Wednesday 4 July 2012

Dolla dolla bills ya'll

So. I've been trying [read: ripping my hair out in frustration] to make a post using pictures from my trip. But alas, Blogger seems to be failing me in the "this is easy!" department. So you'll have to wait until I have the patience to try again. For the 8th time. I don't want to talk about it.

So let's talk about me! And the Advantage. So how it should always start, the Advantage of Doing I mean, is with what you want to do. What do you want to accomplish? What is your goal, dream, desire?

Figure that out and you're halfway there. Now:

Do it. Make it happen. What do you need to succeed? What makes your goal feasible and reasonable and attainable? What I've noticed a lot of the time, other than your number one necessity (pure belief in yourself and your AMAZING goal): you need money. Ew, gross, I know.

My goal #18: Travel again very soon (details to come). And so I was job hunting the first few weeks of June when I got back. Obviously, my most awesome job opportunity would be writing somewhere full time. But obviously those are hard to come by. So, I found an awesome landscaping job... -ish. I get driven out every morning to a site (farmer's field) where there are test canola plots. They need to be hand weeded. So that's what I do. Except today. Because the rain is treacherous.

ALSO, I got asked to be a runner for Boonstock last weekend. IT WAS AWESOME. I got paid cash to drive rockstars and DJs around from airport to hotel to site and so forth. I was the night driver. So I slept all day, worked all night. The switch back to being up for morning weeding was interesting, but I made it.

And ALSO, last but by far not the least, I am working for FinalEyes Communications (www.final-eyes.com) as a Social Media Planner and Executioner. I might figure out a way to reword that...

Anyways, it's so much fuuun! I get to write the company's tweets and facebook posts and we are going to be working on a blog in the near future. I love it. It's by far the best job I ever had, even though the hours are short and scattered. I figure if I can get a few more accounts like that, I'll be set.

So, three jobs in and I'm feeling alright. I am looking for a more permanent full time position. Specifically one that allows me to be paid even though it's raining...

I really believe that doing something you love will make you richer than any job that's big on pay, bore and settling for it. But that's a career, not a job. My career is writing, and I am glad to say I am starting in a place that feels good to me. My jobs are this and that and the other thing and they suit me just fine.

I would also like to extend a deep, hearty thank you for waiting for me! I got so caught up in trying to get that one post up that I forgot that I wasn't actually posting anything. So look out, internets, I'm back in business.