I don't usually do Lent. I've never been into dieting so I've never given up chocolate or carbs or whatever. Even when I considered myself to be religious the only thing I did for Lent was consider my faith a lot. This year, however, I have decided to do something. Being unemployed really chips away at your confidence, motivation and self-esteem so in order to make sure I stay motivated and actually be productive I've decided to make sure I do something creative everyday throughout Lent. Like, actually create something. For a while now whenever I've picked up my guitar or sat down to create something I would just feel like I had lost all joy from it. Hopefully this project will get me back into a routine of being motivated and being creative.
Day one - I learnt a new blues riff on guitar and worked a bit more on a different blues song I've been kicking about for a while.
Day two - I was on a long train journey so didn't do that much, but I was listening to music and jotted down a few ideas for some lyrics for stuff.
Day three - Yeah, I did nothing this day. I've been pretty rubbish. I did go and see the OpSoc show though which was good, and creative. And I bought some clarinet reeds and some clarinet books.
Day four - Didn't really do anything today either, I'm terrible. I had a long journey back down to home, so that's my excuse.
Day five - Got out my clarinet and started playing for the first time in a long time. Whilst I was looking through my old clarinet music I found the sheet music for a piano/vocal song I thought I had lost ages ago and was quite gutted about. This creativity thing is paying off already. So I got my keyboard out and had a play through it again.
I probably wouldn't have gotten my clarinet out today if it wasn't for my interview tomorrow, which is a story in and of itself. So. My former singing teacher had mentioned back in September when she found out I was going to be back home for the foreseeable future that I could join the Music Centre supply teaching books for voice and maybe clarinet and just generally doing supply work. So I handed in an application form and months later I finally get an email from someone at the office asking about my application and finally I have an interview SIX MONTHS AFTER HANDING IN AN APPLICATION. I emailed asking about the format of the interview and only on Thursday (whilst I was on the train) did I get an email saying that I will be tested on woodwind and should prepare a lesson. I haven't played clarinet in ages and voice is really my first instrument so I am completely confused. Maybe because my singing teacher is assistant head of Music Centre she could vouch for my vocal abilities and that's why they want to test woodwind? No idea. But it's annoying that they only mentioned this on Thursday, I could have taken some music with me on the train to prepare.
I also have another interview, which is good for me in a way, but it's for a job I don't particularly want. I only applied because I have to apply for a certain amount of jobs to be entitled to job seekers allowance and I deliberately submitted a crappy application. But some idiot has gone and offered me an interview. It's for part-time assistant librarian which wouldn't be hideous but it's not really what I want to do. The pay isn't great but a job's a job. But they want me to bring my birth certificate to an interview. And they expect me to be there at 11.15, have a tour of the school, do two clerical tasks, break for lunch, speak to students about library services then (and only then) does my interview commence at 2pm. And this was just sent in an email this past week, I had assumed I hadn't made it past the first stage as I had heard nothing but then I received this email. No phone call, no confirmations, just an email expecting me to be there in excess of 3 hours for a 16 hour a week job. Is this common practice? Can anyone confirm?
The music job would be good money, but really sporadic hours as it is supply so literally just covering sickness and other absences. I would also need to fork out for insurance on a car as I would be expected to go to a lot of schools as the music centre is a hub and sends peripatetic teachers out to local schools.
The librarian job is at a school that I could walk to every day, the hours would be regular so I could devote other time to searching for a job I do actually want but the pay is rubbish and I dunno if I can be bothered with snotty nosed private-school children (yeah it's at a private school).
But I know I'm lucky to have two interviews, I just wish they were two interviews for jobs that would start my career!
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