A state of flux
Apr. 13th, 2013 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaMy plan was simple. I'd finish this contact. Possibly take a short holiday. Start looking for a new contract.
Then I got contacted regarding an interesting-ish sounding contract. Sadly that's in Wiltshire which isn't the most exciting of places. On the plus side, there is the opportunity to work from home. the flipside of that is that I don't actually have a home at the moment, or at least I won't when the rental period ends here which makes it a bit of a moot point.
Since it seemed I'd inadvertently started looking for a new contract, I might as well go for one that sounds generally positive. I like the idea of exploring life in other countries, and although Ireland is the most British foreign country there is, I did see a contract there that I really want. I also was approached by another contract, which was allegedly in Edinburgh, but as it turns out, that was a lie and it's actually in Dundee. Dundee doesn't look that exciting.
I guess I should also apply for that Finland job I saw. That was before I had two glasses of wine though so it may make sense to leave that one until tomorrow.
Now, you ask - why don't I just leave it for a few weeks. There are clearly many contracts out there that I can do. This is true. The problem is that a lot of projects seem to start in April/May, so this is when they cluster.
The result of this is I have no idea whether I'm going to need to be in three week's time, so planning on where I'm going to be is really a bit tricky. It also means that conventions and LARPs are a bit tricky. The issue with these is always travel. If I end up working in ireland, then there's no way I'm not going to IDWCon. If I end up working in England, it's very likely that I'll crew Serenity LARP. I'd quite like to go to a few other conventions, and maybe do Empire if I get a good character concept.
I guess this is probably a good thing since I need to learn to deal with this sort of thing, but as a control freak this lack of certainty makes me a little uncomfortable.
Then I got contacted regarding an interesting-ish sounding contract. Sadly that's in Wiltshire which isn't the most exciting of places. On the plus side, there is the opportunity to work from home. the flipside of that is that I don't actually have a home at the moment, or at least I won't when the rental period ends here which makes it a bit of a moot point.
Since it seemed I'd inadvertently started looking for a new contract, I might as well go for one that sounds generally positive. I like the idea of exploring life in other countries, and although Ireland is the most British foreign country there is, I did see a contract there that I really want. I also was approached by another contract, which was allegedly in Edinburgh, but as it turns out, that was a lie and it's actually in Dundee. Dundee doesn't look that exciting.
I guess I should also apply for that Finland job I saw. That was before I had two glasses of wine though so it may make sense to leave that one until tomorrow.
Now, you ask - why don't I just leave it for a few weeks. There are clearly many contracts out there that I can do. This is true. The problem is that a lot of projects seem to start in April/May, so this is when they cluster.
The result of this is I have no idea whether I'm going to need to be in three week's time, so planning on where I'm going to be is really a bit tricky. It also means that conventions and LARPs are a bit tricky. The issue with these is always travel. If I end up working in ireland, then there's no way I'm not going to IDWCon. If I end up working in England, it's very likely that I'll crew Serenity LARP. I'd quite like to go to a few other conventions, and maybe do Empire if I get a good character concept.
I guess this is probably a good thing since I need to learn to deal with this sort of thing, but as a control freak this lack of certainty makes me a little uncomfortable.
