Discernment is a foreign space, and hustling is hard to do

Thursday, January 20, 2022

 

Hi again, everyone! I'm going to put myself out there since this has been one of the biggest obstacles to my trying to find a new job here in a fairly new country.

I've always been a bit of a rebel in constant search of a cause, powered by the motto of "Work where you can do the most good." It's why I honed my writing skills and went into communications back when I lived outside of the USA. That said, some events in the last 10 years have spurred me to seriously reconsider the professional work I've done for commercial ventures. I have been trying to evaluate what my current skill sets and interests are, to see where and how I can provide assistance to people using these same skill sets and interests moving forward. However, up until now I have no real answers.

My first winter in the USA. Oh, how young and naive I was back then.

Here are my current roadblocks...