Glaringly obvious that I haven’t posted in more than 2 months.
Why is a very good question… it’s not like I haven’t been doing anything. I’ve gone out, seen shows, visited friends, seen movies, ate my way around NYC, tweeted and foursquared my way around the area, dabbled in talent management and background/extra work and modeling, street team marketing, invented recipes, celebrated birthdays (not my own), enjoyed the freedom of having my own place, …etc…
It’s not like I don’t have the site open on one of my various tabs everyday (nerdily, I actually DO do this).
I’m not sure where my inspiration to write went? I attempted NaNoWriMo yet again this year, but came way under my usual 3k word wall. Is Twitter taking up all my time? Am I just so overwhelmed with everything and nothing that my desire to blog has just been snuffed out?
Oh, and another thing… I see on the news that okay, yeah November had the lowest record number of jobs lost in the last two years — but what does that do to the 15.4million (and growing) unemployed? Just makes them even more despondent that there aren’t any jobs to be had. Way to go mass news media. Why don’t you just up the number of depressed (and situationally depressed) people just in time for the holidays?
Maybe the key is to keep my posts short, like my tweets. I may be able to squeeze out daily (ok, I won’t put myself up to that standard… yet…) biweekly posts yet, by the end of this year.
And don’t even get me started on the love life. Blech.
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Don’t believe the unemployment numbers – one of my friends gets laid off from her job EVERY YEAR but obviously she is counted in that *scary* stat. AND I too am part of those stats, even though I am voluntarily unemployed and currently not looking for work. But, in any case, glad to see you back.
You and I tweeted a back and forth a bit about the unemployment numbers being skewed and spun in order to paint the picture of something positive. Reports have been been biased and are forcing you to focus on the things that are “going right.” And I agreed with you that more focus needs to be put on the ugly number – the GROWING number of people who REMAIN unemployed.
With that said, I’ve been through my period of unemployment and have suffered the emotional stress of not knowing what’s coming next. I even gave up for a while and didn’t look for a job for a few days because I couldn’t stand the sight of my computer anymore. But I think the one thing that helped me turn everything around and that ultimately led me to my new job was my attitude. Once I turned that around and told myself, out loud, “I *will* have a job by the end of the year” and “I *want* to be employed,” things started to shift. It sounds completely corny, but the first person you have to convince that jobs ARE out there is yourself.
Hang in there, Corinne! You WILL find something!
Good lord, if you knew how many cover letters and resume versions I’ve been through and sent out in the last… let’s say 3 months… And how wide I’ve cast my net. Sigh…
I also have a different cover letter for everything I’ve applied to, but I try not to look at that sent pile too much. Having said that, I’m going to send out one more before class tonight.