The Life of an Adult (or someone pretending to be)

First of all, I apologize for my lack of blogging over the last month or so.

Moving to a new city and starting a new job all at once has been a little overwhelming so I’ve been focusing on keeping it together and looking poised and professional. Since my job consists of me sitting in front of a computer 8-10 hours a day leaves me with no will or desire to come home and sit in front of a computer and blog. I will be trying to write my blogs a little more frequently though as my job has been teaching me a lot about having a real-life design job.

I’ve been very lucky to land a fantastic job as a Website Designer. This is a great opportunity for a first job and will definitely help me land great positions when I eventually decide to move on in the future. My coworkers and various supervisors have been very welcoming and helpful and the fact that three of my classmates were hired around the same time as me has provided a nifty support group. Starting a new job is always nerve wracking but the experience has been less terrifying simply because of how great the people are.

One of my weaknesses in the past (which has been big regret of mine) is the fact that I have a hard time talking to new people. I’m socially awkward and I always feel strange talking to people I don’t know. This is something I’ve been working on for the past year simply because of how important it is to make new connections and to go out and meet people. However, meeting people is a little easier in college than it is in a brand new city. I’ve made some friends in the office and I hope to keep expanding these friendships.

Another huge problem I’ve had is finding things to DO. I know you’re thinking, “But you’re in the city. There’s so much to do, so many activities!” Well that may be true but how do I find out about these activities? I’ve been keeping an eye out for some design conferences coming up but other than that I haven’t really had the chance to explore the city too  much. I hope I’ll have the opportunity to do so in the next couple of weeks.

So that’s a quick summary of how things are going for me so far. I haven’t decided what I want to blog about now but I will probably be reviewing some articles and maybe highlighting some design freebies (who doesn’t love free things?). If there’s something you want me to blog about then leave a comment/tweet/email me and I’ll see what I can do.

As I said, I will be blogging more frequently in the future and eventually hashing out some kind of schedule. I appreciate all my lovely followers listening to my nonsense design ramblings. :]

Week 7: Newly Graduated, Rejected Again

Rejection is apparently becoming a staple in my life. I got rejected from a really terrific job. This was a job position that I was really excited about (and turned down another offer for). The responsibilities I would have taken on were exactly what I’ve been doing for the past couple of years and it was one of the few job postings I had found that had really excited me. However, they hired someone with more experience (every time). The person who interviewed me said the interview went really well and he enjoyed talking with me, but that they had decided to go with someone who had a little more experience in the field. Yes I did send a thank you note and I prepared really well for that interview, but sometimes things don’t work out. Maybe that wasn’t the job for me or maybe I have to grow a little bit more professionally. I know that I did the best I could and gave it my all. I am proud of being chosen out of 200 applicants to come in for an interview so it’s not all bad. I just have to keep pushing myself and keep applying to more jobs. The fun never stops.

I don’t really have a lesson for this week. I would talk about rejection again (since I just experienced that for the second time) but I have already discussed that in length in one of my previous posts. On the up side, I did have another interview today so that’s something I’m pretty excited about. Fingers crossed, I hear something back next week.

As always, keep applying and keep your chins up! Being positive will get you much further than being negative.