Hi all,
Today I would like to share a progress update: I have an interview coming up on Tuesday with a temp agency regarding temp-to-hire work. I bit the bullet this past Wednesday and reached out to a connection on LinkedIn from my days temping via Office Team in my pre-musical career days. This recruiter* moved on to another company, Beacon Hill Staffing, based in Glenview, but it was nice to know that this person remembered me (I definitely remembered her, as well as other recruiters* who got me temp jobs from 2010 to 2014). Moreover, I'm now in touch with another recruiter* who will work more directly with me to help get me jobs that would be a good fit. Given that one of my prayer areas has to do with moving up in adulthood and in life, this is a big step in that direction. I also think that finding temp work will be perfect for this stage, as I still don't have that clear picture as to my purpose in life calling-wise. Regardless, I am excited.
It is also a big change. Music of course has always been a part of my life. But the last 7 years it's been the primary professional focus. Immediately after I moved on from Rubicon in July 2012, a complete stranger approached me at my church about joining his band (we're now friends). And things moved forward from there. More opportunities came my way. I took them and ran with them. It all has been good, and I've been thankful. I've certainly learned a lot more about being a musician over the last 7 years than I did over the previous 27.
What I posted on Saturday is a snapshot of where I am with it all now, as well as where I feel life calling me. I'm a composer, a performer, a teacher; I am. But therein lies the difficulty of it: what happens when life begins to shift under your feet? What then? The short answer is to trust God. Which, as you know (if you've been reading my posts this month), I don't do very easily, and some days not at all. The nice thing I'm continuing to discover and re-discover is that He has more than enough grace to cover that. So instead of feeling like I have to dig my heels in this standoff between trusting God and not trusting God, on the side of not trusting God, I see that I get to try again. And Saturday's way of doing prayer and fasting was a welcome surprise, especially given that at this point I've fallen completely off praying the prayer calendar that my church gave me, let alone my own list.
Of course, there are other reasons (more positive ones) that I'm also doing this. But that'll be for another post.
Regards,
Me
*I use "recruiter" as a general term here; both persons I referenced are directors.