Resolution 2

The thing I hate most about looking for a new job is the constant rejection. If you throw on top of that that you're trying to find a job in a completely different career field than all of your experience is in, it doubles your rejection chances. If you're also a little unsure of which career path you want to follow, well, that pretty much causes the rejection rate to skyrocket. All this rejection, really makes a girl feel unwanted.

For most of my adult life, I've worked in the medical career field. The majority of that was as a pharmacy technician, but I've also been a hospital receptionist, a medical biller, and currently I work in a call center for a very large pharmacy benefits management company. My degrees are in English and creative writing. As I've mentioned earlier, I've been looking for jobs in the teaching or publishing fields. I've even applied for various technical writing positions. The problem I keep bumping up against is that I don't have enough experience in these fields to make me a viable candidate for these positions, or I lack the certificates or continued education. What's a girl to do?

I already have a mountain of student loan debt. Should I accumulate more debt and go back to school for my PhD, so I can teach at universities? Or would that new debt be put to better use attending a publishing institute? I just don't know.

While I was driving to work one day, I contemplated my career/education options. I'm trying to force myself to action by worrying constantly about them. (So far, it's not working, but I am developing quite a large ulcer. It's a start.) Anyway, on one of my morning drives this week, my mind found a new idea to gnaw into submission. Why am I not following my dream to become a movie critic? I've been considering this path for years. I love movies. I love writing. I have pretty decent analytical skills. Movie critic is a logical career choice.

The problem I've always bumped into with becoming a movie critic is that it's almost impossible to break into the field. In order to get noticed, you have to establish yourself, and that takes money. (You don't start off getting paid to go to the movies, and I don't exactly have a disposable income at the moment.) Then I realized that maybe I don't have to visit the movie theatre a lot to start off. In this economy, a lot of people can't afford to go to the theater either, but they can afford to rent movies. What if I wrote a blog about movie rentals? What if in this blog, I reviewed not only movies fresh out on DVD, but movies that have been out for years, or decades, too?

I know that after a movie comes out on DVD there have already been tons of reviews written about them, but these are based on seeing them on a giant screen after having paid upwards of $20 for the experience. People tend to be a little pickier when they're trying to have an "experience" than when they're spending an evening at home. Movies that aren't worth your time and money to see in the theater are viable entertainment options in your living room. Also, there are thousands of movies that came out too long ago for their original reviews to be relevant in today's society. By revisiting them and re-reviewing them, new generations could be introduced to some truly great classic cinema.

I don't know, it's just an idea, but it's the first idea I've had in a long time that really excites me. I'll think about it a little longer, but don't be surprised if you find a new blog by me that talks about what's good to rent, and what's not. Hmmm.