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Coach Cal Stoll, quoted by 21-year-old business exec, Star Hughes.
This article/girl is craaaazy. I’d never sacrifice my life to get my bachelor’s and master’s degrees within four years, but that was her choice and the decision she believed she needed to make. We all need to embrace our paths and define “success” for ourselves. Some people think I’m weird for wanting to work in two dying industries, but so what? I am weird. And I need a career that’s equally weird.
Check out this beautiful poster by David Weisner you can get to celebrate!
and a downloadable bookmark by Lane Smith
and check out the winners and finalists of the Children’s Choice Book Awards
The last week flew by, and I forgot to post anything about Children’s Book Week! I didn’t even read any children’s books. Whoops.
This past week was crazy hectic, yet it already feels so far away. I ran my first SOLO book review meeting on Wednesday. My boss had signed up to chaperone a field trip, forgetting that I had moved the meeting to the same day. I left the office at 6:30 mentally and physically exhausted, but it was worth it. Nothing went catastrophically wrong, and we gave out a TON of books.
It was also the same week as my last ASUO Street Faire. Unfortunately, the weather gods did not shine upon us, and the food was pricier and booths less abundant. Still, I made it for the last day and scurried over to the one booth I have always visited.
There is just something about that kettle corn.
I may not remember what this kettle corn tastes like six months from now, but I will never forget the crunch crunch, the ugh I can’t get this out of my teeth, the no you can’t have any!
I will never forget. 44 more days.
There’s always one rejection that hurts the most.
I posted on Facebook around spring break about an opportunity I had. And they mysteriously never called me back. I’m not sure what happened, if it was a bad reference or if they changed their mind about my qualifications. But it hurt. Badly. I was willing to move across the country for them.
And then there’s an opportunity that you’re humbled to interview for. A huge community. Great work, content. A mission you can get behind. But then you have to take yourself out of the running because even if you got the internship, you don’t have a car or even know how to drive.
Now that’s frustrating.
I didn’t necessarily expect to have something lined up by now, and I know it’ll all work out when it’s meant to. Something’s going to fall into my lap like it did last year, and I need to keep my head up and not let the rejections bug me. But it’s hard to know where to go from here. It isn’t the lack of responses, or the disappointment at being sosoclose. I’m just tired of sifting through jobs that don’t apply to what I want to accomplish. Which makes me wonder if I even know what I want to accomplish. How am I supposed to search for jobs when I don’t know where to begin?
I wish I could find my passion all over again. It seems to have slipped away from right under my nose.
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EDIT - 2:00am: Today was one of those days where you literally sit on the couch for hours with no motivation to do anything. I was really down in the dumps, but once I got over it, I realized that I needed to vent. The job search seems so private that it’s hard to know when and what is okay to talk about. But I’ve never pretended like I have my life figured out, and no employer should expect that from me.
I don’t think I’ll ever be one of those people who has their heart dead set on a passion. When that day comes, I’ll probably retire.
Damn, that’s good, universal storytelling. First Nike, now P&G. Companies sure are making great films these days.
Quiet,
Yet buzzing.
Nothing like summery days in Eugene to take worries off your mind. Took a walk on my own and felt such a sense of peace. I’ll miss this when I probably move to a big city or a gloomy weather town after graduation.
