I just feel it."
I was a little concerned because I didn't get that feeling. I hoped that I would find that feeling just as I hoped that 2012 would be a great year for me.
January kicked off and I was incredibly sick. Sicker than I had been in probably 5 years. It took everything out of me, including my motivation, happiness and good thoughts. By the time I recovered from my intense and unusual sickness, I was lost in depression. It happens this time of year for me, no matter how many vitamins I take or how warm this winter has been. I need sunshine on my skin and to be absorbed into my soul. Yes, every Fall and Winter, I become victim of SDD.
On top of all of this, there was dieting drama (as it cravings...)moving drama, work drama, singledom/boy drama and life just sucked.
So, I tried to change things.
Nothing changed.
I turned to art to sooth my soul and take away my stress. It calmed me yet frustrated me at the same time.
Still, I felt tortured about everything. Tortured, unhappy and restless. The weight of everything was burying me and just waking up in the morning was work.
I thought everything over and pinned the problem areas that were keeping me up at night.
I apologized to the boy, I ate a piece of cake and I applied to a few jobs. Nothing can change the fact that I'm moving. (It's not the move, it's the fact that my parents bought a house and I have no choice but to move with them when they move...)
It helped more than I thought it would.
Even though the boy still won't talk to me, I gained my pound back and I didn't have any phone calls for interviews.
So, I put the past in the past where it belongs, did some more art work and focused on living the life I want to live and not the life that keeps getting thrown at me. I focused on changing my attitude about boys, work, moving and dieting.
As I was in the middle of painting, my phone rang. I did my best to hit the send button without getting paint on my phone.
"yell-ow" It was a bit obnoxious but it was my mom on the other end and I hadn't talked to any human in 4 hours. (I say human because I'm pretty sure that I talked to my fish a time or two...)
"You need to call Tim about a job." She vaugly fills me in on what she just heard. I quickly hang up with her, push my painting aside and call Tim.
"Tim's Employment Agency" He answers, joking about how this could be the THIRD job he has found for me. We talk over what he knows and I decided I'll stop by his shop tomorrow so he can introduce me to his neighbors, the one's looking for someone to hire.
The place is a jewelry store and as much as I fear that I might find it a little boring, it will be nice to have a different pace, plus the hours and pay are better than what I have right now. And, best part yet....SUNDAY's OFF! A girl has to look out for herself and since I haven't gotten anywhere in the last 3 years, I don't see how staying at my current job will ever change that.
When I met them the next morning, I put on my friendly and sweet face and did what I do best, make people look better so they forget that I'm actually interviewing. (I've been through enough interviews to know that the secret to people liking you in the interview is to get them to talk about how amazing they are and to sell them that you find it all to be fascinating. Then, the interviewer feels so good about themselves by the time the interivew is done that they "think" they like you because of what you offered in the interview.)
They loved me and offered me a job on the spot.
They loved me even more when I asked if I could be trained on how to engrave jewelry. (I need another trade since I claim to be the Jackie of All Trades!)
And then they learned that I sew and well, I thought they might faint from excitement. (Then they told me why they loved knowing that I was a seamstress and I immediatly loved them.... the owner guy does Civil War reenactments and sometimes they need tents and costumes sewn. How cool is that!)
I accepted their offer and felt the weight of my troubles lift. Finally, a change in my life!
As I was making a few phone calls about my good news, I got a phone call from a place that I have been trying to get a job at for about a year now. A job that I am REALLY interested in. And then I got an e-mail about another job that I would like to do as well.
I set up an interview at the place I'm REALLY interested in. It's a fashion company and there offers a lot of growth in the company, such as international traveling and going to fashion shows....however the position that I finally got a call for an interview is bottom of the totem pole. I don't know what the pay is but if it is better than the jewelry gig, I think I'll have to say goodbye to the possibility of this job and head towards the fashion industry.
Then the email is a sewing job but I don't know a lot of details about that one just yet.
Still...
I guess a lot can change in 24 hours.
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I was a little concerned because I didn't get that feeling. I hoped that I would find that feeling just as I hoped that 2012 would be a great year for me.
January kicked off and I was incredibly sick. Sicker than I had been in probably 5 years. It took everything out of me, including my motivation, happiness and good thoughts. By the time I recovered from my intense and unusual sickness, I was lost in depression. It happens this time of year for me, no matter how many vitamins I take or how warm this winter has been. I need sunshine on my skin and to be absorbed into my soul. Yes, every Fall and Winter, I become victim of SDD.
On top of all of this, there was dieting drama (as it cravings...)moving drama, work drama, singledom/boy drama and life just sucked.
So, I tried to change things.
Nothing changed.
I turned to art to sooth my soul and take away my stress. It calmed me yet frustrated me at the same time.
Still, I felt tortured about everything. Tortured, unhappy and restless. The weight of everything was burying me and just waking up in the morning was work.
I thought everything over and pinned the problem areas that were keeping me up at night.
I apologized to the boy, I ate a piece of cake and I applied to a few jobs. Nothing can change the fact that I'm moving. (It's not the move, it's the fact that my parents bought a house and I have no choice but to move with them when they move...)
It helped more than I thought it would.
Even though the boy still won't talk to me, I gained my pound back and I didn't have any phone calls for interviews.
So, I put the past in the past where it belongs, did some more art work and focused on living the life I want to live and not the life that keeps getting thrown at me. I focused on changing my attitude about boys, work, moving and dieting.
As I was in the middle of painting, my phone rang. I did my best to hit the send button without getting paint on my phone.
"yell-ow" It was a bit obnoxious but it was my mom on the other end and I hadn't talked to any human in 4 hours. (I say human because I'm pretty sure that I talked to my fish a time or two...)
"You need to call Tim about a job." She vaugly fills me in on what she just heard. I quickly hang up with her, push my painting aside and call Tim.
"Tim's Employment Agency" He answers, joking about how this could be the THIRD job he has found for me. We talk over what he knows and I decided I'll stop by his shop tomorrow so he can introduce me to his neighbors, the one's looking for someone to hire.
The place is a jewelry store and as much as I fear that I might find it a little boring, it will be nice to have a different pace, plus the hours and pay are better than what I have right now. And, best part yet....SUNDAY's OFF! A girl has to look out for herself and since I haven't gotten anywhere in the last 3 years, I don't see how staying at my current job will ever change that.
When I met them the next morning, I put on my friendly and sweet face and did what I do best, make people look better so they forget that I'm actually interviewing. (I've been through enough interviews to know that the secret to people liking you in the interview is to get them to talk about how amazing they are and to sell them that you find it all to be fascinating. Then, the interviewer feels so good about themselves by the time the interivew is done that they "think" they like you because of what you offered in the interview.)
They loved me and offered me a job on the spot.
They loved me even more when I asked if I could be trained on how to engrave jewelry. (I need another trade since I claim to be the Jackie of All Trades!)
And then they learned that I sew and well, I thought they might faint from excitement. (Then they told me why they loved knowing that I was a seamstress and I immediatly loved them.... the owner guy does Civil War reenactments and sometimes they need tents and costumes sewn. How cool is that!)
I accepted their offer and felt the weight of my troubles lift. Finally, a change in my life!
As I was making a few phone calls about my good news, I got a phone call from a place that I have been trying to get a job at for about a year now. A job that I am REALLY interested in. And then I got an e-mail about another job that I would like to do as well.
I set up an interview at the place I'm REALLY interested in. It's a fashion company and there offers a lot of growth in the company, such as international traveling and going to fashion shows....however the position that I finally got a call for an interview is bottom of the totem pole. I don't know what the pay is but if it is better than the jewelry gig, I think I'll have to say goodbye to the possibility of this job and head towards the fashion industry.
Then the email is a sewing job but I don't know a lot of details about that one just yet.
Still...
I guess a lot can change in 24 hours.
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Wow - look at all that opportunity coming your way! Keep us posted. And I have been sick about 3 weeks out of the past 4 so I totally know how you feel. As soon as I get healthy and get back into working out and eating right I get sick again. Such a bummer!
When it rains, it pours. Best of luck with the fashion gig.
I didn't know that about interviews. I wonder if it would work on agents! :)
I hope you are well. I don't have to say this, but I'm compelled (being an expert on depression) Depression always lifts. Okay,done.
Wow. I'm really happy for you. I need some good change in 24 hours. LOL.
Just remember that there is no shame starting out at the bottom of the totem pole. Especially if it is something that you really want to do and you know that you can move up, follow your heart.
This is SO gonna be your year!
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