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[fabrisse]

I don't know whether today has been productive or not. I'd planned to get up and take my resume to several different places, but I also wanted to put in a phone call to a particular travel agency. They have four branches throughout Oregon, and they cater to people who don't want organized tours. It's the type of place where you can go in and say, "I like opera and can only take my vacation in July," and they'll get you tickets for Glyndebourne, the Avignon theater festival, and/or one of the Austrian fests.

It's something that I think I could do well. I know, for instance, the best restaurants in Bonn and Wiesbaden. I can tell you what's in season during any given month and make certain that you know how to tell good lace from bad.

So I made the call. It took the person several hours to call me back (I have no way of picking up messages), and in the meantime, I applied for half a dozen office jobs (three of them part-time, but all for at least four days a week at a reasonable rate). It turns out she wasn't the right person to speak to, but she gave me the name and direct line of the person who was.

If you're on the West coast and know of travel agencies that specialize in this kind of vacation travel, please let me know their names and locations. I want to stay out west. I know I can learn the computer system. And, if the perks are free or less expensive travel, it's a job that I'd really love.

However, it does mean that I didn't do what I set out to do.

Advice and thoughts welcomed.

Comments

[riverfox.livejournal.com]

:-( I've got nothing. But I can listen and offer hugs, and send all the good thoughts I can. :-) I know that doesn't help, but it's the thought that counts, I guess, right? :-)

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Absolutely.

[siderea]

Sounds productive to me! "No plan survives contact with the enemy." Having a plan is important. Knowing when to deviate from it is also important. It is more important to make progress than to follow a plan. The latter is just rigidity.

[gileswench.livejournal.com]

What Siderea said.

Twistie, you're putting your ducks in a row. Starting to organize the quackers is the first step. The journey doesn't happen without the first step. Finding out whom to talk to is the first step to talking to the person you need to talk to. Once you talk to that person, there's no telling how far you can carry your ducks.

These and other ZenDada Koan come to you free, courtesy of the fetid swamp that is my mind. ; )

But seriously, knowing which direction you want to be going in is important if you're going to get where you want to be. Time spent figuring that out is never, ever wasted. Paths deviate in unexpected ways, requiring new directions. Finding a path that works now will lead you to places you never thought of, so long as you remain flexible.

The universe seems to be nudging you in a good direction. Follow it for a while and see how it works out.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

ZenDada Koans welcomed.

Any direction that involves employment would be a good one. But yes, so much better if it's employment I could love.

Hugs.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it. Thank you for your suggestions and hand-holding.