The Job Search

Since I have officially handed in my resignation, now comes the job search.  I've been throwing out resumes and job applications like crazy.  It's a little scary.  What can I do?  What do I want to do?  How do I persuade people that I am qualified for the job when my entire background has been farming?  

I believe right now I want to take a break from farming.  I know - what's the name of this blog after all!?  But my last two farming experiences haven't been disasters, but I'd like a break.  A chance to have a job that has some set hours.  A chance to not take my job home with me at night.  And, the chance to pursue another dream.  I have a job interview at a farming situation pretty similar to what I did in MA at The Farm.  And it's only 40 minutes away from Mom and Dad.  But I'm not sure if that's what I want to do.  I really would like to go to Albany for a while, play rugby, and take the classes I need to pursue a career in nursing.  I can see myself farming, but not forever.  Nursing has been in my mind for a very long time - I almost switched majors in undergrad.  But I was already so far into my Animal Science path I stuck with it, and just kept going.  I have not regretted it, it's what I wanted to do, I have a passion for it still.  Before I left The Farm, I was about to start taking some classes for nursing, but this job at Thanksgiving Farm came along.  Unfortunately it did not turn out the way I had hoped.  But I can only take it as a sign that I need to pursue nursing.  I can see myself nursing for a long time.

I'm still going to the interview on Monday and Tuesday with an open mind and heart.  I don't know what to expect from the community there.  Who knows, that could be where I need to be...   

I'm definitely practicing my TGIF - I'm trusting that nursing is the career I want to pursue.  I'm grateful for the supportive friends and family who are helping me look for jobs and offering me a place to stay when I'm done in NY.  I'm inspired by how I learned my limits and have applied them to what has been happening with my current job.  So instead of beating myself into the ground trying to make something work that wasn't going too, I'm recognizing that fact, and moving on.  And I'm practicing faith because I have NO IDEA what's going to happen to me, where I'm going to go in exactly two weeks from today.  

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the staircase."