Career ish

It has finally hit me that I have no job - not in an "OMG, WTF have I done" way...but in a "Hmm, so this is it' way. I finally slept my way through the comatose feeling and awoke refreshed and ready to face the world. It's a gorgeous day outside and as soon as the cable guy leaves, I'm going out grocery shopping. If I didn't know better, I would swear it were Saturday.

However, I have done a little "career" stuff - took the Birkman test to help my identify my ideal career. The results were predominantly bull-ish. There's a section in the test where you have to choose, all things being equal, which jobs you would prefer. However, the test is skewed. Instead of learning from your answers, it just presents random sets of choices. Mine were always like this "accountant, singer, songwriter, actuary". I always leaned towards the musical ones. Another set of choices were like this "surgeon, magazine editor, reporter, forester" - I leaned towards magazine editor and reporter. However, I never received a question that looked like this "singer, songwriter, magazine editor, reporter"....nor did I receive more than one question that had any marketing related jobs (i.e. marketing manager, advertising manager) and only once did it list actor. So, according to this test, I need to get my butt in line for the next American Idol auditions, because that's where my passion lies. And if you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you.

What do I want to do with my life? In an ideal world, something like this - either in South Africa or in South America...not necessaarily with HIV/AIDs clinic, but you get the drift: http://www.vso.org.uk/Images/market_man_kenya_tcm8-10290.pdf

For extra good career ish, I found out that my company has given my $5K in retraining funds. This means I can go to Berlitz and polish up my Spanish so that I can flow like nobody's business and qualify for a job in Mexico, South America or Spain. Mira que cool!