All the Doors are Open For You. Which One Do You Go To?
Things never go the way you want them to. The question is: how will you respond to it?
So last night I got an email saying that I got the job at a juice bar in New York! Exciting! It might not be what I was looking for but I do need to find a way to not burn my savings so this is a blessing.
Yesterday I also receive an email regarding an internship I interviewed back and never heard from again. The recruiter reached back out stating that there were a few spots left for one of the fields I checked off.
Oh wow cool!
Two days ago, I get a LinkedIn from an old coworker who lives in NY. I asked her to keep an ear out if there were any postings in her field. Lo and behold she sends me one.
Okay umm amazing…slow down.
Today I receive a Slack from one of the alumni specialists (of the program I was in) asking if I would be interested in a small internship (part-time or full) working under the founder of the program.
Hold up what now??
And then I was sent a LinkedIn InMail for a PA opportunity for a digital agency that works with entertainment which recently worked with the Mank Campaign. She asked if I was interested and if so, to have an interview.
Excuse ME!!? YOU MEAN AN OFFER FOR A POSITION I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR?
This all is too real and coming in way too fast. It reminds me of a Tik Tok actually.
Now I feel like the lord is testing me.
I cannot just simply drop out of the New York opportunity. But a part of me also wants to take ALL these opportunities.
Why?
Because in these last 15 months, I’ve had none! No one reaching out. Callbacks only leading to rejection (which I did receive yesterday as well). Dead ends with deader eyes, trying to find ways to not give up too soon. So the fact that there’s not only one but four opportunities, I just don’t know what to do with myself.
I wonder if this is how the smart kids felt having to choose one of the ten prestigious universities they were accepted to.
I know at the end of the day, I have to cancel out any of the short-term opportunities. Next is the cancellation of the long term because I may not be there long term, let alone if I’m even qualified.
Which leaves me the one that stings most of all, the PA position.
While this is an immediate no seeing that it is in LA it hurts.
I can’t tell you how many Disney/HBO/NBCU jobs I’ve applied for that I am literally being handed right now. All of that, just to turn this down.
God what are you telling me right now?
