OT sort of: I got the JOB!
One of my primary reasons for getting weight loss surgery, was the difficulty I was having finding a job. I've been out of work about 2 years (I had a temp position for 3 months last year). To be honest, I wasn't scoring any interviews, so I really can't blame it on weight, or maybe I can.....
I think, I was lacking confidence more than anything else. I didn't want to network, because I felt like a whale in a sea of minnows. I really didn't push myself to pursue anything, because I didn't feel like I deserved something good. Does that make sense? I was self sabotaging.
Now, almost 80 pounds lighter, and interviewing in a spanking new size 14 black pinstripe suit, I felt empowered, bold, and fluent. I nailed that interview (actually 9 interviews in one day) and got the job. Major, major NSV.
Now I just have to engineer a move from Charlotte NC to McLean VA. I'm stoked and ready. I have energy and enthusiasm. I'm embarking on a whole new life. Not only that, no one I meet going forward will ever really know me as that morbidly obese woman lacking self confidence. By the time I move and start the job, I'm hoping to be yet 10 pounds lighter. Hoping further to be at goal weight by September. A thin me embarking on a new life in a new city. How exciting is that?
I think, I was lacking confidence more than anything else. I didn't want to network, because I felt like a whale in a sea of minnows. I really didn't push myself to pursue anything, because I didn't feel like I deserved something good. Does that make sense? I was self sabotaging.
Now, almost 80 pounds lighter, and interviewing in a spanking new size 14 black pinstripe suit, I felt empowered, bold, and fluent. I nailed that interview (actually 9 interviews in one day) and got the job. Major, major NSV.
Now I just have to engineer a move from Charlotte NC to McLean VA. I'm stoked and ready. I have energy and enthusiasm. I'm embarking on a whole new life. Not only that, no one I meet going forward will ever really know me as that morbidly obese woman lacking self confidence. By the time I move and start the job, I'm hoping to be yet 10 pounds lighter. Hoping further to be at goal weight by September. A thin me embarking on a new life in a new city. How exciting is that?
You absolutely have touched upon a subject that was very relevant to me and I'm sure to many others. I hope to be actively job searching by the end of the summer when I have a good weight loss. I know my confidence will be back. You have got your MOJO workin" !!!!! Congratulations! I can't wait to hear about how you settle in to your new job, and your move, etc.
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