I'm writing this post out of working hours because I want to draw an official line under my 'zero fortnight'. I've waited patiently and now the time has come where I've got to move on. Back when I started this I said I was putting my cards on the table and said I needed to have a job by the start of April and that I was waiting for replies from the 'big three' - three jobs I really wanted.
The first week didn't go too well and after waiting all week I heard from one of these on Friday afternoon, and it was a no. Because I was sick of waiting, I tried to make myself another opportunity which worked and the second half of my zero fortnight picked up a great deal.
I was asked to apply for a job and started to get somewhere with some other projects I was working on. In the meantime I got rejected from another one of the 'big three', but because things were moving anyway, I wasn't too cut up about it.
This meant I was waiting for the Big One. I'm going to ruin the pointless suspense now - I still haven't heard. I don't know when I will hear, but I've spent the afternoon looking for other jobs in the hopes of meeting my April deadline. I don't know whether I'm not in the mood or whether there really is very little our there of interest, but it seemed like there was nothing on offer that wasn't marketing or telesales. Any jobs asking for writers are all about finance and stocks - stuff that I don't want to write about even if I could.
A while ago I blogged about how the internet has transformed job searches and it means I can do everything from the comfort of the sofa, but even with the entire universe at my fingertips, I can't find anything I want to do. I'm suffering from one of those 'lacking in motivation' days. I picked up something a little dodge and I'm not feeling at my best so you can understand how hard it is for me to get enthusiastic about a job that advertises itself as an 'exciting opportunity' and that's it.
So come next week I don't know what I'll be doing. I know I have about a month to find a job, but I have no idea what that job will end up being. Hopefully I'll be feeling better and a little more motivated, but right now I don't know, well I don't know anything.
So at the end of my 'zero fortnight' the results are thus:
1. Things are beginning to move a little in a couple of areas.
2. I'm still waiting to hear about my dream job.
3. If none of those things work, the poo will hit the proverbial fan because I will be forced to take a job merely called an 'exciting opportunity' which we all no is not going to be an 'exciting opportunity'.
I'm on the cusp of something - I just don't know what it will be...
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