Thursday 30/06/16

Websites browsed:          Several

Jobs applied for:              One

Mood:                              Good, albeit a little restless.

Enthusiasm:                     Fairly good, but a little too tired to

                                         think about it.

Thought of the day:

If you think we have it bad, just think about that poor little Goldfish, swimming around for hours and not getting anywhere.

Actually, that seems to be what I am doing lol. I wasn't thinking that when I wrote it. lol

What's next?

I'm having a short break from Facebook, Twitter and everything else for a while, but I'll be back. Need to chill and come back fighting. 

And that's a promise!

See you soon. Which may be sooner than you think. lol

Wednesday  29/06/16

Websites browsed:          Same as

Jobs applied for:             0

Leads:                             1

mood;                              Good

Enthusiasm:                     7.2

Bags bought:                    1

Money spent on

coffee.                               £5.00     Oops. A girls got to have 

                                          something to look forward to and 

                                          well, lattes do it for me. lol

Weight:                             Yes

Thought for the day:

When life is not looking as rosy as you want it too..............drink loads of Bacardi and Coke. 

Went to town today with my father and son and bought myself a handbag. Then I treated myself to two lattes, oh yes!

It rained from the minute we got into town until we left but I didn't care. I was just glad to get out of the house and have a break from my laptop and looking at job sites with no jobs.

While I was waiting in the queue in a well known coffee shop beginning with C ( please note, there are other coffee shops available) I got chatting to a lovely lady by the side of me and proceeded to tell her my life story. I'm 51% sure she was interested. The fact that she was answering back in sentences made me feel my life story was not falling on deaf ears.

Oh yes!  Without realising what I was doing, I killed a moth this morning, after three attempts at trying to flush it down the loo. I felt terrible and soft old me, I actually shed a few tears over it.  I've never killed anything in my life. It was a good hour before I could live with myself. 

But I digress, as usual.

What's next?

1)  Take the washing out of the machine.

2)  Scoff half a punnet of strawberries.

3)  Take one last look at a few job sites.

4)  Get the dinner on.

5)  Sit down and scoff the other half of the strawberries before my 

     hubby gets home.

6)  Ask myself, why am I doing this blog.

7)  Then admit it's because I haven't got anything better to do.

8)  Then admit to myself that I'm a complete nut case.

9)  Then try to get this list up to ten.

10)  Then try not to keep saying 'then.' Then realise that I'm waffling and desperately need to take the washing out of the machine, to make my life worth living. lol

Tuesday 28/06/16

I have some great news, although it does not really apply to my job hunting. 

One of my good friends who is about to be made redundant has managed to find a job. I am so pleased for her because she is the main breadwinner in her family. So it is one less problem for her.

Well done xxx

Tuesday 28/06/16

Websites browsed:          loads

Jobs applied for:             2

Leads:                             1

Mood:                             Good

Enthusiasm:                    Good

Oreo's eaten:                   2

Weight:                           Put on two pounds OUCH!  But they were

                                        on different scales lol

Thought of the day:

Two sweeties are better than one sweetie. 

Found a couple of jobs and applied for them, so that's four hours I've spend looking for work and filling in application. Time well spent? That remains to be seen. 

Against what I actually believe, I'm pretending that I have every chance of getting the jobs I apply for. Because that's the way I roll.

I'm also pretending that the amount of time I spend filling in the application forms is also worthwhile, although that is extremely difficult to do, unless of course I get an interview lol.

Raining again. Don't need to qualify that statement.

So what's next?

1) Another look at emails.

2) Relax

3) Darts later

4) Take my job hat off.

5) Going to watch Murray, I know he's going to do better than the 

     England squad. 

Monday 27/06/2016

Job sites browsed:     Several

Jobs applied for:        2

Leads:                        2

Mood:                        Good

Enthusiasm:               8/10

Cakes eaten:              None, because I'm in a fairly good place.

When it comes to the jobs market I have to remember, that it's not personal... it's business. 

It's not easy to feel that way sometimes, especially when people with less experience and fewer qualifications than me get the job. 

Before I go on, this is not aimed at anybody I know. This is just a general observation concerning my own job hunting experience.  

I'm going to try and remain optimistic, and hopefully, one day, all the energy I put into job hunting will pay off. But I won't hold my breath.

The trouble is, when I get feedback from jobs, they say it was a good interview, but if it was that good, why didn't I get the job?

I long for the day when someone pulls my interview technique to pieces, then I'll have something concrete to go on. Or is getting a job purely the luck of the draw? Either way, I'm going to try and remain positive. I'm going to draw on that old cliche, ' It's there loss.'

What's next?

1) Dinner, I'm hungry. Exercising my fingers like this is gruelling. lol

2) I think there is a footie match on the television that needs my attention tonight.

3) Apply for two more jobs tomorrow.

Saturday 25/06/16

And relax

Websites browsed:          Only a few as it is Saturday.

Jobs applied for:             0

Mood:                             Let that one go today.

Enthusiasm:                    Ditto

Cakes eaten:                    Enough

Weight:                            I got on the scales yesterday, put my 

                                         money in and they broke. Which was 

                                         a great end to a disastrous day. lol

Thought for the day: 

'If people say they just love the smell of books, I always want to pull them aside and ask, To be clear, do you know how reading works?'
(Bridger Winegar)

What's next?

I'd like to say I am going on a great adventure and that the world is my oyster,  but sadly, the way I'm feeling, it will be a walk to the shops. 
I'm not in a good place at the moment, but I will be. I'm going to wallow for a while and tackle some issues I have head on.  From now until Monday, I'm going to chill out. I don't want to see, think or hear the word 'work.'

I've lost my way a bit. I can't seem to see the bigger picture without work being an issue, when it is so not. I've got to get that adventure part of me back again. 

That's it, I'll go rock climbing!

Saturday 25/06/16

Yesterday, I had a meltdown big time. I even broke down at the job centre and cried in front of my adviser. lol.  It was only for about a minute and of course, she was understanding. But the word embarrassed doesn't even cut it. lol  

But, after a good nights sleep at last, I'm back to my normal self. 

Alas, there are far more reasons I felt that way, but I don't want to feel hard done by. Life is too short.

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