SECURE the Job Journey - Day 5
Plan for the Day
Send Messages on LinkedIn to folks connected to the 5 adaptive reuse projects I found.
Apply to 10 jobs on the spready.
Dust off old LinkedIn Message convos
Go to the volunteering event at the Wylde Center and go to a plant shop after
What I Actually Executed
EVERYTHING!! I executed EVERYTHING!!
Results/Updates
A recruiter from a company I reached out to yesterday got back to me.
PROGRESS!!!
I got another hit with someone else at another company. I texted a couple of people that I know personally and even though they didn't know of any openings, it was still nice to employ eyes in all directions. I also got sent some networking events and career fairs from my schools that I can go to. Ah, the comfort.
Reflection
Volunteering made me feel sooo alive!! Doing something with my hands that contributes to something that I care about (a garden) made me feel good. I headed over to the Wylde Center and got some dirt on my hands. I’ve missed playing in the dirt. Also, while there I got exposed to so many job opportunities and everybody was talking about environmental career stuff.
Shout out to Patty (@bedheadplants)!! The convo we had encouraged me to see what really is on the other side of putting in the effort to build out this blog. It really filled me with the positive energy I needed and made this nappy job market seem like something that I can actually comb through to get to my job. It instilled excitement in me instead of fear. I’ll DEFINITELY be volunteering more. You really never know who you will meet!
However later on in the day, I had to fight off discouragement while filling out job applications. I felt like I didn’t do enough… again.
I have to reframe.
The accomplishment today is in completing the applications set before me. I’m just gonna let God handle the results. I have to really learn to just focus on the execution part.
I’m trying to recount all the other times when God allowed me to beat the odds. In college I got the Gilman Scholarship (a VERY competitive scholarship) to do an internship in Senegal. I have to really keep it in my head that God isn't just leaving me out to dry like some stockfish in the cold, dry Northern Norwegian winds.
Right now I have to learn to celebrate the execution of each day. I WILL get a new job. I’ve gotten jobs before (TEN since 2018). Let me just master being diligent with each day and keeping to my personal commitments. Let me not worry about if the person reading my resume sees a buzzword they like. Right now I need to practice making a plan and consistently sticking to it. I really feel like God might be trying to teach me discipline. I have to trust that He has my new job handled. He knows the day and time I’ll get it.
All this pondering and stuff has me thinking about the verse in Deuteronomy 28:12 where it talks about God blessing the work of my hands. I feel like this season is about more than just getting a new job. This is about following through on something! This exercise of following through on tasks and ACTUALLY documenting it is building my discipline so that in my next job I’ll thrive (psst! To the recruiter reading this: see what I bring?). I don’t need to beat myself down and disregard the accomplishments of the day because I haven’t seen the result I want yet. It’s only Day 5 for Christ’s sake! I’m building endurance. I’m building something here. I NEEEED to be more patient with myself and give this some more time.
I’ll get there.
Also I bought two plants today from PlantHouse. One is a Philodendron micans and the other is a Philodendron cordatum. These made me sooo happy!
