FUTURE
I now keep various items in my life labeled FUTURE. (Always in all-caps, mind you.) Like a label in my gmail account, a spreadsheet with various programs/jobs to apply for, and various folders on various computers.
I still have six more months in Ober-land, but I guess I'm getting stir-crazy, because I'm looking around for good jobs to get me outta here. Preparing cover letters is interesting, because I don't want to be bland/boring, but I also don't want to seem like a total kook. My cover letter for the job I'm currently in was more fun to write, because I knew that Ben wanted me to apply, and I had a lot to talk about re: my love of Oberlin.
It's harder to be so specific about my love of arts administration; I love music and I gain much satisfaction from organizing things/events/people. Talking to people makes me happy. I don't mind talking about what I am good at; it is somehow harder to talk about what makes me happy. (Perhaps the reason is that it's easier to be cocky, and more painful -- intellectually -- to be sappy.)
I am learning a lot about myself from this communications fellowship. I am learning the relationships that I like to have with people, and what kind of work leaves me the most satisfied. This job is a very good mix of steady, daily tasks, medium-sized writing projects (mostly for the Conservatory website so far), and long-term projects (like the website I'm organizing/building/writing to explain the administrative structure of Oberlin as a whole institution). If I could mix more human interaction in, it would be just perfect. (Or if I had more regular human interaction outside of the workplace. I spend some nights just reading on the couch with my cats until I go to bed.)
SO! The challenge: communicate my passion for/adoration of/need for music without getting sappy, senitmental, or otherwise unattractive & boring. In a cover letter. Which also explains what I am doing/have done and why I am qualified (despite my age). All of which should leave you wondering why you need to read the other applications at all.
Any ideas?
I still have six more months in Ober-land, but I guess I'm getting stir-crazy, because I'm looking around for good jobs to get me outta here. Preparing cover letters is interesting, because I don't want to be bland/boring, but I also don't want to seem like a total kook. My cover letter for the job I'm currently in was more fun to write, because I knew that Ben wanted me to apply, and I had a lot to talk about re: my love of Oberlin.
It's harder to be so specific about my love of arts administration; I love music and I gain much satisfaction from organizing things/events/people. Talking to people makes me happy. I don't mind talking about what I am good at; it is somehow harder to talk about what makes me happy. (Perhaps the reason is that it's easier to be cocky, and more painful -- intellectually -- to be sappy.)
I am learning a lot about myself from this communications fellowship. I am learning the relationships that I like to have with people, and what kind of work leaves me the most satisfied. This job is a very good mix of steady, daily tasks, medium-sized writing projects (mostly for the Conservatory website so far), and long-term projects (like the website I'm organizing/building/writing to explain the administrative structure of Oberlin as a whole institution). If I could mix more human interaction in, it would be just perfect. (Or if I had more regular human interaction outside of the workplace. I spend some nights just reading on the couch with my cats until I go to bed.)
SO! The challenge: communicate my passion for/adoration of/need for music without getting sappy, senitmental, or otherwise unattractive & boring. In a cover letter. Which also explains what I am doing/have done and why I am qualified (despite my age). All of which should leave you wondering why you need to read the other applications at all.
Any ideas?
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