Hello everyone, hope the New Year is treating you well.
Having bid my goodbyes to Yi only yesterday (I was getting waaay co-dependent!:)), then receiving yet another thanks-but-no-thanks job application reply today, I had to come back and ask, Seriously, Yi, why cant I find a job?
Its not even as if Im choosey: I've been applying for minimum wage part-time work, like barista, admin sec, gallery invigilator and shop assistant. Got good references, too. And still no jobs, not even one interview. So Im thinking there must be something else at play here, a lesson, perhaps. Some of you who have so kindly shone light on my recent queries might recall that Im a writer - one of those people who have to write no matter what, yet are prone to go on a bit of a self-destructive strike if no one buys their books - ha! Ive even looked into a possibility to make a more sustainable living as a writer by taking the MFA in Creative Writing, then teach, only to discover that thats actually not a given (never trust a brochure!). Plus, they were not too kin on accommodating an indie writer with no official academic references - and Im only stating this because it fits in with this sense that I am not fitting in anywhere at all at the moment. The evidence? 20+ rejections in the last month or so, including a couple from literary agents.
Now, I always got on with hexagram 37. And those lines are pretty lovable, too.
Line 5
The king enters his own home.
Do not worry. Good fortune.
(LiSe talks about own clan. Is there a possibility of me actually finding my home, my clan? I have spent a lifetime in the wilderness, and kind of fancy coming home. Whatever that means).
Line 6
With truth and confidence like authority.
In the end, good fortune.
(LiSe again: "...mix the good with some down-to-earth common sense... Which I believe is exactly what Im trying to do).
But then 36. I know were not supposed to have favourites here, and 36 is the exactly the opposite of my favourite, second only to the dreaded 54. Hate those two! But I digress: what Id like to know is how on earth would you interpret the seeming positivity (I know, I know...) and home-coming of 37.5.6. with putting on the act of 36?
The very idea of having to pretend in order to survive, well I really dont know if I can do that any more. Could Yi be telling me that I might need to?
Thank you for reading, and any thoughts you might like to share.
Having bid my goodbyes to Yi only yesterday (I was getting waaay co-dependent!:)), then receiving yet another thanks-but-no-thanks job application reply today, I had to come back and ask, Seriously, Yi, why cant I find a job?
Its not even as if Im choosey: I've been applying for minimum wage part-time work, like barista, admin sec, gallery invigilator and shop assistant. Got good references, too. And still no jobs, not even one interview. So Im thinking there must be something else at play here, a lesson, perhaps. Some of you who have so kindly shone light on my recent queries might recall that Im a writer - one of those people who have to write no matter what, yet are prone to go on a bit of a self-destructive strike if no one buys their books - ha! Ive even looked into a possibility to make a more sustainable living as a writer by taking the MFA in Creative Writing, then teach, only to discover that thats actually not a given (never trust a brochure!). Plus, they were not too kin on accommodating an indie writer with no official academic references - and Im only stating this because it fits in with this sense that I am not fitting in anywhere at all at the moment. The evidence? 20+ rejections in the last month or so, including a couple from literary agents.
Now, I always got on with hexagram 37. And those lines are pretty lovable, too.
Line 5
The king enters his own home.
Do not worry. Good fortune.
(LiSe talks about own clan. Is there a possibility of me actually finding my home, my clan? I have spent a lifetime in the wilderness, and kind of fancy coming home. Whatever that means).
Line 6
With truth and confidence like authority.
In the end, good fortune.
(LiSe again: "...mix the good with some down-to-earth common sense... Which I believe is exactly what Im trying to do).
But then 36. I know were not supposed to have favourites here, and 36 is the exactly the opposite of my favourite, second only to the dreaded 54. Hate those two! But I digress: what Id like to know is how on earth would you interpret the seeming positivity (I know, I know...) and home-coming of 37.5.6. with putting on the act of 36?
The very idea of having to pretend in order to survive, well I really dont know if I can do that any more. Could Yi be telling me that I might need to?
Thank you for reading, and any thoughts you might like to share.