Anyway, the past is the past. I can't change it. I think it's inevitable to feel a little like that when you come back to live in your childhood home with your parents, memories come flooding back and it feels partially like a step backwards in that you have come full circle, or it feels like you have never been away and not progressed. I believe though, that sometimes it is necessary to take a step back in order to gain momentum for the hop, skip and jump forward that will propel you on to better things. It was good to write it down and get it out of my system (blogging is very cathartic) but it's time to move onwards and upwards.
Week one of "the job/work experience/give-me-anything-you've-got hunt" has been a mixed bag of tricks. I fired CVs out at record speed on Monday, and I was extremely pleased to receive a call that very night saying that someone was interested in me. Lucky cow, you may think, getting a phone call on day one. However, this opportunity is only a volunteer position. I am not being picky, I need to get experience anywhere I can and I think that a place like Preston FM would be a brilliant place to start, but it is a question of practicalities. Preston is a fair way from my hometown (located conveniently about 10 minutes out of the outskirts of nowhere), so to get there and back every day would mean having to invest in a car. The dilemma, then, is whether or not to fork out for a car and its upkeep for an unpaid position. I would actually be paying a considerable amount of money to do the job. Still, I am staying open to the possibility and have a meeting there next Tuesday to have a look around and get a feel for the place. I'll let you know how that goes.
In the meanwhile, I have also been applying for jobs at production companies, trying to get in as a runner/researcher. I probably should have it a bit clearer whether it is radio or TV that I want to do, but I love both and would be more than happy to get into either. So, I am applying for both types (but leaning more towards radio), and leaving it up to fate to decide. Those applications haven't been going so well seeing as I have no relevant experience in that field. I have received some lovely, consolation emails assuring me that they will "keep my details on file" which is code for "thanks, but no thanks".
The one good thing that happened this week was the morning that I spent at Key103 in Manchester, as part of the Go Think Big scheme. I met many wonderful (and important) people who gave me some very sound advice, which I am definitely going to take into consideration as I try to move forward. Furthermore, having chatted to them in person (albeit briefly) now gives me licence to contact them in the not-too-distant future to pick their brains some more and say "Hey, do you remember me? We met in August.... Can I have a job please??". What's more is that I was also allocated a place on another Key103 training day next Friday, so I will be back there next week. Maybe they'll just get so sick of my pleas that they'll just give me some work experience to stop me pestering. Still, the competition is stiff, there were lots of young, talented people who were just as keen as I am. It won't be easy!
All in all, it hasn't been a bad start. We'll see what next week brings!
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