Seeking Certifications

I've come to realize that however useful my English degree and Professional Writing minor might be, they aren't nearly as marketable as being Microsoft Word certified and Google certified.

The problem is, I just spent thousands of dollars on my education and these certifications  cost about $100+ a pop. This is awfully frustrating to me and I feel like I should be taking another semester of courses in order to be more marketable.

Well, that, and I'm beginning to realize more and more that the career I feel most comfortable with would have something to do with Library Science. Unfortunately, I came across this realization too late and the nearest ALA accredited university isn't accepting applications until next February. Which give me plenty of time to prepare my application materials, but makes it difficult for me to pursue a job in the meantime. I detest the idea of going back into food service or the like, but at the same time, perhaps I should until I am able to apply?

But even then, I need to be able to have a job whilst in a Master's program, don't I? Ideally, I'd love to be able to work in a library, but there are no positions available anywhere in my area. Not even in universities. The best option I've found so far is a Social Media internship for my county library system, which I have applied for, but not heard back from. I worry that if I even end up getting that position, it won't be paid since it's a city internship and I'll end up back in the position of looking for a position in the food industry.

Blerg.

Another option could be that I spend some time teaching myself some marketable skills and getting certified more effectively while working in the food service and then pursuing a career a couple months from now.  However, does that really solve my initial problem?  

It's Happening...

I'm getting the I've-got-too-much-time-on-my-hands-and-a-desire-to-remake-everything-itch. This happens to me every summer, for as long as I can remember...I get out of school, I have no homework and work is a minimal presence in my life and now I have the time to notice how boring just about everything in my life is.

I then proceed to make lists of projects I can do (or wish I could do, but can't since I don't have the money for it). These projects can be anything, from remaking my intellect by reading the hallmark literature of a particular decade to a total rehaul of my wardrobe (which can include going to Goodwill and buying hideously ugly dresses because I am convinced that I can make them beautiful with my pathetic sewing skills), to the painting a redecorating of my house or yard.

You'll notice that the last time I wrote on this blog was at the end of last summer...

It's wildly annoying to me, especially since I've discovered Pinterst, because I am really pretty terrible at projects. I have a terrible tendency to get really enthusiastic about them and then get bored with them when they get harder than I anticipated. Has that stopped me this time yet? Nope.

Since I've graduated, I have:

1. Started reading three different books about things like Proofreading, Social Media management, and Feminism...
2. Been to six different Goodwills in search of furniture to repaint and dresses to remake.
3. Found about twenty different home improvement projects I'd like to take on to improve my rental.
4. Rearranged my living room, kitchen, and bedroom.
5. Started blogging again.
6. And decided to rewrite two stories I wrote in high school and see if I can get them published as Harlequin romance novels.

And I've been sort of avoiding the idea that I might have to get a job soon. I've found a few jobs that I could probably apply to, but none of them are jobs that would really make me happy. So I'm restless and nervous and jobless...and what am I doing? Figuring out how to paint the tile in the kitchen.

Fresh Start

So, I've graduated college. I've moved myself to a city two and a half hours from where I've lived my entire life. My wedding's been postponed until next year.

I'm jobless and realizing that I can't just find a job as easily as I used to be able to. I have to figure out what I want to do with my life. I'm trying to start eating right, not just healthy, but good for my body and syncing my actions with my body's cycles.

Oh yeah, this is great fun.

I'm not complaining, really, I'm not. I love the idea of being able to start over and finally begin a life that's completely mine, right down to the food I eat.

But I'm scared too. I don't know what to do with myself now that I'm not going back to school in the fall. And what if I choose the wrong job? What if I end up stuck somewhere that makes me miserable? Worse yet, what if I don't get a job and I can't afford to live in this bright, shiny, new place and eat my bright, shiny, new food and plan the wedding that I wanted because I have no way to finance it?

It's problematic. It's kind of making me panic a little. I thought I'd be more prepared for this, but I'm really not. And I don't know what to do about it.