Very Little Work, Very Little Play
I've been a M.I.A from here for a while. And, to be honest, I would have been absent for a lot longer if it weren't for some feedback I got on Twitter today about my blog. So I've just given it a bit of a revamp and made it look a bit simpler and more mature (at least I hope that's how it looks now!). So hopefully that'll make it easier to enjoy and appreciate what I'm writing, instead of just the way it looks.
Anyway, the reason I've neglected my blogging responsibilities recently is... I've been job hunting.
Yep, nothing particularly exciting, I'm afraid, but I am officially classed as 'unemployed.' Now, you might think that this would give me more time to write endlessly about what I am (or what I'm not) getting up to on a daily basis. But this, unless it wasn't already obvious, has not been the case.
When I left sixth form in July, I had that one last 6 week holiday to relax and do pretty much what I like, but on the day that my little brother went back to school, I was straight out there on the hunt for work. This wasn't too bad to start with, going around to all the shops in the local area, giving in CVs all over the place and filling in application forms online. But after about a month of it, I can safely say I was fed up with it. I got a few interviews, at a fruit machine place, the local bowling alley, a primary school, New Look*. Not that anything came of them. I've lost count of the number of rejections I've had.
*Quick note: If you ever get a job interview at a place like New Look, don't tell them that you don't really follow fashion. It will not do you any good.
It's gotten to the point that I am so bored with it that, even though I keep an eye out for vacancies in shop windows while I'm out and about, I haven't been on a proper CV round in ages. Instead, I've settled for trawling the job websites every day. And although I have got an interview at a library next week, I actually expect to be turned down for the job, which probably isn't the best attitude to have.
One of the main reasons that it's getting me down is that job hunting has restricted how much I can go out. Because I'm the only one in the house who's not working, I feel really bad if I go out to see friends, so for a long time, I've only been going out once a weekend, if at all. I really cannot wait to get a job so that I can go out and about on my days off and not feel guilty for it. Plus, it'll give me some kind of income. (I don't claim JSA.)
Being jobless, I often find myself craving human interaction a lot more than I used to, mainly because when I'm not job hunting during the week, I'm stuck indoors doing bits around the house, so I can't be moaned at for not doing anything. And with everyone else being out at work or school during the day, I do get lonely. Really lonely.
*Sad face.*
Anyway, that's about as much of an update as I have right now.
I'll see how the interview goes next week and write all about that next week. I have thought about doing a little video about it, but that can only turn out badly.
I think I'm more of a blogger than a vlogger... Hmm.
Anyway, the reason I've neglected my blogging responsibilities recently is... I've been job hunting.
Yep, nothing particularly exciting, I'm afraid, but I am officially classed as 'unemployed.' Now, you might think that this would give me more time to write endlessly about what I am (or what I'm not) getting up to on a daily basis. But this, unless it wasn't already obvious, has not been the case.
When I left sixth form in July, I had that one last 6 week holiday to relax and do pretty much what I like, but on the day that my little brother went back to school, I was straight out there on the hunt for work. This wasn't too bad to start with, going around to all the shops in the local area, giving in CVs all over the place and filling in application forms online. But after about a month of it, I can safely say I was fed up with it. I got a few interviews, at a fruit machine place, the local bowling alley, a primary school, New Look*. Not that anything came of them. I've lost count of the number of rejections I've had.
*Quick note: If you ever get a job interview at a place like New Look, don't tell them that you don't really follow fashion. It will not do you any good.
It's gotten to the point that I am so bored with it that, even though I keep an eye out for vacancies in shop windows while I'm out and about, I haven't been on a proper CV round in ages. Instead, I've settled for trawling the job websites every day. And although I have got an interview at a library next week, I actually expect to be turned down for the job, which probably isn't the best attitude to have.
One of the main reasons that it's getting me down is that job hunting has restricted how much I can go out. Because I'm the only one in the house who's not working, I feel really bad if I go out to see friends, so for a long time, I've only been going out once a weekend, if at all. I really cannot wait to get a job so that I can go out and about on my days off and not feel guilty for it. Plus, it'll give me some kind of income. (I don't claim JSA.)
Being jobless, I often find myself craving human interaction a lot more than I used to, mainly because when I'm not job hunting during the week, I'm stuck indoors doing bits around the house, so I can't be moaned at for not doing anything. And with everyone else being out at work or school during the day, I do get lonely. Really lonely.
*Sad face.*
Anyway, that's about as much of an update as I have right now.
I'll see how the interview goes next week and write all about that next week. I have thought about doing a little video about it, but that can only turn out badly.
I think I'm more of a blogger than a vlogger... Hmm.
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