or: Let the Job Search Begin…

I’ve been back in HK for almost a week.

I have been moving some of my things that were kindly stored by a friend to my new place prior to moving in.

I’ve had a peek into the two boxes and a couple of the bags and realised I’ve been without all of this stuff for almost two years. Then I started to think if I needed to actually have it back in my life at all.

Before I went too far down that rabbit hole, I decided I should focus on completing my cv so I could find myself a job. That should be a higher priority than downsizing. There would be plenty of time to sort through some of my possessions once I had properly started my job search. I made a deal with myself that I was allowed to go through the boxes once I’d submitted my cv. I made a deal because I’m actually quite excited about the box sorting (if you’ve never done this kind of thing before, it can be quite addictive as the feeling that results in having more space and less clutter is pretty good) and I’m not so excited about doing my cv. The interesting thing is, in one case, I’m excited about the end result and the process is kind of fun too whereas in the other case, I’m only excited about the working part. I don’t particularly enjoy the job search part.

I think that’s why I’m procrastinating.

I’ve thought about this too and decided I’d be better off if I shifted my attitude and thought about the positive things that happen during a job search. Typically I would be meeting quite a lot of people, see some other office environments, hotel lobbies and random other meeting venues, meet a bunch of new people and catch up with quite a few former colleagues and other friends who may know what’s going on in the market at the moment or know someone that may be able to help me and there will be coffee and / or wine involved in a lot of these catch ups too.

Now with this in mind, doing my cv doesn’t seem to be quite such an arduous task.

I’ve deliberately made an appointment to see someone on Monday about my job search so this will also help to make sure I have my cv done. It also means I will be able to start going through the boxes next week.

I have another deal with myself that I will donate or sell quite a few things that I find since if I’ve managed to go without them for this long, they are probably not that important now.

Except for my handbags.

* Thanks to The Killers for the title to this post.