Since landing back in the Pacific Northwest, I have started four jobs and quit three. Shew. Not something I'm particularly proud of since it really accents a flakiness in myself that I like to keep more undercover than as a mode of operation. Back in November, I took a quick & dirty job as a cashier at Target. Big Brothers Big Sisters then hired me as a part-time match support specialist...a job I was actually psyched about. But when Foster Care at a local nonprofit offered me full-time for the part-time job I had interviewed for, I had to go with the benefits package. All the while, I was still in the running for a job at Mason Co. Extension & the Squaxin Island Tribe. They had a very slow process, complicated by weather and new management. So when they finally offered me the job, I gave my notice to Foster Care...and put my quitting flakiness to rest. For now.
So now I'm a Nutrition Educator for the federal Food$ense program--teaching communities & kids about affordable ways to eat healthy (bad logo, good probram). That's right...I do some cooking for a living. Scary, I agree! I'm 75% out at the Tribe and 25% in low-income schools in Mason County (just west of Thurston County, where Olympia is).
I started on Inauguration Day. What a day for new beginnings!
2 comments:
Another perspective would be that you're incredibly talented and flexible in recognizing which paths are a better fit for you. The alternative would be to stick in a position that isn't the ideal fit out of some sense of guilt or commitment, which isn't very healthy. Congratulations! It sounds like this job may be a good fit for you.
do you have to teach about meat?
welcome back to the blogosphere. i think i speak for many when i say that we missed you.
let's chat soon! can't wait to hear what you're cooking up (pun intended!!!)!!!
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