One week so far

Last week was a different experience seating by my desk in front of the computer screen for long hours. Not working on graphics design or artistic stuff but answering calls from customers similar to a call center manner.

Yeah, I got a temporary job as a work-at-home agent in a call center which supposed to be a one-month project. Unfortunately, the one-month term lasted for only a week as the call volume became low and the project has to end. It was like a whirlwind of changes last week as I start the new job and at the same time, our daughter started going to the daycare for the first time. All in the same week, my husband started his new shift as well which became one big week of transition for us.

But that week is done as I bid farewell to my fellow virtual co-workers last night. We called my daughter's daycare this morning that she won't be coming in this week anymore. As I think about it, overall...it was a cool experience but we have to face the reality that with this economy, anything can happen. Tomorrow, I start looking for a job again. Today, I'll enjoy my time with my daughter and hubby.

A Busy Week

This week was busy...not because I'm working on a project or a painting (although I have one still in progress), but because I am job hunting. I'm excited to go back into the workforce. My last job was in the ad agency and that was three years ago. I got an email from a friend of mine today about the good news with a possible job she can get any time now after a very fast interview phase with the corporate heads. What's amazing was it wasn't "just" a job. It was her "dream" job. I was so happy after reading her email and how events came in this year which brought her to a decision to go back to the corporate world. She has been sought many times by her previous company, but she always wanted to do or find that "dream" job. So how do we find that "dream" job? 

I thought at this point in my life now, I don't have a dream job anymore. Why? Because I worked, worked, and worked before I met my husband now? Because I got pregnant and stayed home? What if I go back to work full-time again outside the home, I'll just take any possible job to help support my family? Just as I thought of these things, I realized I'm putting this God I believe in and love in a box that even though I know He loves me, He can just give me "just" any kind of job even if I don't like it. 

Expect the unexpected, those were big words for me 3 years ago. Somehow, as life changes and many trials unfold, these big words became a cliche. 

I realized that while I do the things that are in my control while applying for jobs, I have to put my trust in Him. My take is to expect big from a big God and be prepared to face people who can discourage me. 

"Sow a thought and you reap an action. Sow an action and you reap a character."