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Blog Thread 4; Live Free or Blog Hard - 'cos we all like blogging
GarandMarine:
Aimless:
So I've kinda managed to put my disappointment (over not getting that job this time 'round) behind me and it really feels nice, I feel less burdened and depressed than I have in a long time and once again have a spring in my step. For some reason I've been eyed and smiled at by pretty and happy strangers unusually often these past few days, and I was wondering if it was because I was looking unusually silly but have decided now that it must be because this week I look like a happy man rather than like a despondent tired unshaven hobo.
After many years of just being a lazy 'fraidycat I've finally gotten started on getting my driver's license. The missus will be my teacher at first :o to celebrate she snuck off into town while I was nursing a post-call hangover to get lots of nice things including my FAVOURITE TEA BLEND in the world! I dunno it may sound like a dumb hipstery thing, but I associate this tea with a turning point and a moment of great happiness in the middle of one of the roughest times I've ever had, and it's my own modified version so it just makes me feel extra good when I smell it and it tastes just as amazing as I remember :)
We've tried to make these past couple of weeks as nice as possible. We'd gotten into the habit of just trampling along and that's just not a nice way to live if it goes on for too long. It doesn't take much to change that feeling of sameyness, I think. The house is clean, we've made some changes to make it look nicer and be more practical, we've started cooking properly again and even eating at the dinner table on occasion, started reading interesting things and writing a little... I'm more or less on top of my paperwork for once too. I feel like there're all these huge untapped reserves of time and energy in my life that are often locked away and out of sight because I happen to be weighed down by various things that I honestly do not need to be weighed down by. I dunno. It's nice to feel this way anyway. I have one more night on call, which will be a little scary because I'll be shadowed by a new colleague who's a very skilled consultant in another speciality and with a lot of experience in neurology, and I'm a little embarrassed that I may have acquired bad habits... that'll become blatantly obvious. A little self-conscious I guess. I'll have to step up my game :o
In super squee news my sis has apparently admitted to my mum that she has a boyfriend :o my wife and I have suspected for a long time, and the guy seems like a good person who can not only keep up with my sis intellectually as well as wrt adventure etc, and shares her passion for helping people, but also seems genuinely considerate. This is a big deal because my sis has never ever ever admitted to having a boyfriend before, for reasons about which I shan't speculate, and I think it's a good thing that she's learned that she can talk to mum about these things :) I think mum is very happy and I know she thinks he's a good guy. My mum's generally very observant, and she knew I was up to something long before I told her about the ginger, but she had no idea my sis and this guy were in a relationship until I asked her and she, in turn, asked my sis. It's cool, I think they've known each other almost as long as the ginger and I have been together. I gotta get to know this person better :o
end of update
Papersatan:
I got an email today asking me to speak at a larger event in Feb. I am friends with the woman who sent the email, but she said that after the event on Tuesday, the committee received emails from "several" people suggesting that they get me to speak at the event, and the committee knew she knew me and so had her ask me.
I said yes, obvs, and I'm not really freaking out because it is so far away. I am flabbergasted about how my career seems to be happening backwards. That is, I still don't have a single job offer, but people want me to speak at things, and be a part of really important conversations within the field. It makes me feel a little nervous, because the stuff I am talking about is all theoretical, but I have no practical experience to draw on. I have never actually done this job for money, and I only have a few small projects I've done any IA work on at all. I am anxious that someone will rebut the things I have to say with the valid criticism that I don't know what I'm doing.
I didn't network as well as I could have after my talk, because I was so overwhelmed at the response, but I did let people know I was available, and I will try to go to a few more events now that people know who I am, and talk myself up. Hopefully, this job at the university will just hire me, and then I can worry about it in 15 months. If things keep going this way, I might actually be able to apply for a Phd program at that point, which would be amazing.
GarandMarine:
In this spoiler, a photo that made me very, very sad.
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Corporal Nathan Cirillo, 91st Canadian Highlander's dogs waiting for him to come home. Taken yesterday.
lepetitfromage:
--- Quote from: Papersatan on 23 Oct 2014, 23:44 ---I got an email today asking me to speak at a larger event in Feb. I am friends with the woman who sent the email, but she said that after the event on Tuesday, the committee received emails from "several" people suggesting that they get me to speak at the event, and the committee knew she knew me and so had her ask me.
I said yes, obvs, and I'm not really freaking out because it is so far away. I am flabbergasted about how my career seems to be happening backwards. That is, I still don't have a single job offer, but people want me to speak at things, and be a part of really important conversations within the field. It makes me feel a little nervous, because the stuff I am talking about is all theoretical, but I have no practical experience to draw on. I have never actually done this job for money, and I only have a few small projects I've done any IA work on at all. I am anxious that someone will rebut the things I have to say with the valid criticism that I don't know what I'm doing.
I didn't network as well as I could have after my talk, because I was so overwhelmed at the response, but I did let people know I was available, and I will try to go to a few more events now that people know who I am, and talk myself up. Hopefully, this job at the university will just hire me, and then I can worry about it in 15 months. If things keep going this way, I might actually be able to apply for a Phd program at that point, which would be amazing.
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This might be an obvious suggestion.....but do you bring business cards with you to any of the events that you attend/speak at?
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