It’s been a while.  I’ve always heard that blogging takes commitment (it does) and discipline (yup) and a lot of motivation.  The latter, I have been lacking in the past few weeks.  As I wait for my mentees to arrive for our monthly meeting, I felt enough of a
sparks to begin – yet again – to put something out there to move me along this journey called life.

I have been looking for a job in my chosen profession (architecture) for a while now.  Needless to say, building activity has seen a drop in the past couple of years.  Recently, though, things seem to be picking up, as I find more openings being advertised.  Hope springs eternal, so I am once again focusing “on the hunt.”

There are ups and downs in this process.  And the downs are made even more impersonal
by the impact of the internet on job hunting.  Resumes no longer count as much as they did in years past.  What counts most is who you know more than what you know.  That’s how you get your foot in the door, to get someone to even talk to you.  It’s so easy for people to hit <delete> and make you, your resume, your portfolio, whatever disappear – all that hard work, gone.  You don’t even get a chance to say “hello” to a real person.

It’s so easy to think you are connected with a real person in this type of environment, when you are actually not.  Young people would actually rather text a friend standing 20 feet away than go over and have a face-to-face conversation – they are lacking the brain chemistry that supports the development of interpersonal relationships.  When we find our society producing these kinds of impacts, I have to wonder when we are going to
remember that we “rule the tool” and it doesn’t rule us.

I must be a relic.  I enjoy meeting new people, connecting with them face to face and
helping in whatever way I can to enrich and be a positive impact on their lives.  I alone define the quality of my communications – and I am 100% responsible for it.

Robert Anthony – “Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.”