Careering Careers
(Or life ain’t a straight line so be a little bendy)
First off the bat, I’ve got to say how great it is to be getting back into writing. It’s always been something I’ve loved, but would alway dip in and out, sometimes writing long form, other times (and for a long time) writing poetry and just riffing on the moment.
Right now, I feel like I’ve been getting back into my stride, whether that’s been writing stuff for the EmergeONE blog (spoiler alert, we’ve got some amazing pieces coming up, alongside a complete rebrand :) ), or this Sunday musing that has forced me to really think hard about myself and my place in the world, or even putting pen to screen as I scribble into the daily journal I’ve been keeping since me and my family decided to go into lock down (day 121 by the way).
And my journey with writing seems to mirror another part of my life, and one of the things I seem to get asked for advice on by lots of folk young and old and from all sorts of walks of like — and that’s other part of my life is my career.
Or to be clear, my lack of one.
I recall coming back to the UK in 2015 and optimistically applying for jobs on LinkedIn, writing cover letters and reaching out to recruiters.
