In reading an assignment for my exciting Body Sense class I came upon an interesting quote which is as follows:
"People have more courage for others than for themselves, which is why Sher encourages individuals to form support groups as a way to help them keep moving toward the realization of a dream, even in the midst of doubts, hardships, and setback," (from 7 Kinds of Smart by Thomas Armstrong, PH.D. p.125).
This lead me to my idea for my thread this week. I know that graduation is approaching quickly for many of us, and this can undoubtedly lead to tons of stress. I know it's hard for me to be going to school full-time, working full-time at one job...while still keeping 5 other jobs (yes, I'm insane, I know), having my job search in full swing...and barely getting more than 4 hours of sleep a night. It's pretty rough.
My job search plan is to have all my resume packets, complete with copied clips, cover letters, and a link to a website that I'm in the process of making that has additional clips, complied and sent out by March 16, 2007. This sadly only gives potential jobs 2.5 months to call me back, interview me, and hopefully give me some job offers.
That might be enough time for them, but probably not enough time for me. The problem I'm going to have involves my dream to move to Cali. I absolutely hate Wisconsin. I've lived here my whole life (all 22 yrs so far) and I hate the cold. Milwaukee is definitely better than my little hometown up north (Clintonville, WI), but it isn't big enough for me. I want to move to Cali where it never gets colder than 50 and I can wear mini skirts all the time! Thing is...how the heck am I going to get job offers, travel to all these different cities (LA, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Chicago, and NYC) and pick a place to live, find an apartment, and still move before my lease ends on May 31st in Milwaukee?!
My dream job is to work for a well-known magazine or newspaper (preferably magazine) writing movie reviews and concert/cd reviews. My old dream was to be the fashion editor for Seventeen Magazine in New York, but since getting my job at JIVE Magazine this has changed. You should definitely check out http://www.jivemagazine.com/profile.php?id=1334 , which is my online portfolio with JIVE to see what I love doing.
(On another note...I do need people to help me pick out my best clips so I can send them out to potential employers...I have a clip portfolio and if anyone is willing to help me this week, it would take about an hour to read and pick out my best clips...if you don't have that much time, I would really appreciate it if you could just look at my online JIVE portfolio and pick out my best movie review!!! Thanks guys!)
So, in conclusion, I guess I'm just freakin' out. The past four years have been easy...school in the fall and spring (with some work)...then work full-time all summer. It was an easy routine for such a long time...and now that it's about to drastically change I'm scared.
So I'm wondering...what are everyone's dream jobs....what are you doing to try to reach them...and how are you dealing with all this stress because I need some pointers!!!
Sunday, February 25, 2007
RideMCTS.org (2/25-3/3)
Riding the Milwaukee County Transit System is quite the experience. Most of us hate to do it. We run all the way to the stop just to see the bus fly right by us. Maybe some of us have never rode it, but the fact being that as students we all get a free pass to ride, it’s probably a usual thing for us to do.
I know it is for me, living near Brady St., there’s no way I can walk the two miles to campus in the snow or decide to pay $8.00 a day in parking because my job is also in the same place and most of my day is spent there. As much as I feel the bus is a hassle, when the schedule is never correct or I get squeezed in like a sardine when the students get on at the Kenilworth stop, I also think the experience is quite entertaining. I’ve been offered drugs on the bus, had to pee so bad I thought I might have pissed myself on the bus, have been drunk and rowdy on the bus, but most of all have observed other people doing ridiculous things in my everyday travels on the bus. I've talked to a one armed man with a flashlight, I've seen a couple practically having sex, an old man carrying a food bowl who told my friend she's "really beautiful" and another old man who wanted to party with my friends at Riversplash.
So, as you guessed it, and as the trend has been, has anyone had any other good bus experiences? My goal one day is to write a play or a book on all the crazy experiences occurring on the bus.
I know it is for me, living near Brady St., there’s no way I can walk the two miles to campus in the snow or decide to pay $8.00 a day in parking because my job is also in the same place and most of my day is spent there. As much as I feel the bus is a hassle, when the schedule is never correct or I get squeezed in like a sardine when the students get on at the Kenilworth stop, I also think the experience is quite entertaining. I’ve been offered drugs on the bus, had to pee so bad I thought I might have pissed myself on the bus, have been drunk and rowdy on the bus, but most of all have observed other people doing ridiculous things in my everyday travels on the bus. I've talked to a one armed man with a flashlight, I've seen a couple practically having sex, an old man carrying a food bowl who told my friend she's "really beautiful" and another old man who wanted to party with my friends at Riversplash.
So, as you guessed it, and as the trend has been, has anyone had any other good bus experiences? My goal one day is to write a play or a book on all the crazy experiences occurring on the bus.
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