Okay, I'm going to introduce a concept here and it might seem complicated, or maybe a little unnecessary, but I need you to stick with me okay?
Say yes to everything.
I know, revolutionary. Of course you're going to say yes, I hear you say, why would you say no if someone offered you an interview, or even a job? I get it, we're all open to every opportunity that comes our way.
But that's work. That's professional things. I know you're going to say yes to all of that because I know you want a job. I'm telling you to say yes to the social things. To every invite you get and every event that's happening. Say yes to all of them.
I don't care if you don't want to commit to something in a months time because you might have a job by then. If you do get a job and you have to request the day off then fine. You already had this social commitment, you'll have to tell them you can't work that day - if you had booked a holiday they would have to, so I'm sure they can give you the one day. And yes, it means you've already used a day of your holiday allowance, but I'm sure that social event will be an enjoyable day so screw it.
You can't miss out on opportunities because you don't know what's going to happen in your life. If we all lived like that, no one would book holidays or go to the theatre, or stay out too late one night and still have to get up for work in the morning. In fact, no one would do anything.
And who knows, you might not have a job in a month and then you'll have missed out on the fun thing because you were too worried about what might be happening down the line.
Furthermore, once you do find a job, you won't have all the spare time you do now. If we're going off my sisters example, you'll do very little except have dinner and watch TV after work because you want to chill. So treasure the time you have now. Do sensible things like job applications and admit to yourself that they suck, but don't spend the whole day moping around. Set some goals - maybe 5 applications a day, maybe 2 hours of job searching every morning - and then go do something else. Whether it's taking the dog for a walk, painting something, watching a film, seeing friends for coffee. Don't spend the wonderful abundance of time you have moping around. You don't want to regret it after you find that job of yours.
What I'm saying is this: we live in a world of zero guarantees, so choose to use your time in a way that makes you happy. If you're open to saying yes - both professionally and socially - you never know what could happen.
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