A brand new start

I have created several blogs in the past and they are all over the place, making my search for a particular one excruciatingly painful. So here comes a new one using Blogger which I hope would end the suffering and be a permanent anchor for the upcoming post which I so eager to share with you.

 

I am going through some rough patches at the moment. I am beginning to question myself if I am on the right track when it cones to work. After my not so pleasant stay in France, I have been actively looking for work in the teaching arena and although I went to a few interviews, no contract or offer is made in the end; a huge disappointment on my part as I had a degree in Linguistics, a certificate in TESOL, freelanced at various schools and learning centres, and over a decade of experience teaching English privately and an impressive resume. I could be running my own school if I can afford the rent. Alas, I have major difficulties finding work due to the competition and lack of contacts which I believe is crucial in a place like Hong Kong.

 

It is my mission to be creative and to teach. At least this is what I feel up to this very minute but what if I were wrong. Could I possibly leave teaching, something I have worked so hard to get to where I am? Churning my brains out over sleepless nights, I keep asking myself what I genuinely believe and have credibility in and words pop up in random:

 

literacy

teaching

heart

social cause

legacy

sharing

making an impact

empowerment

 

Being a misfit in a place I hate when I am in the middle of such predicament doesn't make sense. If my life was going to change, I had to change it. But how? I don't have a lump sum of cash which is required for relocation. I suck in marketing so maybe I need to learn using Facebook and other social media to sell myself to the world. Further study in the field of education might be a good idea. Albeit depressing, I take action to discover what I want to do with my life on a daily basis by reading helpful blogs, devouring business books, improving my website by trial and error, googling for possibilities, working on self-initiated projects to stretch my potential, not to mention sending unsolicited job applications to schools and learning centres.

 

I am sure there are other things I can do to make my search more productive if I know what they are. Am I trying hard enough? Have I explored all the options and left no stone unturned? It's less than 2 months before the year ends and for a workaholic like me, it is not funny to spend mid-life at home and not generating an income to support a simple lifestyle.

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