Nabbing Those Little Accomplishments

Yesterday was...sleep-filled. I was not exactly stressing out about the fact that I no longer have a source of income on day one. I do have a savings account which will sustain me for quite a while if I live frugally. However, I was just tired. Anticipating what would happen on the last day of work, hoping to high heaven I'd have the self-discipline to actually job hunt on day-one, and to also relax a little bit. I delivered a job application for summer-temp work at a nearby aquatic center as a cashier because it's income, gets me out of the house, and allows me to still have time to dedicated to job hunting, called the HR person at RSIX to schedule that all important interview, but I mostly napped. It was bliss. I still felt tired when I went to bed a little earlier than usual, but I couldn't sleep. Which sucked. Then couple that with a headache from my neck cracking out of whack and it made for a long, sleepless night. Double sucked. So today, even though I am more awake than I have any right to be, I'm job hunting. I'm. Job. Hunting.

One thing I knew would help me is that I relocated my laptop onto my computer desk instead of near my couch. (Defining a specific environment for a task has always been helpful for me.) So today I officially started an earnest job hunt. I have found a couple of recently posted jobs of interest and also signed myself up on my University's job seeker page - which is free for alumnus. So, as of right now in the middle of the afternoon, I feel pretty accomplished even though I will still need to write cover letters and actually apply. It's measuring those little things and checking even some of the progress boxes as one way to keep from feeling overwhelmed and pressured. The bigger picture is freaking scary, and I haven't really let myself think about the what-if's, so I'm just taking things one day at a time.

As a relative side note: It is also very helpful for job hunting to have my home interenet connection operational. It's been dropping the connection consistently since Saturday (5 days ago) so today I also called my service provider who scheduled a tech to come check things out in the area because the connection to my home has been deemed "unstable" so hopefully I can continue uninterrupted. The ineternet has actually stayed connected all afternoon - knock on wood. It's kind of a necessity in this day and age. Not to mention for keeping myself entertained. I cut the cord years ago so outside of paperback books and my DVD collection I have limited options for keeping myself occupied. But that, is a story for another day/blog, and there's always the local library as well.