I need a job that makes me want to write when I get home, not shut my mind off completely because I am so sick of my own voice that even hearing thoughts in my head is too annoying. But I have realized that this job is the one that I need to write about because, seriously, I am going to write a book this time because of all the ridiculous jobs* I have had this is by far the most ridiculous and there are so many ridiculous things that happen on a daily basis that it would be a shame to waste the opportunity to write a ridiculous book about the experience. So the motivation behind July post-a-day is to force me to get over this and write when I get home from work, which obviously didn't work today, but I think I just needed to get that out of my system.
*This is what my resume from the past two years looks like: proofreading applied math manuscripts, transporting customers to a sketchy floating restaurant, standing on a college campus with a "VOTE" armband and a clipboard, being a "driver's helper" for UPS, and teaching high school boys how to write essays at a fake school.
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that's at least a more varied CV than "professional nerd" and "leader of young people weilding sharp tools in the woods," which is the sum total of my work experience in the last four years. and at least you get paid! (though in all fairness, i'll get my first paycheck tomorrow!)
this is what im pretty sure youre supposed to do as a writer. desk jobs exaust your brain, duck jobs exaust your internal monologue. (I was going to say throat, but that just seems wrong).
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