Let me start by saying, yes I love Brene Brown and yes I'm good enough. Honestly whatever, this isn't a post about my worth but my job search. So read or don't, this is a pity party.
I'm about 6 weeks into my job search. I've had a couple of interviews. So far I haven't heard about moving to the 2nd round of anything. Mostly the airwaves are silent. They are silent and I'm stuck at home. This is a horrible combination for me. This is when self-doubt increases, self-worth decreases, mean as a snake self-talk takes over.
Last night DH had to spend a good two hours trying to convince me that my professional career hasn't been a waste or mistake. He truly believes I haven't peaked yet that I have some good to do in the world. See, I look at the past 21 years since high school graduation and see so much struggle. So much work and swimming against the current that I think/feel maybe I've been wrong. Maybe instead of college and graduate school and such, I was just supposed to be a maid. Maybe what I need to do now is just wipe my resume to that one Christmas season at Old Navy and just work as a custodian.
See, I have had like 50ish professors between all of my college and graduate school studies and I've never been encouraged to do research or write. The fact is my classmates were and this evidence leads me to think that the professors, professional evaluators of our chances to add to the field, clearly see that I don't belong there. These are the same type of people looking my work over saying "Nope, not her" when it comes to jobs in Academia that I am trying for. I see and hear from other classmates amazing opportunities that pursue them, find them, invitations for conferences, prizes, research; me, nothing. Last night I told DH that I am that person in the middle of the room covered in gold and no one sees me.
Given the evidence, maybe I've been wrong this whole time. I've been trying to live above my station. Maybe my fate really is to be a maid and it is time to stop swimming so hard and just go with the flow. Maybe being a high school librarian was my peak and now is the time to work some hourly job with no benefits, long hours, and zero responsibility.
DH says I'm just getting to the start line. I need to be patient. That just because no one has seen me yet doesn't mean I'm invisible. He is a good guy. He sees me as gold instead of pyrite.
I don't mind working hard. I don't mind waiting. I'm just looking at the evidence before me.
I'm about 6 weeks into my job search. I've had a couple of interviews. So far I haven't heard about moving to the 2nd round of anything. Mostly the airwaves are silent. They are silent and I'm stuck at home. This is a horrible combination for me. This is when self-doubt increases, self-worth decreases, mean as a snake self-talk takes over.
Last night DH had to spend a good two hours trying to convince me that my professional career hasn't been a waste or mistake. He truly believes I haven't peaked yet that I have some good to do in the world. See, I look at the past 21 years since high school graduation and see so much struggle. So much work and swimming against the current that I think/feel maybe I've been wrong. Maybe instead of college and graduate school and such, I was just supposed to be a maid. Maybe what I need to do now is just wipe my resume to that one Christmas season at Old Navy and just work as a custodian.
See, I have had like 50ish professors between all of my college and graduate school studies and I've never been encouraged to do research or write. The fact is my classmates were and this evidence leads me to think that the professors, professional evaluators of our chances to add to the field, clearly see that I don't belong there. These are the same type of people looking my work over saying "Nope, not her" when it comes to jobs in Academia that I am trying for. I see and hear from other classmates amazing opportunities that pursue them, find them, invitations for conferences, prizes, research; me, nothing. Last night I told DH that I am that person in the middle of the room covered in gold and no one sees me.
Given the evidence, maybe I've been wrong this whole time. I've been trying to live above my station. Maybe my fate really is to be a maid and it is time to stop swimming so hard and just go with the flow. Maybe being a high school librarian was my peak and now is the time to work some hourly job with no benefits, long hours, and zero responsibility.
DH says I'm just getting to the start line. I need to be patient. That just because no one has seen me yet doesn't mean I'm invisible. He is a good guy. He sees me as gold instead of pyrite.
I don't mind working hard. I don't mind waiting. I'm just looking at the evidence before me.
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