The day after I got back, I had a job interview with Wesleyan assurance society. They called yesterday to offer me a job as Marketing Content Manager. It's only for two and a bit months, and they don't want me to start for another month, but it's my foot in the door of the level that I want to work at. It's not perfect - I was hoping for at least six months somewhere so I'd have saved a bit and be able to go somewhere for a month - but even if they don't want me any longer than they've said, it's unlikely that whatever I do after that will be a step backward. Hey, it's not much shorter than the three months I was on expedition that got me to that level of employment.
So that's kind of it. What I planned to get out of Raleigh happened. I won. Can strategic planning of my life be used as an example of strategic planning when I'm applying for jobs?
So what have I been doing in the past month? Well, I've been getting frustrated with recruitment consultants. Seriously, do these people read anything? I've been continuing with the freelance writing. I don't enjoy that so much. It's just writing, but the topics aren't very interesting so I spend a lot of time procrastinating - seriously, this very blog I'm typing is part of that procrastination - the pay is appalling, and there's no real context of what I'm doing in terms of marketing strategy or anything, so it's a bit flat.
The main thing that's been taking up my time and attention has been a new obsession with space and its use. The day I got back, I was looking in my wardrobe for something, and I was overwhelmed by how much stuff I had. Having lived off three shelves for three months on expedition, I found myself horrified by how much of the wonderful space in my house was going to waste.
So I...
Emptied half of my wardrobe. I brought some for recycling, and the rest went on eBay...
Took the drawers from the bottom of the wardrobe and put them into my bed...
Turned the corner of my living room from this...
Into this...
Yes, the TV unit is made out of a bass drum. I made it myself!
I've done lots of other little bits, but I won't bore you with my interior design/DIY shenanigans. Except this, because it's a GIF. I decided that the musical instruments in my room pretty much lived there, so needed a proper home.
Part of the above has included a lot of de-cluttering. A lot of stuff has gone for recycling. A lot of stuff is on eBay.
I've really enjoyed being back with Nerve Centre. It's great to be able to interact with creative people again! They wrote some cracking tunes while I was away, so we're working though them and the ones I wrote those nights on radio duty. The week after I got back we were recording. We recorded a song with Jay-Z!
Our first gig back is 20 June at The Actress and Bishop in Birmingham. You can get your tickets here.
So that's it. I'm a bit concerned about finances until I start working. I've just enough savings to get by I think, but I really could do with people buying my crap from eBay. I've applied for a couple of temp jobs, but they tend to be a lower level, and I have a Masters degree, and for some reason people recruiting for those jobs seem to think people with Masters degrees don't have bills to pay. Them applying for the job is apparently not a good indication that they're willing to do the work, and therefore not a reason to consider them. We'll see what happens. I could make more effort with the writing, but I don't enjoy it and I'd love to get out of the house and talk to people during the day.
So that's it. That's where I've been and where I'm at, and where I'm going.
And I do believe there's not very much more to say for this blog. So this will be my last post here.
*sniff sniff*
Thank you for reading. I hope you've enjoyed it. I'll see you somewhere down the line.
Now, bring me that horizon.
Ar aghaidh.
Pura vida!
x
