All of these opportunities are coming up every now and then, goading me to apply for things that I'm more than half – but not 100% – qualified for. What's the deal? Why the compulsion?
Easy: I believe that I'm smart enough to fill in and learn what I lack. I have the essentials down. I'm creative and I'm not run-of-the-mill. Sometimes I believe that an employer could go with that rather than with someone who fills in all of the bullet points.
And I'm stubborn enough to try.
If I don't try I'll never know for sure, will I? Sure, I may get down and bitch and gripe and get bitter if I don't make it, but at least I tried. Sometimes I actually believe that it doesn't matter that you don't get medals for trying.
Easy: I believe that I'm smart enough to fill in and learn what I lack. I have the essentials down. I'm creative and I'm not run-of-the-mill. Sometimes I believe that an employer could go with that rather than with someone who fills in all of the bullet points.
And I'm stubborn enough to try.
If I don't try I'll never know for sure, will I? Sure, I may get down and bitch and gripe and get bitter if I don't make it, but at least I tried. Sometimes I actually believe that it doesn't matter that you don't get medals for trying.
I'm in the same place. I'm freelance illustrating right now, and I'm being as persistent and stubborn as I possibly can and applying to everything that I can even remotely relate to. I get one response out of every 30 or so applications (ugh...one out of thirty sounds so rough). I've been lucky to land a few biggish gigs. But it's really tough. I feel like I spend more time applying for freelance jobs than actually working on the jobs that I get.
ReplyDeleteBut that's just the way things are right now! Stay stubborn. We can do this! :)