It's quite muggy here in Los Angeles and I'm feeling less frustrated today. I managed to get some stuff done around the apartment today so that took my mind off of things. I have just one errand to run today so that's one more thing to keep me preoccupied. The job search moves in peaks and valleys, like everything else in the world but that's life. I keep telling myself to be patient and something will happen. I saw something interesting on twitter yesterday. According to the feed from the Wall Street Journal, 63% of self-employed people got negative responses from potential employers. Could that be the reason? I never considered myself self-employed. I've been approaching my blogging project as just that, a project to keep me occupied and out of the malls. I've never really looked at as an alternative to a day job. I'm certainly not getting paid to spout my thoughts on architecture, historic preservation, urban planning and design (historicpca.blogspot.com). So why do I continue? I guess I've come to enjoy it too much. How is this possible? That sounds rhetorical doesn't it? Maybe I like the ability to set my own hours and my independence. Could there be a market for this? Could I actually make a steady living off blogging about the subjects I care about the most? it's definitely worth exploring. I think I also feel a certain sense of pride when I hand someone my card. It's like I'm say "yes, I made this." Maybe this is what's turning potential employers off, that fact that I am my own boss, in some sense, and they're concerned that I might not fall into place. Definitely worth further exploration. Oh before I forget, I did make that call I told about yesterday and left a message. So we'll see what comes out of it.
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