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shoutout to all the adults in my life that have actually showed me how to be an adult and not just kind of assumed i would figure it out on my own
While I might be mistaken for Internet Dad, as I’ve said to folks before: I was basically raised by google. No one taught me how to adult. The internet did. :/
shoutout to my mom for teaching me a lot of adulting making me do chores, and to Jez for having a really great website
me looking at a townhouse like
okay not the worst townhouse I’ve ever seen definitely not I can look at the next–
yeah I mean okay I could keep going
NOPE
I made my pies again and lo mein yesterday so I’ve basically fed myself for tomorrow. also vacuumed the whole house, did all my laundry (including acquiring more hangers, which were desperately needed, and which we’re now out of again) and wrote probably 2k on RLS. really good Sunday!!!
if this adulting scoreboard is going to work, we need to determine what counts. does “work” count as a single adulting task, or can the various things accomplished at work count as points?
Duties that are part of your regular day do not count. That’s just your job. But, doing extra things at work or particularly impressive things do count. For example, I can’t count working the reference desk, but I can totally count today’s successful performance review. I get extra points for leading a resume workshop, btw, because I’m teaching others to adult as well.
However, you do get one point for showing up to work each day. Sometimes getting out of bed is hard.
this is perfectly fair. I agree to adhere to these rules.
if this adulting scoreboard is going to work, we need to determine what counts. does “work” count as a single adulting task, or can the various things accomplished at work count as points?
fresh laundry in the summer: GET BEHIND ME YOU BURNING SPAWN OF THE SATAN-PIT
fresh laundry in the winter: holy sheets come here you hot little wunderwear I’m going to rub you all over my face
I wanted to share some knowledge I picked up during 8 months spent unemployed. This is a conglomerate from personal experience, trial and error, and input from other friends who have been through the same.
This is really long, and I hope none of it is really painfully obvious, but I hope it helps somebody out.
Read on for tips on resumes, applying, interviewing, and following up!
Saving, because I obviously need this. Ughhhhh.
this is great advice and all, but I think something needs to be added:
don’t be arrogant. be humble, even if you KNOW you are the person for the job.
you see, there is this tendency of young people, starting from a very early age, to believe they know a lot more than they do. there is simply too much in the world for any one person to have a handle on it all, and time is the only real way (barring that direct download chip in the back of your head, nbd) to gain knowledge and experience.
if you have a college degree: just because you do, it doesn’t make you better than a) people without college degrees, b) people whose knowledge and/or degree may seem outdated just because it was earned 20 years ago, and c) people in your field who have an unrelated degree.
over the course of the 18 months I’ve been working at this small technology company, I have watched the guy who hired me (the tech support manager) interview probably 20 people. many times, he has received a resume from a younger candidate with good qualifications and been very eager to sit down with them – but then returns after the interview shaking his head. when I asked him last time what had changed his mind, he told me, “she was just such a know-it-all.” without any immediately relevant experience, a 20-something woman had basically informed him of several ways his processes were faulty and should be overhauled.
even if you managed to hide arrogance during the interview, you will quickly become the hated one in the office or workplace if you display it while on the job. the moment you act entitled to your job or delegate work in a way that makes others feel demeaned, it WILL be sniffed out and everyone will know about it. arrogance makes you unlikeable, intolerable, and frustrating as a co-worker, and will earn you many complaints to the boss. complaints to the boss = reprimands, firings, and absolutely no references.
and it’s just courteous common sense. treat other people like they matter, and when you are struggling with a task on the job, they will jump right in and help you.
