it's weird when you go to college, you are there (mostly) to get a degree. so that when you get your degree you can start your career. but they never tell you that when you graduate, that degree doesn't really mean much. i mean it does in a sense, but it doesn't mean you get a job. I WANT TO WORK! i'm going crazy, i want to write or be involved in a publication in any way even if it is just to get coffee or change the urinal cakes in the bathroom. it's weird they call them cakes. i just want to have something to do every day, feel like i have some sort of purpose somewhere. I want to have a task and complete it.
i used to be on a search for a job that i will love because i don't want to be miserable in my job like the majority of people these days are. but now im on a search for absolutely anything. and it's weird because i don't even know how to go about a job search. do i just go into a magazine or wherever and ask to talk to the editor so i can hand her my resume and tell her i'll do anything? oh the pathetic desperation that will be echoing in my voice as i speak.
they should have a class in college (they probably do at some) that specifically teaches you about the real world and how to go about finding that job. maybe i had a class similar to that but i didn't go much. i don't know. anyways, this post isn't me just thinking out loud (or in writing i guess i should say). it's an actual request. i don't get many comments on my posts, but i know there are people out there who read this. i hate when i don't get comments by the way, it makes me feel like what i've written is pointless, like it didn't affect anyone. not that my purpose for writing is to always get feedback. i don't know. my mind is in 732 places today, can't ya tell? i start writing something but then i don't have a point or know how to finish the thought so i just say 'i don't know'.
anyways, back to the point. im a journalist, i love photography, i love public relations, i love anything that goes into the field of 'communications'. I have a resume. I have a portfolio. How the heck do I find a job? I need advice and/or opinions. Some people don't know how to comment on the actual blog, so if that's the case and you have some advice for me, email me. brynndalynn24@gmail.com. Anything and everything is appreciated!
By the way, I've been asked by a family member who will go unnamed for the sake of the argument it will cause later, to stop writing this blog. "You are putting your personal life out there for everyone to see. You look like an idiot, that's what it is doing. It's making you look like a total idiot." Ouch. So I questioned my motives about writing this blog. Why do I do it? I guess some of it is ranting; expressing myself for the sake of getting it out of my head. But I also want to affect people. Not in a huge way because that is tough to do. But have some sort of affect, maybe for someone who is going through what I'm going through. Or for someone who is having their own problems and they see other people struggle too. But I also don't want that to be what all my blogs are about... struggles and blah blah blah. I want them to be uplifting, some of them witty, some of them pointless and retarded. But with the crap I'm going through right now, that's just what they are about for the time being. Basically I am just asking, should I stop writing? Is there a point to it?
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The point of writing is to do just that, write. Like all other art forms, it is what is, and should be done for the sake of doing it, not someone else's opinion of it. You appear to like doing it, so I'd say continue on.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, I made a myspace music page, simply to put something out into world and to back up my own bitching about the ol' Oxford music scene. If someone listens to it and likes it great, but if not, who cares because I've put something out there, which is more than what most people ever do. Or I sent some of my short stories in to some literary publications, not really caring if they were accepted, but simply being happy to have contributed something.
You're contributing. Good for you. Write what you feel and be unapologetic about it.
You shouldn't ever stop writing. It doesnt matter what kind of writing you're doing b/c your good at it. I always enjoy your writing whether it's meaningfull or having no point at all. I agree with Irvine....at leat you're putting something out in this world. Most people just let it pass the by. And I hate not getting comments too by the way. ha. As for your job hunt...I say make packets in those yellow envelopes of your resume and your portfolio and send them to every editor you can find. Surely you will hear something soon b/c you're a talented writer and an equally talented photographer. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be all right. I know that doesn't mean much if anything right now. But it will. You may be the best writer I know. And I'm not bad myself. As for whoever told you to quit: Fuck them. Sorry, I know it was a family member but they're dead wrong on this one. You're doing good. You're honest. It shows. And it makes me feel perceptive since I based your entire profile on that aspect. It's almost done; and I've never had more fun (or scratched my head so much) writing anything.
ReplyDeleteHey, wow! 3 comments already! so, proof that you shouldn't stop blogging. I had a great time the other day. We should meet up again and do some shots. I guess try out sites like monster.com and see if there's any takers. i don't really know, either. I'm in the same boat.
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Mickey! I must admit your blog inspired me to create my own. I genuinely appreciate your honesty and vulnerability. I'm a huge fan..miss you and hope you know that I still miss that smile!
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