My Typical Day

My Typical Day

Each morning I wake up in a time period between 9 AM and 11:30 AM. I've been trying to get up earlier, because I've found that I can actually get a lot more done during the day. Amazing huh. I also find that if I get up earlier, I don't have my insomnia problem late at night. Meaning I can go to bed at a decent hour and not lay in bed trying to sleep, which is one of the most annoying things out there. This means that I wake up at 9ish, go upstairs, have some orange juice, and read the opinion paper in the AJC. What I've found is that people in Atlanta are really really stupid in general, or that only the biggest idiots rants and raves are posted. The voice of reason seems to be lost somewhere around here.

I then venture downstairs to my little office- my laptop computer that sit on the desk with one of our main computers. It's here that I really put in the grunt work of my day, checking emails, getting on Indeed.com and typing in various key words, and then sending out resumes. my favorite is when they have a direct email address to which I can send my resume. That way I know I am getting through to someone and that I have a reasonable chance of actually getting to talk to someone. What is disheartening at time is having to fill out these extensive applications, much like the one you would have to fill out at..oh say...the Macaroni Grill. I'm tired of having to put my supervisors number from each crappy part time job that i've held in the past few years. Each big application normally also requires me to sign up for some other job posting website, meaning I have to submit my name and email, and then get all the notifications for the next few weeks. Most of the time I questions whether I really want the job, because there is just so much bull shit to wade through.

I switch from sending emails and looking for different opportunities and playing guitar. Honestly, I have no direction in terms of industry when it comes to applying for these jobs. I put in "Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Sales Representative, Manager," and anything else I can think of that would return some sort of favorable result. Most of the time I keep seeing the same companies posting the same jobs. I've also found that there are a lot of crappy companies out there promising people to work with pro sports, whether it is basketball, baseball, hockey, or something else. It seems to be the same four or five companies, and I steer clear of applying with them. I'm sure they all somewhat mirror my experience with JNL & Associates. When I do go and interview, the man or woman almost always asks me how I heard about the company and why I am interested in...transportation, paint, laundry, or whatever other industry. I could come up with a clever response, but I think we'd both know it was BS. truth is I'm not looking for anything in particular industry wise. My perfect job right now would probably consist of a 9-5 Monday through Friday with maybe some extra catch up work after hours during the week, but my weekends free. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find that without there being some extreme hours during the week.

This whole process seems to be a job in of itself. I am getting around 1 or 2 interviews a week, which to me right now seems like they're just appointments I'm setting up for my own company. I feel this is exactly what people have to do- look through lists of companies that might be good prospects and set up appointments to go sell something. Unfortunately, I'm just trying to sell myself at the moment, and by the looks of my bank account, it's costing me a lot more than I want right now.

The rest of my day is some sort of combination between playing guitar, eating lunch upstairs with my mom (who works from home), and searching for/applying to different jobs. As of today July 12, 2007, I have applied for 74 jobs. I have had interviews with over 12 different companies and for several of those companies more than one interview. I only have 2 suits here, and I'm running out of new and different options. I knew going in that the more companies I apply for, the more of a chance I will have to get interviews with and hopefully get a job with. It's a numbers game, and I'm playing it very steadily. I had two interviews this week, and I will have two more next week as well. I don't know what my other friends are doing in regards to interviews, but I feel like I've had the most out of all my friends. In the words of Bono, I still havent found what I'm looking for.

But of course I'm still at home. They say Atlanta is where players play. Well Dacula is where the players sit at home, bored.