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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Today.  First of Many Minor Panic Attacks RE: JOB SEARCH.

Sitting in class listening to rep from the USC CAREER CENTER talk about alllll of our options.  Thought about my mock interview. Thought about how two of my classes this semester are asking me to interview people in the "field that I would like to get into."  Realized that I do not know that field.  Realized that while my resume is slowly getting loaded with experiences I am no where closer to determining what line of work I want to be in.  There are 700 jobs that appeal to me.  But what is right?  What is THE job?  Yada, yada yada…everyone has been there.

So I did what I always do when Life presents me with a problem.  Called the Dad.  And because he rocks my life…I am going to go home in two weeks to try to figure out what I want to do.  To talk with the fam.  To think.  I realized Today that I actually have some choices.  I just have to make some decisions.  And also not pick something that is going to get me a lot of money…pick something that is going to bring me a lot of satisfaction.  It is going to involve creativity.  So far that is all I’ve got. 

And yes it is early.  But I am graduating in eleven months.

Found a fabulous quote from Joanne Goodfellow on this website [disclaimer – it is a website for aspiring designers, which I guess I sort of am?  Go there and see some quality ice cream]: "When I get blocked I turn the block into a ball so that I can bounce ideas back and forth."  Sounds like fun.

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2 responses to “career.”

  1. Jana Avatar

    Good luck with your job search! I don’t blame you for trying to figure it out before graduation – I would be the same way!

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  2. Michelle - burberrygirl Avatar

    another cali pea here. Loving your blog.
    Sad thing about jobs later on is that we normally don’t end up with the perfect ones. I love being a full time photographer. It’s sad because that’s a lot people’s dream job. But for me, I wanted to be a full time painter. Show my works in gallery and do all that stuff. Of course that’s not going to work out and I haven’t painted in about 6 years now. It’s hard to realize that your dreams might take a detour. Best of luck plus a huge hug…
    Michelle

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