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[yourmodernman-blog]

Confidence, Perseverance, and Luck

A lot has happened between now and my last post that I can blog about but I want to follow up on it.

Over the weekend I signed some documents. They were your typical HR on-boarding documents. Some I’ve seen before like W4 and I-9 (Thanks Drexel Co-op). Some new but not frightening. I’m happy to say your boy.. erhm man got himself a job! Woohoo! (finally?)

After more and more months passed by without me finding employment, it was discouraging for sure. I said in my previous post that framing is important but shit, these student loans about to go into repayment. A part time job going back to customer service was on my mind. I couldn’t keep bumming around at home while my parents were making a living to support themselves but also this leech.

Application after application. Time slowly fading. This hurt my confidence for sure. Confidence isn’t something that I can conjure on a whim. Confidence is when I’m wearing my perfectly tailored suit. Confidence is when I’ve ran 5K or squatted heavy. When I see or do something that assures me I am capable, that provides me confidence. You need confidence in everything you do, especially during an interview. I had to reevaluate why I was feeling less confident in myself and was I being reasonable? Fuck no. Like I said, my confidence relies on my abilities and I know my strengths and worth. I was letting others affect my morale. I remembered why I thought I deserved the salary range I was looking for. 

I kept getting those emails saying “Thanks for applying. We don’t think you’re good enough but good luck!” Those hurt of course but you start to develop a thicker skin and not take it personal. Then the interviews start coming in slowly. I take every single one because even if I don’t want the job, you never know. You might learn something about the job that you like, you learn something from the people you interview with, or at the very least you get to practice your interview skills. 

I want you to know that I am LUCKY. Finding a job takes some luck. You got to be in the right place at the right time to apply for the position that might have just opened up. 

However at the same time, it’s also because of my confidence and perseverance. I didn’t stop trying or else I wouldn’t have been able to put myself in the position to get this opportunity in the first place.

I credit others for my success often because they usually help me get to where I’m trying to go. Like my parents who support me financially, or my friends and acquaintances who provide me knowledge. But I always forget to give credit to the person who deserves it the most. MYSELF. Yes, I am grateful for the help that other have provided me but if it wasn’t for my own actions, I wouldn’t have been in the situation that allowed me to succeed. 

So congratulations to MYSELF. I sound like a humble bragging douche bag but I deserve it. 

If I stop trying from here on out then I am a douche bag. But I don’t intend to. I learned a lot from my months of struggling and learning about myself and the world around me. 

"Success is never owned; it is only rented – and the rent is due every day.” I plan on keeping myself accountable to continually grow and get smarter, better, faster. Remember to be confident in yourself and know your worth. If you aren’t worth anything then make yourself worth more. Then you can start replying on luck to find the right opportunity. But until then, keep grinding!

P.S. I feel blessed to have parents that have supported me up until now financially. Everyone has a different situation and this is just my own. The resources I have access to allowed me these opportunities but again, I could have all the resources in the world but if I didn’t use them properly then I still wouldn’t get anything out of them. 

[iamnopsycho]

Is it lame that the first things I bought using my first paycheck are three watercolor sketchpads? #mylife #employedlife

[thesecondwarbegins]

Celebratory glass of vino 🍷#employedlife (at Hold Fast)

[bettyfullymadeventures]

I am crying right now.

Nakakamiss din palang umiyak minsan. Yung Betty na iyakin sa harap ng Lord. Wala lang. Ganito pala talaga buhay ng working. Daming demand ng mundo.. demand ni ganito, demand ni ganyan..at ang struggle ay hwag kang magpapadala doon. Hindi naman isyu talaga sakin ang pera dati kasi yun nga hindi ko naman naranasan sa Nanay na ipinaramdam niya saking gipit kami.. ngayon na nga lang talaga.

Lord, sorry. Sorry na hindi ako good steward ng blessing na natatanggap ko galing sa'yo. Lord, sorry na sa bawat sweldo ko laging kakulangan yung nakikita ko imbis na maging thankful ako sa lahat ng bagay na meron ako ngayon. Lord, help me to not be selfish but to be slefless and to be a cheerful giver.

[bettyfullymadeventures]

9/23/2016 TGiF. Alam na alam na ‘to ng mga employed especially ‘pag sa government, ang saya na meron ang bawat isa pag Friday na. Friday means Goodbye weekdays and Hello weekend.

Last Friday, syempre paw paw na kami ni Ate Lala ('yung naka-orange) Siya madalas ko kachikahan sa work. Hihi. Tapos OT na kami dahil sa mga reseachers na ilalaban sa Division. Sa Admin.Office kasi sila nagpeprep and nagrereview. So okay lang naman sa'kin. Been there, conquer that! Hohoho.

Pero ang highlight lang ng post na to talaga ay si Maam and Sir Sobie. Tuwang tuwa sila na napapasok ako sa Bucal. Dati daw napasok lang ako bilang estudyante, ngayon empleyado na ng Bucal. Kahit na mababa lang yung position ko, kinikilig ako na na-no-notice pa din nila ako. At masaya sila na nandun ako. They are even looking forward na someday ay tataas yung position ko. Truly, kinikilig ako.

Tapos biglang nag-throwback si Sir ng picture ng Einstein (3rd pic) Miss you too, Sir! ❤

[bettyfullymadeventures]

Utas na utas na ko mag-tutor. Huhuhu Pls lang. Ayoko na magtutor talaga. Para ulit akong nag-aaral. Kaurat mga quadratic equation at valence electron.

[bettyfullymadeventures]

9/19/2016 Wore uniform. After almost five months of being employed at Bucal NHS.. finally nagkaroon na din ako ng uniform. Hahaha yung uniform pang empleyado na pero yung height pang-student pa din. Okay lang. Ganda ko pa din naman. So happy.. fav colors ko ang color ng uniform: blue and green. Very unto nature ❤