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Re: Sometimes I forget how lucky I am. » Dinah

Posted by octopusprime on August 2, 2004, at 0:42:30

In reply to Sometimes I forget how lucky I am., posted by Dinah on August 1, 2004, at 18:40:02

> Of course, my therapist would say that there was no luck involved. He thinks I have an uncanny knack for finding people and situations that are nice fits for my ummmm.... personality style and personal quirks. ;)

dinah this is me as well. and i think we all do this. my current employer simultaneously brings out the best and worst in me, and my current job is very well suited to my "creative" "work" habits. :) it's a blessing and a curse that i could analyze to death in therapy or just go on a beach vacation and forget about.

but i guess that is part of the magic chemistry that got me the job in the first place. i wonder if it might be more appropriate to ask a philosopher how that happens.

i can say with some confidence, however, that there are other employers out there that will complement your sparkling personality (note that positive spin!)

the reason i say spin is just so that you don't get too negative on yourself. i agree with daisy's comments about putting one's best foot forward in the interview. let them discover your worst after they've committed to paying you :)

i know you were not ever a dater or a job-hopper or a joiner or a mover or a shaker or any of those kinds of things. i am a job-hopper (on the order of 10 jobs and 50 job interviews, and i'm 25), so here is my perspective: it's freeing to look for a new job in a way. you get to see what opportunity is there. a new job is a fast track to changing your life. it's frightening but satisfying.

with a caveat: deadline pressure *never* *ever* goes away.

good luck.

ps - to racer - were you my twin separated at birth? i identify with this so strongly (except for the accountant part) ...

> By the way, I've got two distinct sides to my personality: one side is light and sunny and breezy and easy-going (when i'm not drowning in the pit, at least), but the other is pretty much polar opposite of that. Serious, goal oriented, focussed, and a bit humorless -- pretty much, what you think of when you think "Accountant", not surprisingly. I'm also a tall woman, who is smart and not comfortable backing down when I'm right. You can imagine the sorts of responses that's gotten over the years, right? Aside from the attacks from men about my "obvious" sexual orientation, there's a lot of "she's just a [rhyhms with rich]" or worse.


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