Category Archives: Personal

Lost

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Ian

Apologies if this post is a little ramble-y. It’s here pretty much as it came out of my brain. I’ve officially been unemployed for too long. The days have started blurring together. I have volunteering, so I’m not completely without … Continue reading →

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Week Wrap-up: 09 July 2018 – 15 July 2018

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Ian

The Good The Dungeon World game I’m playing in continues to kick ass. Playing a fighter is fun, y’all. (And that’s something you don’t normally get to say in a tabletop RPG…) My buddy passed along a copy of Scum … Continue reading →

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Week Wrap-up: 02 July 2018 – 08 July 2018

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Ian

This week’s felt really long, though much of that is probably because I’m tired and suggish as I’m writing this. Still, some cool stuff happened this week: Boyfriend’s birthday! Happy birthday, Peter! Got to play Lifeboat, a card game I … Continue reading →

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A Century of Job Applications

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Ian

As of the 3rd I’ve hit 100 job applications filed this year (including following up on leads that didn’t involve a formal application). So that’s a thing.

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Week Wrap-up: 18 June 2018 – 24 June 2018

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Ian

Bits and bobs from the last week: Writing continues apace. Found a project that’s relaxing to work on, which is nice, and put in a few thousand words on it. Now I just need to figure out what length the … Continue reading →

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Un-Marketable Job Skills

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Ian

I applied to a bunch of jobs today, and it reminded me that I have a whole bundle of skills that, while I’m very good at them, will never help me land a job: Losing every pen that has ever … Continue reading →

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Week Wrap-up: 11 June 2018 – 17 June 2018

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Ian

This last week was actually really uneventful? It was sort of nice. I haven’t written one of these in a while, but I suppose those other weeks will just be lost to time. How sad. Anyway: Still waiting to hear … Continue reading →

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Liminal Life Space: Jobs Edition

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Ian

This was supposed to go up yesterday, but then life happened. Whoops! I’m trapped in a Jiffy Lube waiting for my oil to be changed. The TV was an endless infomercial for a tai chi DVD set aimed at the … Continue reading →

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Sleeping is Hard

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Ian

I’m pretty sure I’ve already posted about this, but sleeping is hard.

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Holding Out for Inbox Zero

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Ian

I’m not at inbox zero, but I’ve been trying to cut down on the absurd number of unimportant e-mails I get per day. Especially now that I’m trying to buy less, a lot of these e-mails are downright useless. Or … Continue reading →

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