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Sep. 8th, 2013
A list of next steps.
Sep. 8th, 2013 03:17 pmThis, I note, will probably be unfinished for a while. I'm going to have to leave in about 20 minutes for the supermarket, and then come back.
So. Ignoring the on hold pile for now.
( More masterlist, with next steps )
And now I have to go. Soon: actually working on next steps!
So. Ignoring the on hold pile for now.
( More masterlist, with next steps )
And now I have to go. Soon: actually working on next steps!
More on next steps.
Sep. 8th, 2013 04:33 pmI am home now.
I still have applied to no jobs. It turns out that the wi-fi at the library is intermittently very slow, which is quite annoying. It's possible that the wi-fi at Costa is better, but I didn't get to check that out today, as it was so packed that I couldn't find a place to sit. Maybe at 9am-ish, it'll be better.
So the next thing to do, I guess, is think about priorities and how to organise myself so that things get done. You would think that by the age of 33 I'd have some clue how to do that, but I am struggling. Still. Make do with what you've got, right?
I'm going to start, I think, by listing stuff by type of activity.
( Sorry, more length. )
Man, that's really a lot of stuff.
Do I have deadlines for any of this? Let's see.
Deadlines
Get blood test for consultant's appointment - 23rd September
Gifts and cards - I'd like to get started on this by the end of the month
Call Time to Talk - tomorrow
Email Chetan - tomorrow
Everything else is a bit up in the air, really. Some of it is probably more important than other stuff. Some of it is probably blocking other stuff. I'm starting to think I need a bug tracker for my life.
I feel like I need to figure out why I'm doing each of these things and maybe that will help me to decide what's important and what needs to happen first. That sounds like the subject of another post. Sorry, the spam is going to continue apace until I have actual priorities.
(None of this includes the stuff I just want to get done every day. Hrm. Wow, there is a lot of stuff.)
I still have applied to no jobs. It turns out that the wi-fi at the library is intermittently very slow, which is quite annoying. It's possible that the wi-fi at Costa is better, but I didn't get to check that out today, as it was so packed that I couldn't find a place to sit. Maybe at 9am-ish, it'll be better.
So the next thing to do, I guess, is think about priorities and how to organise myself so that things get done. You would think that by the age of 33 I'd have some clue how to do that, but I am struggling. Still. Make do with what you've got, right?
I'm going to start, I think, by listing stuff by type of activity.
( Sorry, more length. )
Man, that's really a lot of stuff.
Do I have deadlines for any of this? Let's see.
Deadlines
Get blood test for consultant's appointment - 23rd September
Gifts and cards - I'd like to get started on this by the end of the month
Call Time to Talk - tomorrow
Email Chetan - tomorrow
Everything else is a bit up in the air, really. Some of it is probably more important than other stuff. Some of it is probably blocking other stuff. I'm starting to think I need a bug tracker for my life.
I feel like I need to figure out why I'm doing each of these things and maybe that will help me to decide what's important and what needs to happen first. That sounds like the subject of another post. Sorry, the spam is going to continue apace until I have actual priorities.
(None of this includes the stuff I just want to get done every day. Hrm. Wow, there is a lot of stuff.)
Why do I have these goals?
Sep. 8th, 2013 06:20 pmI have a lot of goals. I haven't actually counted them, but there are a lot. Maybe I'll count them as I go.
( This is going to be big and rambly and in no particular order, apart from the order I've had them in up until now. )
48 goals, wow. (And this doesn't cover all the stuff that's on hold.) I have no idea if this list will help me figure out what's important to me. I guess I could categorise this stuff in terms of why I'm doing it, and then see what the broad reasons are and figure out what of those are important to me right now? That's a possibility?
I have no idea if that will help but let's try it.
( Some more categories, who even knows at this point. )
( So what does this all say? )
( This is going to be big and rambly and in no particular order, apart from the order I've had them in up until now. )
48 goals, wow. (And this doesn't cover all the stuff that's on hold.) I have no idea if this list will help me figure out what's important to me. I guess I could categorise this stuff in terms of why I'm doing it, and then see what the broad reasons are and figure out what of those are important to me right now? That's a possibility?
I have no idea if that will help but let's try it.
( Some more categories, who even knows at this point. )
( So what does this all say? )
Elevator pitches!
Sep. 8th, 2013 08:29 pmThis is the last of today's spam. I swear.
I'm trying to write an elevator pitch for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, to help me to reach my network on social media and maybe find work that way. (I'm really, really desperate for a job at this point.)
The thing about an elevator pitch, though, is the first thing they say is that it should be built around what makes you unique. And I have... literally no idea what makes me unique, especially in an admin-job sense. I don't feel like I'm unique at all! There are hundreds or thousands of people in London who can do what I do. So it's hard to figure out how to write an elevator pitch that isn't super-generic.
I did end up writing a list of things about me, but I'm not sure how much that helped.
Guys, if you have a moment, I'd love to hear one thing that you think is cool, or unusual, or even unique about me. (If you don't know, or you don't have a moment, don't worry!) Maybe that will help me figure out what to put in this elevator pitch thing.
I'm trying to write an elevator pitch for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, to help me to reach my network on social media and maybe find work that way. (I'm really, really desperate for a job at this point.)
The thing about an elevator pitch, though, is the first thing they say is that it should be built around what makes you unique. And I have... literally no idea what makes me unique, especially in an admin-job sense. I don't feel like I'm unique at all! There are hundreds or thousands of people in London who can do what I do. So it's hard to figure out how to write an elevator pitch that isn't super-generic.
I did end up writing a list of things about me, but I'm not sure how much that helped.
Guys, if you have a moment, I'd love to hear one thing that you think is cool, or unusual, or even unique about me. (If you don't know, or you don't have a moment, don't worry!) Maybe that will help me figure out what to put in this elevator pitch thing.