05-06-2020, 10:02 PM
It just looked like I was working hard, but on the whole, it came so naturally. Sure, the job had it's pitfalls - it was a job - but it was a great job for me and I had gotten to the point where I could pretty much do what I pleased in terms of research. That was such a luxury which I shall miss so much. A lot of the burnout phases I post about was from the music festivals - and that was self inflicted. Plus I may have elaborated for dramatic effect here. Nevertheless, point taken.
I was enjoying the SIP immensily until losing my job. Now it's terrifying. Entering the job market now will be insanely tough. So many people are out of work. Now all my energies must focus upon this. All that idle writing that I was going before has to be targeted to cover letters.
Stacy reminded me that all the jobs she saw me get, I got through friends. You got me the AFS job, PPFY. Lam Kwoon came because I had trained there since childhood. And I was headhunted by TC thanks to a friend there who did me a serious solid, Andy Ching (last I heard he retired to run an ice cream shop in downtown Oahu). Prior to that, LB got me the job at Lab services and ED got me the job at MQ6. The only significant jobs I got by myself were TAing at UCSC (which came with the graduate program) and the Svale Library. But I used to be more freelance, especially when transitioning between AFS and Lam Kwoon. I don't know if that'll fly anymore - that was so much hustle. That was working hard.
I was enjoying the SIP immensily until losing my job. Now it's terrifying. Entering the job market now will be insanely tough. So many people are out of work. Now all my energies must focus upon this. All that idle writing that I was going before has to be targeted to cover letters.
Stacy reminded me that all the jobs she saw me get, I got through friends. You got me the AFS job, PPFY. Lam Kwoon came because I had trained there since childhood. And I was headhunted by TC thanks to a friend there who did me a serious solid, Andy Ching (last I heard he retired to run an ice cream shop in downtown Oahu). Prior to that, LB got me the job at Lab services and ED got me the job at MQ6. The only significant jobs I got by myself were TAing at UCSC (which came with the graduate program) and the Svale Library. But I used to be more freelance, especially when transitioning between AFS and Lam Kwoon. I don't know if that'll fly anymore - that was so much hustle. That was working hard.
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