I'm currently being considered for two different part time position in my field. I am totally happy with this. If I could miraculously get both of these jobs my life would be awesome. Job 1 is at an after school program a few blocks from my apartment. For a part time after school job they've made me go through a whole lot of steps and I'm hoping my continued interest will act in my favor. And they'd be crazy not to hire me. After school programs are my thing. I've written papers about it. Job 2 is a part time library position at a Catholic school. It would only be two days a week but with a schedule flexible enough that I could still do the after school job. I love the idea of working in a school library. I love books and I love seeing kids get excited about books and I would like to share my excitement about books with kids. I saw the library and it was a little sad, but I'm confident that I could make it awesome. Hopefully I convinced the principal that I am serious and enthusiastic about this part time opportunity.
Part of me feels like I should be more ambitious and try harder to secure full time, grown-up employments. But, then again, 7+ of unemployment has kind of crushed my spirit and part time jobs might be all I can handle right now. These two part time jobs in particular would be good on my resume and I feel like I could learn and grow as a professional educator.
Here are a few more reasons why I'd be content with part time employment:
- I'd be able to make ends meet, if not overlap. I've gotten so used to being so broke any steady income would be wonderful. I've done the math and these jobs would allow me to pay my rent and my bills and probably have some cash left over for food. Anything consistent would be better than the constant state of broke-ness I've been experiencing currently.
- Free time! If I'm only working 20-30 hours a week I'll still have loads of free time for comedy things and friend things and fun things. And I won't have to rely on the kindness of my friends to buy me drinks when we go out. And coming up with septa fare to get around won't be a constant struggle.
- I could ease into the whole "career" thing. I may be highly educated, but I am not very experienced in terms of work things. It might be nice to be able to ease into it with less pressure than I'd get from a full time teaching position.
- I am so damn tired of applying for job, writing cover letters, and going to interviews only to be rejected again and again. I can only handle so much rejection.
Seriously guys. I am so sad and so broke right now. I need these jobs. Waiting a week or so to hear about them is awful. So if you see me in the next week and I seem off, that is why.
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