Tuesday, August 16, 2016

So I'm a Secretary Now

It's been a bit quiet on the ol’ blog front here, so I thought I'd write something quick to catch up.

Sometime back in…I think June or early July so I heard that my church was looking for a new secretary, as the previous one left back in May. I was persuaded to apply as, although administrative work isn't my preferred job material, it's something I can do and it was proposed to me that it could be something I did for mutual benefit while continuing the job search.

I kinda forgot about it for a while, as I didn't hear anything back from the personnel committee till the end of July, when they invited me for an interview. To make a long story short they ended up picking me, and as of last week I'm now the secretary for Kaūmana Drive Baptist Church on a part-time basis.

Bizarrely, having a job again has somewhat sharpened my thinking regarding my future plans, which has otherwise remained annoyingly nebulous. I'm not making enough at my new job to be long-term sustainable (though it may buy me a few more months), and I either need to find a better-paying job (preferably in astronomy), or see about going to graduate school. Given the paucity of astronomy jobs that don't require having a Ph.D., and the fact that UH Hilo doesn't have a doctoral program in astronomy, either path is likely going to require me to move within a year, a fact I've been desperately trying to avoid facing, as moving means a lot of stress and almost certainly a less-preferable climate. (Ah, the sheer bliss of a climate where 90% of the time it's simply “comfortable!”)

But I've got to do something, and despite just starting a new job the writing is on the wall in regards to having to end it in the near future. What happens next remains to be seen, but there will probably be some big changes for me ahead…

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  1. Congratulations! This may be just what you need. I've often heard it said that it's easier to find a new job when you have one.

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    1. Thanks. =) It may be just what I need in other ways too…I suspect I may find myself tiring of administrative work before too long and motivated to look around for grad schools.

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  2. Awesome!! Glad to hear KDBC has more capable staff - even if it's only temporary.

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    1. Heh, thanks. I feel I might be able to help out a little with organization of computer files, at least!

      Though I'm using Windows 8 for the first time, and ohhhh man is that a shock to the system after using pretty much just Linux for the past few years. That might even be worth a post on its own, come to thin of it.

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