Baking is my favorite occupation when escaping my woes too. But it can create other woes (weight gain, for me!)—unless you have friends and family members who beg to be your taste testers! I do! Baking does provide immediate gratification, unlike most job searches. Good luck with both, Hoang. The SK blueberry loaf does sound delicious!
Thanks Ruth. I am still chugging along waiting (impatiently) while my husband has been getting requests for interviews… 😔oh well, at least one of us is getting some luck!
I’m glad my job hunting days are behind me. I never liked it then, but I think it’s so much harder now. Can you believe I used to search for jobs (and sometimes find them!) in the newspaper want ads?
Yes!!! I do remember because I used to do the same thing. Except I would also walk into places and physically hand them my application…that’s how I got my first job ever at 16. I applied twice and got a good reference from one of my teachers. Some things haven’t changed. Job hunting is still hard!
In Stoic philosophy, we have "Amor Fati" (Love of fate.) Embracing what happens to one is a tool we can use to deal with rejection. Epictetus mentioned how we can't control what happens to us (circumstances), but we can control how we react. Of course, this doesn't mean that you don't recognize or analyze the reason for what happens so you can modify your position in the future.
Baking is my favorite occupation when escaping my woes too. But it can create other woes (weight gain, for me!)—unless you have friends and family members who beg to be your taste testers! I do! Baking does provide immediate gratification, unlike most job searches. Good luck with both, Hoang. The SK blueberry loaf does sound delicious!
Thanks Ruth. I am still chugging along waiting (impatiently) while my husband has been getting requests for interviews… 😔oh well, at least one of us is getting some luck!
I’m glad my job hunting days are behind me. I never liked it then, but I think it’s so much harder now. Can you believe I used to search for jobs (and sometimes find them!) in the newspaper want ads?
Yes!!! I do remember because I used to do the same thing. Except I would also walk into places and physically hand them my application…that’s how I got my first job ever at 16. I applied twice and got a good reference from one of my teachers. Some things haven’t changed. Job hunting is still hard!
In Stoic philosophy, we have "Amor Fati" (Love of fate.) Embracing what happens to one is a tool we can use to deal with rejection. Epictetus mentioned how we can't control what happens to us (circumstances), but we can control how we react. Of course, this doesn't mean that you don't recognize or analyze the reason for what happens so you can modify your position in the future.