I swear, everyone that knows about what’s going down in my work sphere has been telling me to get my documents in order. Everyone. Believe me, I’ve been meaning to. I actually started updating it way back in June. Thing is, I never actually finished. Right now it’s in a rough draft state. A lot of ideas are there, but it all needs to be whittled down and refined to a point where I don’t come off as sounding amateurish. I think I have a tendency to under-sell myself. This goes back to what I had stated a few days ago about self-promotion. Frankly, I still don’t think I’ve found my point of comfort where I can legitimately toot my own horn without over inflating my achievements to the point where it almost looks like I’m trying too hard.
Why the heck does editing a document have to be so difficult?! To some extent, you’d think it would be simple: provide some background. On the surface, sure, that’s true. On a deeper level though, I have to be conscious about what kind of professional image I’m projecting. There are many ways to be truthful. The question is then, what parts of my history do I want to feature?
If I think about some old cartoons, my current situation reminds me of that animated ostrich that liked to stick its head in the sand. It seemed to do so in order to make the world go away, or hide from any conflicts that were going on at the time. Now, I know that ostriches don’t actually do that in real life. Still, right now I’m kind of feeling like that cartoon ostrich. I realize though, not working on the document won’t make the problem go away. I have to get on it sooner rather than later. I actually made several promises to start working on the document this weekend. I had good intentions going in, but with so much stuff going on I just wasn’t able to fit it in. So, another fine opportunity has come and gone. On some level I feel like I’m failing my family, and failing others that have some interest in me. Most of all, I kind of feel like I’m failing myself. Anyway, I’ll get it all done at one point. Ill get my head out of the sand, I swear.
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