Gladhatter
As A 25-year old born to crafty geniuses, I have skills to last me through a lifetime of at least four careers.
How does my resume look? Laugh because that’s hilarious.
Most of the jobs I land have been through simple conversation - my corny jokes, quirky hand gestures + twinkle in my eyes that signals to them that I could represent them + their brand in a manner that’s beneficial.
That’s not a complaint but the reality: these are the same reasons why I’m terminated or lead to draft a two-week notice to chuck deuces.
I have been told “you’re hard to manage because you’re such an individual”. But what’s the excuse for underpayment or the rendering of slim hours? Or a termination notice through email when I am scheduled to be in your workplace in less than your hours? Or… The sending of a team member to alert me of what you, yourself should have?
I do not know these answers, neither it is my place to figure it out. I just know to go back to my first nature: creativity.
As a Christian + believer in all things faith-filled + celestial, I’m often reminded of the New Testament Parable of the Talents in Matthew.
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man that going into a strange country, called his servants, and delivered to them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to every man after his own ability, and straightway went from home. Then he that had received the five talents, went and occupied with them, and gained other five talents. Likewise also he that received two, he also gained other two. But he that received that one, went and dug it in the earth, and hid his master’s money. But after a long season, the master of those servants came, and reckoned with them. Then came he that had received five talents, and brought other five talents, saying, Master, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained with them other five talents. Then his master said unto him, It is well done good servant and faithful, Thou hast been faithful in little, I will make thee ruler over much: [c]enter into thy master’s joy. Also he that had received two talents, came, and said, Master, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents more. His master said unto him, It is well done good servant, and faithful, Thou hast been faithful in little, I will make thee ruler over much: enter into thy master’s joy. Then he that had received the one talent, came, and said, Master, I knew that thou wast an hard man, which reapest where thou sowedst not, and gatherest where thou strawedst not: I was therefore afraid, and went, and hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine own. And his master answered, and said unto him, Thou evil servant, and slothful, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not. Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the [d]exchangers, and then at my coming should I have received mine own with vantage. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every man that hath, it shall be given, and he shall have abundance, and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away. Cast therefore that unprofitable servant into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
-Matthew 25:14-30, GNV 1599
In this tale, there was a distribution of talents - FIVE to one, TWO to another and ONE to the other. The ones with FIVE and TWO used their talents in a way that gained them double of what they had. The individual with ONE hid theirs because of fear. When it was time to do a show-and-tell to the one who gave them the talents, the doubled-folks were rewarded + the other was chastened.
So maybe that’s it, I’m not afraid of what I know I can do. I’m not afraid to share what I’m willing to learn. Nor am I afraid to tell you what I won’t compromise.
To me, that’s faith.
So as I rock these many hats on my head - switch-tasking from one skill to the other - I’m not a mad-hatter… I’m rather glad about it.