Hey blog,
Recently, I have created a mantra to help me deal with all the rejection I’ve been receiving: if it’s for me, it will come to me.
Every now and then, I see advice or opportunities that look like a perfect fit, but then I get rejected from them or ignored when I reach out.
My impersonal, impervasive, and impermanent explanation has been that if I’m not accepted, it was never for me to obtain. The things that are most For Me come personalized and directly, like the handful of colleagues or recruiters who have reached out. Everything else is just noise.
That said, I have two quick updates:
1) My dad had another health scare, and I had to pause everything inessential to collaborate with family on his care. We’re relieved to know it’s not cancer, but it’s all the more imperative that I find a job ASAP.
I called around about buying a funeral plot just earlier today. Yes, it’s that serious.
2) My unemployment was cut off because I started taking an evening class. I dropped the class to appease them, but it galvanized me by demonstrating how precarious my situation truly is. My current goal is to find a long-term administrative position and only then to make the data analytics transition, only once I have financial stability. I’m part of a data analytics training cohort that will offer networking opportunities in addition to the personalized support, so it’s not like I’m doing nothing. I think I’m getting closer to finding a place that values me.
(On a side note, I can’t help worrying that the County benefits office has something against me. They also cut off my medical insurance for no reason. I called to ask why, and they went, “oh yeah, guess someone used the wrong number” and reinstated my healthcare. Every time I check the information they use on me, it’s wrong! I don’t know if it’s ill will or incompetence that’s strangling me with red tape, but either way, I need to get away from social supports and back in the workforce.
America is a nation of Hyperindependence. Nobody is coming to save anyone.)
In short, there will be no more data analysis blogs for the foreseeable future.
I did get in six customized job applications yesterday, and plan to submit at least three more today. I also have two interviews this week and a short-term gig lined up!
Wish me luck! 🤞🏾🤞🏾 🤞🏾