In my job search, which is approaching 1.5 years (I've fortunately been employed during that time), I'm learning how to balance resilience with disappointment. I think it's perfectly human to be annoyed and disappointed by rejections, ghostings, etc. I bounce back and keep applying, but I think it's OK to take time to be angry at the utter foolishness of the job application process. The question is, how can we channel that anger into action to make changes?
I love your choice of word here. "Foolishness" is exactly what it is. Thank you for naming it!
The trouble with channeling anger into action to make changes is that I have to find a way to do it without becoming bitter and twisted. How do you turn the anger and frustration into something positive? I'm an optimist at heart, so I try to maintain my idealism and hope, because those are the things that keep me going within the job search specifically but also in life in general. How do you do it?
In my job search, which is approaching 1.5 years (I've fortunately been employed during that time), I'm learning how to balance resilience with disappointment. I think it's perfectly human to be annoyed and disappointed by rejections, ghostings, etc. I bounce back and keep applying, but I think it's OK to take time to be angry at the utter foolishness of the job application process. The question is, how can we channel that anger into action to make changes?
I love your choice of word here. "Foolishness" is exactly what it is. Thank you for naming it!
The trouble with channeling anger into action to make changes is that I have to find a way to do it without becoming bitter and twisted. How do you turn the anger and frustration into something positive? I'm an optimist at heart, so I try to maintain my idealism and hope, because those are the things that keep me going within the job search specifically but also in life in general. How do you do it?