(Finally) finding a job has
allowed me to disconnect…Let me explain.
I will open with a scenario
many of us have experienced when looking for work. It’s no secret I’ve spent my
fair share of time over the past five years on the job hunt. This isn’t because
I can’t find work, it’s actually quite the contrary. I have been on the hunt so
frequently because I strive to find the right job for me. Anyone who is driven
to find that perfect job will tell you job hunting is a full-time job in
itself. Sending upwards of 20 resumes a day online with the hope someone will
notice and actually read what comes across their desk. There are the countless
phone screens, phone interviews with recruiters, awaiting the call saying
you’ve been passed through to someone who actually works for the company, etc.
Then there’s the phone interview, the second phone interview, (for God sakes
probably the third phone interview) and then you are so fortunate to be invited
into the office for a real interview. This is all beside the point I am trying
to make, which is a feeling some of us m* words may feel when they become disconnected from their ever-important mobile
device for a specific period of time.
For instance: While job
searching online took up a wide margin of my day, the other time spend surfing
the internet was spent via social media which isn’t a surprise to anyone.
Keeping up with Facebook updates, tweets, Instagram postings and blogs on that
rocket ship of a website called Barstool Sports helped pass the time while I
waited for that next big phone call. In a way, I felt like I was on top of
EVERYTHING. However, looking at it from another lens, what exactly was I on top
of?
World news, politics,
business, sports, I knew it all. I followed tweets of my favorite bloggers,
frequently refreshed Instagram to see who was taking pictures of what, you know
that whole deal. But finally, at long last on July 17th, I was
offered a job which I believe is perfect. I began working there this week and
it’s safe to say with complete honesty…I am LOST when it comes to being in the know.
"What do you mean lost? You
have a job and can finally stop scrolling the internet and get down to
business?" What I mean is the past three days I’ve come home and felt so
overwhelmed by catching up on Twitter, podcasts, blogs etc. that I thought I
was headed for a legitimate breakdown. Hell, I went a full day on Tuesday not
knowing Julian Edelman was thrown out of practice for fighting Stephon Gilmore,
imagine that? 
The reality is this: I went
for a walk last night knowing I had six podcasts I hadn’t listened to, about
half a day’s worth of Barstool blogs I hadn’t seen, a FULL day of Instagrams I
hadn’t checked…and guess what? I realized that this is amazing. I had spent so
many weeks (while job hunting) being engaged in social media and on top of all
sports news that when I finally was unable to physically keep up, I felt free.
There is so much content one can access that it
will literally make you think you’re headed for breakdown and it simply
is not worth getting worked up about it. So my advice is this: go for a walk,
and don’t worry about if you can’t listen to Pardon My Take within the first
day of a new episode release. You’ll catch up eventually, which is what I’ve
finally done in my professional life.
Duh! 😎
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