Jobs
Been thinking about the last few jobs that I've really really really wanted, and analyzing why I really wanted them. It started because of a conversation Kim & I had, and kind of went out from "what are you good and and what would you like to do". I started thinking, "okay, so, why did (do) I want that job?"
The last one, the Tech Writing job in Butler, I didn't want so much because it was my Dream Job and the Best Job EVAR!!!!!eleventy!!!! so much as it was "good job that I am good at and I would (mostly) enjoy near home." The biggest appeal of it was the location, not necessarily the position. I do hope that whoever they wound up hiring wanted the position as well, and that they're happy and a good fit.
Somewhat the same thing is going on with the Office Manager job at Camp Arcadia. If it were an OM job at Random Manufacturing Job back home, sure I'd probably apply - but I wouldn't want it nearly this badly. I want it not only because I'd be good at it, and I'd like doing it, but because it's at Camp Arcadia. I know that we'd be happy there - it's a place I've worked before, with people I've worked with (and for) and I know I can get along with them. We love the place. We've always assumed we'll eventually wind up moving up there anyway - this would just give us a head start on it. So much so that I have been looking and applying for any kind of tech writer or CAD job that's been listed in the area (about a 60 mile radius) but nothing's materialized so far. I'd take those, but they wouldn't be my first choice.
This is another one that's special not because of the position, but because of the location. I don't know what that means to me, really, except that I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. And no clue what God wants me to be. I have a few marketable skills, obviously, since I'm employed, but...this isn't something I want to do for the rest of my life.
The last one, the Tech Writing job in Butler, I didn't want so much because it was my Dream Job and the Best Job EVAR!!!!!eleventy!!!! so much as it was "good job that I am good at and I would (mostly) enjoy near home." The biggest appeal of it was the location, not necessarily the position. I do hope that whoever they wound up hiring wanted the position as well, and that they're happy and a good fit.
Somewhat the same thing is going on with the Office Manager job at Camp Arcadia. If it were an OM job at Random Manufacturing Job back home, sure I'd probably apply - but I wouldn't want it nearly this badly. I want it not only because I'd be good at it, and I'd like doing it, but because it's at Camp Arcadia. I know that we'd be happy there - it's a place I've worked before, with people I've worked with (and for) and I know I can get along with them. We love the place. We've always assumed we'll eventually wind up moving up there anyway - this would just give us a head start on it. So much so that I have been looking and applying for any kind of tech writer or CAD job that's been listed in the area (about a 60 mile radius) but nothing's materialized so far. I'd take those, but they wouldn't be my first choice.
This is another one that's special not because of the position, but because of the location. I don't know what that means to me, really, except that I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. And no clue what God wants me to be. I have a few marketable skills, obviously, since I'm employed, but...this isn't something I want to do for the rest of my life.
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