August Will Be Great

This last week, my world shifted. Dramatically!

I met with an HR Recruiter, and she told me how I was underselling myself by trying to hide my age and hiding 30 years of experience and talent. I asked her about the rejection of mature job seekers, and she reminded me that this would be an unhealthy environment. After a couple of years of being rejected time and again for various opportunities, I needed that. I haven’t necessarily gone back in to put in my full experience into my resumes and my LinkedIn and Indeed profiles, but I’m working through that. If I weren’t so scared for the loss of income, it’d be easier but she definitely refocused my thoughts, and I appreciate that redirection. So, thank you to Sharon!

My husband Luther was offered a job in Cape Canaveral, Florida. WOW! After 25 years teaching high school Physics, Astronomy, and Computer Science, he’s going into a “big people” job doing what he’s dreamed of being part of since a very small boy! I am so proud of him that I can just BURST. We’re going to get out of Columbus. It’s funny because my next “Vision Board” item on my list was to move from this city. Columbus has been an unhealthy place for me for a few years (especially since I learned how unhealthy it had been for my Hallie for high school), and that was just my commitment to getting out. I guess there’s no need to add it to the Vision Board, because it’s happening. Now to figure out how to contribute to the family because my current role isn’t in that city. I had committed already to finding a fulltime job so I guess this gives me direction on “where”. That’s positive, right?

Working on my Event Planning Certification, I was reminded that I have so much more experience with that than I ever articulated. These events seemed like projects as part of my job for the last 30 (dare I say longer) years. I needed this redirection on looking at myself and valuing my own contributions, and I am being educated by reminder in this program. I’ve spent the past few years so focused on learning about Marketing, Communications, and Social Media while doing Events just seemed natural to me. Turns out, I’ve got so much knowledge and experience with something that I love. This was something amazing and fun I learned as part of a Vision Board challenge. Can I use that? Well, I guess now is the time to test that.

The month of July has been a challenge at work for me. I’ve questioned and even experimented with skills. I’ve finally decided that sometimes your energy is off and you have to either wait for the tide to turn or shift your energy. So, I made the appointment for my haircut (Vision Item #1), and I’m waiting for the end of July. Just because it’s my birth month, that doesn’t mean that my psyche is in the right place. I’m taking the positive steps. I’m making steps in the direction I want to go, and I’m waiting. The month is coming to a close. Here’s hoping August will be great!