Birthdays are personal “New Year’s” and I’m having mine this week. I have done a lot over the past year volunteering for my local professional association chapter IABC/Toronto, doing some pro-bono work for the Bronte Historical Society, continuing my vice presidency with the Oakville Camera Club and the accomplishment I am most proud of is putting on my first photo exhibit on with two friends at Sovereign House in Bronte.
The job front is still a work in progress; I found during networking with professionals both inside and outside the PR/communications and marketing community I am not the only one who has been out of work for an extended period of time. The repeated comment, it is a weird job market this cycle. The one upshot, there are a lot more opportunities to apply to than last year.
One thing I am being very careful of in keeping my spirits up during this job hunt is avoiding business articles with the two words “economic depression.” I prefer to see the glass half full and the bartender is not far away for the top up, optimism and persistence will get me through.
I’m at peace with my extended bachelorhood; the secret was stopping looking which I did four years ago. Recently I posted a blog entry on a recent blind date and the joys of 21st century dating in general. The recent set up re-enforced why I don’t do it anymore because life is just too short for bad dates. There is enough angst on why 21st century single men and women can’t find what they are looking for in a mate, google “dating” if you want to get your fix.
Right now job hunting is my priority so I’m out of circulation for the foreseeable future. Maybe when I get into the right frame of mind down the road I will post on what I am looking for in a woman and a relationship.
One last thing before wrapping up , over the past little while I realized I am not just a communicator but also marketer, writer, photographer, and gentleman journalist, local arts community volunteer and proud uncle. I do all these things and not recognize to myself and the world that I actually do them, about time I corrected that oversight.
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