herbiehancock

those of you who are regular readers may recall my new year's resolution to set aside a specific goal for myself at the beginning of each month.  and if you will also recall, i did just that during the months of january-april... then came may. oh may! i did have a goal that month to find a job, but i did not post about it.  i was partly sick of sounding like a broken record in my "goals" posts, and partly just holding my breath, feeling like something had to come along soon but not wanting to jinx anything by writing about it.  now i'm happy to say, a job did come along at the end of last month.  it's not in my field, but it is a way to earn money {no living under a bridge for us!}, and i am so grateful that we can breath a little easier now.   here we are again in a new month {can you believe it's already summer?}, and i have a new goal.  this month i am going to be working on some inner growth, with a little healing mixed in.  let's be honest, being...

ack!, it's april!!! i've been avoiding my goals post for this month, because that means i have to admit i still haven't met my march goal of landing a job/internship.  nothing, nada, nichts.  in fact, i made even less money in march than in february {when i made a whopping $50}. i'm trying my darndest to stay hopeful, to keep my chin up, to keep working on my search.  somedays i feel completely on fire to get out there and flash my most brilliant "you know you want to hire me" smile,  while other days i just want to lie face down on the floor and not move until the repo man carries me away. { photo } the thing is, it's hard these days.  having a degree means very little.  jobs in my field want to know i have experience and expertise, but how am i to have much of either fresh out of grad school?  whereas all the other random jobs don't want to hire me  because  i have that masters degree.  restaurants, coffee shops, retail jobs,...

hey, it's march!! can you believe it?  it seems like only yesterday i was writing my goals post for february.  i actually considered making my goal for february "find a job" but then i thought, "nah, that's totally going to happen! i mean, there's no way i'll get through another month without finding a job."  but here i am...  actually i did get one job, a set design job, but that was only one day.  so for the entire month of february, i was employed for a single day. ...yup... it's almost as if the universe  wants  me to become a stripper. so, here it is.  i have lots of life goals right now, but at this point finding a job is the most important one of all.  for the past few months i've been feeling really inspired with all of my free time to do some personal searching and inner growth. it has been amazing to have so much time on my hands, but i think it's getting to the point where all of my other life goals are getting hung up on the s...

happy second day of february!!  can you believe it's here?  january flew by for me.  at the same time new year's feels like a million weeks ago, not four.  whew! if you recall, i did something a little different in lieu of resolutions.  i decided to focus on growing one area of my life in deliberate and intentional ways each month, allowing myself extra time or modifications where necessary.  for the month of january, i focused on embracing and growing my inner artist.  i have to say it went pretty well!  i remained dedicated to writing my morning pages most days of the week, i carved out some time to do some creating, i began my search for an acting class, and i took myself on some inspiring artist dates.  i'm pretty happy with the amount of energy i devoted to making my creative growth more of an ingrained part of my life, rather than just something i try to fit in here and there.  i think i'm off to a great start, but lately, it's bee...

tis the season to share resolutions, goals, & intentions.  have you done this or do you avoid resolutions like the plague?  i tend to hate resolutions for a variety of reasons - i am horrible at keeping them, half-way through the year i develop new needs and therefore new goals in my life, and i don't like the concept of "fixing" myself in specific ways within a single year. but mostly, i think resolutions can set ourselves up for pain and frustration. most of the time we make resolutions with the idea that we  should  or  need  to change things in a certain way.  if we don't meet our "should's" we feel as though we have failed, and we all know how disruptive feeling like a failure can be to our well-being. instead of hanging onto "i should" or "i need to" we would do better to  hope or wish  for things to end up for the best, with an open heart to deal with whatever sorts of surprises come our way.   however, with al...