OK, I admit it. I’ve been lax with my blog lately. I’ve done everything that every one who gives advice about writing a blog tells you NOT to do. I let my blog go for almost a month with no updates. Bad Marie. No cookies for you.
I’ve been distracted. I’ve started writing a book. I’m taking care of a toddler and preschooler full-time and I’m looking for a job. I know. I know. We’re all busy. But it’s my excuse and I’m sticking too it.
I’ll also admit to doing a fair amount of pouting. Pouting that the economy stinks and I had to get laid off and no one wants to hire even though they have plenty of work they need to hire someone to complete. Pouting when people jerk my chain by offering me a job then telling me they don’t actually have a job for me and thinking it’s still professional to tell me to have a nice life. Pouting when the only people I have to talk to all day are both in time out at the same time because they can’t get along. Pouting when people tell me annoying things like, “Don’t worry! Your dream job is just around the corner!” Greaaat. Can you tell me what corner so I can go there, turn it, and all this will be over?
So, I’m not going to pout anymore. No one likes a Debbie Downer and it doesn’t really help improve my situation anyway. I promise to be nice to people when they try to cheer me up, even if I want to ring their necks to being so unrealistically optimistic. I promise to enjoy the time I have with my children now because they’re little, they’ll never be this age again, and they love being with me as much as I love them. I promise to keep networking and working toward what I really want to be when I grow up. And most of all, I promise to keep blogging.
So that brings me to my Creative Friday message. Many of you know that I’m very passionate about writing. What some of you may not know is I am also very passionate about music. I even sing in a choir. So I’ve been drawing some inspiration from music lately. Songs about self reliance and overcoming fear – because isn’t that what job seeking is all about?
I hope you find as much joy from this song as I have lately. Listen to your inner voice. It is never wrong.
