I'm just in the final few days of my contract with a job that has been the bane of my existence for the past year. Youth work used to be fun, I used to enjoy it and find it exhilarating, challenging and rewarding. But that was years ago. Now I find it depressing, futile and booooring!
August means summer holidays, which means I haven't got much to do, but I'm still being plagued with instructions and to-do lists. I hate micro-managing. During this year I've definitely proved my abilities and efficiency. I've done everything they've asked of me, and with a smile on my self-loathing face. But now I believe they've twigged that I despise my job and everything associated with it, so they are ensuring they get their fifty cents worth.
For the past three months I've been looking for a new job in the journalism/publishing field and I've gotten exactly... nowhere!
So, instead of depressing my husband, who's currently studying for medical exams and giving him even more to stress about, I'll be venting my spleen here, so watch this space. There'll be plenty of anger!
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About me
I'm a freelance writer specialising in film and culture. I've had work published in Total DVD and the Sunday Times Magazine, as well as in the giant coffee table books Superyacht and New York.
I've always been into film and popular culture, although before I decided to make these areas my career, it was more based on the fact that I enjoyed going to the cinema, reading books, listening to contemporary music and generally enjoying life around me.
Choosing what degree to study at uni, I settled on English with Film for no other reason than that it sounded fun. I'd always liked English - reading and writing were my strengths - and film, well, why not?
Two years into my degree at King's College London, I realised that I did actually want to pursue a career in this field. So, I told myself, I'd better get a move on in terms of work experience. I began writing for Kings's newspaper, Roar, as well as for the London Student paper. I also contributed a couple of articles to a New Zealand fashion e-zine, Thread, and film journal, Bright Lights.
During that summer I worked - for free - at various magazines, newspapers and publishing houses, including Total Film, Total DVD, NME, The Jewish News and Penguin. Although I didn't earn money, I gained experience and assurance that this is what I want to do.
The following summer I secured two internships, one at Tatler and one at The Sunday Times Magazine. I was called back into The Sunday Times a couple of times for some shift work. By then I was looking for a full-time job.
A few months and what seemed to me a few million job applications later, I was appointed freelance Assistant Editor at Gloria, a publishing house specialising in huge-format, luxury coffee table books on diverse topics. I contributed to the books Superyacht and New York. The websites for these books can be accessed by clicking on the following links:
Superyacht
New York
I am now writing freelance features and working on my first novel.
I've always been into film and popular culture, although before I decided to make these areas my career, it was more based on the fact that I enjoyed going to the cinema, reading books, listening to contemporary music and generally enjoying life around me.
Choosing what degree to study at uni, I settled on English with Film for no other reason than that it sounded fun. I'd always liked English - reading and writing were my strengths - and film, well, why not?
Two years into my degree at King's College London, I realised that I did actually want to pursue a career in this field. So, I told myself, I'd better get a move on in terms of work experience. I began writing for Kings's newspaper, Roar, as well as for the London Student paper. I also contributed a couple of articles to a New Zealand fashion e-zine, Thread, and film journal, Bright Lights.
During that summer I worked - for free - at various magazines, newspapers and publishing houses, including Total Film, Total DVD, NME, The Jewish News and Penguin. Although I didn't earn money, I gained experience and assurance that this is what I want to do.
The following summer I secured two internships, one at Tatler and one at The Sunday Times Magazine. I was called back into The Sunday Times a couple of times for some shift work. By then I was looking for a full-time job.
A few months and what seemed to me a few million job applications later, I was appointed freelance Assistant Editor at Gloria, a publishing house specialising in huge-format, luxury coffee table books on diverse topics. I contributed to the books Superyacht and New York. The websites for these books can be accessed by clicking on the following links:
Superyacht
New York
I am now writing freelance features and working on my first novel.
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