DAY 64 - ISABELLE'S COMMENTS

MY DAUGHTER
I am sitting in my daughter's room waiting for her to fall asleep and she asked me to read my last blog post to her. She felt it was important for me to mention her following comments: 1. Mommy you should call Blane and get him out of your life. You should not have to pay money for his help and 2. Mommy I think your blog is a little bland - it needs some spice or salsa.

OK... I am going to listen to her advice and get the California recruiter out of my life and also try to add some salsa to this blog... let's see how I do.

VISIONING EXERCISE
I am not sure if anyone else does this but for every job that I interview for, I imagine going to work for them. Now I don't mean like big picture but a real day. It is the same for each company. I wake up early, go for a run, put on a cute suit (always with a briefcase - which usually never happens in real life), drive to work and then go to my new office and work with my new colleagues. So in my mind I have gone to work for an automotive interior company, brake and steering systems company, fluid carrying system company, independent consultant, chocolate maker, home construction, medical devices etc... I am exhausted with these visions - I have almost put a full month in of imaginary work. Not to mention the fact that I should get my imaginary suit dry cleaned.

I think it is good to vision these days but it is certainly disappointing when the job does not progress. So much wasted creative thinking I go through... I just wondered if anyone else gets emotionally attached like me? I am noticing as the rejections come in, it is getting easier and the recovery is a lot faster. Maybe my imaginary engagement level to these days are easing up - I am a non committed fake employee.

HOME PROJECTS
I promised that I was going to do all this work around the house and I am disappointed to report that not much has happened. I successfully purged the home and completed a deep clean of both my bathroom and bedroom and then stopped (I was supposed to do my entire house). However, my husband and I are about to complete a creative project in our home that should have taken about a week and we are bringing it in at 2.5 weeks. That is pretty good for us. We painted and chalk/magnet board on the wall for my daughter's art. It actually looks good... hurrah..

REALIZATION
Kids always think their parents are boring and bland. I thought mine were and I am sure when my daughter has kids they will think she is too!! Realization 2 - Part of change is visioning how the new role may look and feel. A little creative role playing never hurt anyone unless you actually showed up to one of these companies really and thought you were an official employee. That has happened so I am in good shape.