January 17, 2006
The Tonics, Stress, Post-School Thoughts
Sunday Night
I like this song, by the way.
And I'm doing that thing where I wake up at three in the morning unable to return to sleep again.
It might even be funny if I didn't have something like six and a half hours of class to look forward to.
Sigh.
Stress I suppose. Thinking about school and the workload of this quarter is stressing me out a bit. The sheer enormity of some of the tasks I have ahead makes me hesitate before I even start working on them.
Talking to people about post-graduation and what to do once out of school is also kinda sobering. Moving away from school is going to be weird. School as a social environment is quite unique and there's no way it's going to be nearly as easy to meet people once I get into the working world. "Have heart" I suppose, I won't be the first person to have moved into the working world and dealt with this kinda crap, and I surely won't be the last. It's not impossible.
And of course the upcoming job fair has me doubting myself and my ability to look good enough on paper to land an interview, to know enough to impress them during the interview, and, uh, I guess that's it. Working on my resume (CV?) is a depressing sort of experience as well, and makes the last three years of my life look almost like I was doing little to nothing at all. Another part of the problem is that one is never quite sure of what they're looking for on the resume, and what they consider relevant or irrelevant. Last time I went to the career fair they basically ignored parts of my resume, and more than a few times while asking whether I had a particular kind of experience or had done a certain kind of project, they told me to mention that on my resume.
Anyway, I can't say the three-day weekend treated me particularly well, but at the least it gave me time to relax, not think about school too much and get caught up on crap. I also learned again the importance of good friends, being able to separate you from yourself, and patience.
So, time to shower, eat, and get ready for classes.
Here's to clarity, purpose, friends, and happiness.
I like this song, by the way.
And I'm doing that thing where I wake up at three in the morning unable to return to sleep again.
It might even be funny if I didn't have something like six and a half hours of class to look forward to.
Sigh.
Stress I suppose. Thinking about school and the workload of this quarter is stressing me out a bit. The sheer enormity of some of the tasks I have ahead makes me hesitate before I even start working on them.
Talking to people about post-graduation and what to do once out of school is also kinda sobering. Moving away from school is going to be weird. School as a social environment is quite unique and there's no way it's going to be nearly as easy to meet people once I get into the working world. "Have heart" I suppose, I won't be the first person to have moved into the working world and dealt with this kinda crap, and I surely won't be the last. It's not impossible.
And of course the upcoming job fair has me doubting myself and my ability to look good enough on paper to land an interview, to know enough to impress them during the interview, and, uh, I guess that's it. Working on my resume (CV?) is a depressing sort of experience as well, and makes the last three years of my life look almost like I was doing little to nothing at all. Another part of the problem is that one is never quite sure of what they're looking for on the resume, and what they consider relevant or irrelevant. Last time I went to the career fair they basically ignored parts of my resume, and more than a few times while asking whether I had a particular kind of experience or had done a certain kind of project, they told me to mention that on my resume.
Anyway, I can't say the three-day weekend treated me particularly well, but at the least it gave me time to relax, not think about school too much and get caught up on crap. I also learned again the importance of good friends, being able to separate you from yourself, and patience.
So, time to shower, eat, and get ready for classes.
Here's to clarity, purpose, friends, and happiness.
# posted by Yann : 06:06
