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Getting personal, in a celebrity kind of way...by taking to my blog to update you.
Allow me to personally introduce myself, and make my entrance back to my blog talking about something that's really popular now...Trying to land a job covering pop culture.
Maybe it's not so popular, maybe I just don't know enough people. Maybe it was just a fad and all of the classes and interviews are a thing of the past and stepping into the real world, that just isn't going to fly.
Nope not true, it is a dog eat dog profession and I have learned first hand that it's hard to come by.
For the last year I have been trying to build a name for myself, on social media, through email, on facebook. linkedln, this blog, serving tables and networking but it hasn't been enough. It has been a year and some change since I graduated college with a degree in English with a concentration in journalism and so far the only change has been working 20-30 hours a week at my restaurant job as a server/bar tender. I have watched my friends dreams fall into place. Becoming teachers, working for the criminal justice system, graduate school, starting businesses and even landing jobs in journalism.
Did I mention the part about not getting into grad school?
I have always had big city dreams and nightmares of failures. Wondered how after "keeping in touch" and interning I still can't manage to land the perfect gig.
I'm holding my unpaid freelance work writing weekly reviews for The Voice online for a local newspaper in great stride, even thought its a step in the right direction...I want more.
I dream way to big, and out loud, but I want the world to hear me, and see me. This post isn't to wallow in my sorrows, but to let people know that it's just a challenge, but I know after all the fight and struggle it will work out in the end. I have my mind set on building a pop culture empire, and landing my dream job.
Stay tuned, and focused. It will happen for me, it will happen for us.
I promise.
Tati
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