Chancer

Is a half full glass a fool's errand or do I just focus on the fact that there is something in the glass at all?  

I've just applied for a job that I don't think I have much chance of getting.  It's a marketing, communications and events job and while I have plenty of events experience, I am sadly lacking in the other two departments.  I jumped back and forth between thinking I should apply and thinking it was a waste of time.  Then I thought well, it's only going to cost me my time to put in an application and sure if it's a no, then it's a no.  At least I can feel like I am doing something about the fact that I am bored out of my brain in my current job, even if it comes to nothing.

I have previously extolled the virtues of living in a small town but one definite disadvantage is that there isn't the same range of choice when it comes to finding a job.  There are jobs aplenty in hotels and while my current job does involve some exposure to the dreaded W word (weddings), I am holding firm in my refusal to work in hotels.  My other no no is sports events.  Not just because I have absolutely no interest in sport, it is also influenced by a stint volunteering for a sporting event and coming to the realisation that peeing al fresco is just not for me.

So I sent off my application with a healthy dose of que sera sera and we'll see what happens.

FOTA - Not just a wildlife park

Reduce, re-use, recycle is all well and good but there is a fine line between being an eco friendly upcycler and crossing over into hoarder territory.  The other week I experienced the vindication of finding a use for something I had been hanging on to because "it could come in handy some day".  Now we don't need to go into the details of how long it had been gathering dust for, the important thing is that it eventually got used.  

But let's be realistic, how often do we actually find a use for the random bits and bobs we hang on to?  If something sits in the back of a drawer for a year is it ever coming out again?  How many elastic bands is too many?  Is FOTA (fear of throwing away) a thing?  Am I going to end up on one of those programmes about people who hang on to arbitrary stuff and then have to crawl out their bathroom window as the rest of the house is full of things that "could come in handy some day"......??