If you keep up with my blog, you know I'm moving back to Raleigh.
I went to school for graphic and web site design. And you can pretty much find those jobs all over the state, except for maybe remote rural areas. But even then, you don't have to go too far to get to a city where those jobs are available.
A year and a half ago I chose to move to Redding, California. For some reason, these jobs don't exist so much there. I mean there are web designers there, but it's typically not their main job. It's a side job, and they have to do other things to make a living. In Redding, it's just unrealistic to be a full time graphic or web site designer, so it seems. I could move down to the bay area and get a job in that field, of course. I wouldn't be against that, but right now, I don't have the money to rent a place and I have no job. So I get to head back home. I'm looking at it as an opportunity to bring a new wave of revival back home.
But I do want to come back to Redding once I'm ready. And what I'd love to do is build the kind of relationship with either a company I'm employed with or clients I'm doing independent design work for where I could actually telecommute, and then move back to Redding. In fact, if I get enough clients and enough money coming in, I'd like to hire or contract other Bethel students who are doing graphic design as more of a hobby rather than a career and help them make money.
Honestly, business hasn't been on my heart. Business and graphic design are just tools that I'm using to achieve the dreams I actually have.
I got the feeling from some here in Redding that graphic design was just a dream job and not a real job. And I guess with the mindset of many in Redding, that is true. But with the right mindset, that doesn't have to be true. So I'm leaving Redding for now, hoping to bring what I've gained in Redding to the Raleigh area. But I will be back in Redding, and I will be turning what seems so unrealistic there into something that's totally realistic. I understand that in my job search, I don't want to limit myself to just that, and the truth is I wasn't. But when you apply so many places, check back frequently, and still hear no responses, it becomes a bit overwhelming. On top of that, I no longer had money coming in. It's time to regroup. I haven't given up on the mission. I won't abort it. I just needed to re-think the way I'm doing things.
I'm in a situation where I'm about to be kicked out of the apartment by my roommates, and understandably so. Maybe they feel I'm believing too much in this "unrealistic" job. But I'm just overwhelmed from my job searching in Redding and I need to do something.
I know Bethel is very much about bringing heaven to Earth. I think if Heaven were invading Earth in Redding to its fullest extent, there would be an abundance of web design jobs in Redding. There aren't, but I know of places where there are more of an abundance of them. In a way, it's Heaven invading Earth in those areas already, and many people are so blind to see that. It's a blessing, even in a difficult economy. The Raleigh area is blessed! I know things are more difficult in Raleigh than they have been, but still the Raleigh area remains blessed. (I'm not saying Redding isn't blessed, but the economy is where it's still lacking, and has been lacking for years). Heaven has invaded Earth there and you haven't seen it! The jobs that are available there seem to be unrealistic in places like Redding.
I know I'm going to hear people complaining about the economy back in Raleigh, but you know what? I don't want to hear it. Some people have it better than they think they do.
And really, it could be worse than Redding. You could live in a third world country where everyone is starving, no one has medical care, and other basic necessities aren't taken care of.
And yet people in those situations still recognize the blessings they have.
I don't know that I truly appreciated what I had back in Raleigh. Even working at Target was a BLESSING! Let me take it further. Before Target I worked at K-mart. I hated that job. Even that job was a BLESSING! Here in Redding, it's a struggle to get a job at Target or any other retail or fast food place right now. In a better economy those jobs are easier to get (still not easy) but there's not much else.
But things can be better. Things should be better. And with the right mindset and faith in God, and with some work, things will be better. I'm going in with a different plan the next time around. Unrealistic for the Redding area? Maybe. But I'm sure at one time it was pretty unrealistic for the Raleigh area too.
I went to school for graphic and web site design. And you can pretty much find those jobs all over the state, except for maybe remote rural areas. But even then, you don't have to go too far to get to a city where those jobs are available.
A year and a half ago I chose to move to Redding, California. For some reason, these jobs don't exist so much there. I mean there are web designers there, but it's typically not their main job. It's a side job, and they have to do other things to make a living. In Redding, it's just unrealistic to be a full time graphic or web site designer, so it seems. I could move down to the bay area and get a job in that field, of course. I wouldn't be against that, but right now, I don't have the money to rent a place and I have no job. So I get to head back home. I'm looking at it as an opportunity to bring a new wave of revival back home.
But I do want to come back to Redding once I'm ready. And what I'd love to do is build the kind of relationship with either a company I'm employed with or clients I'm doing independent design work for where I could actually telecommute, and then move back to Redding. In fact, if I get enough clients and enough money coming in, I'd like to hire or contract other Bethel students who are doing graphic design as more of a hobby rather than a career and help them make money.
Honestly, business hasn't been on my heart. Business and graphic design are just tools that I'm using to achieve the dreams I actually have.
I got the feeling from some here in Redding that graphic design was just a dream job and not a real job. And I guess with the mindset of many in Redding, that is true. But with the right mindset, that doesn't have to be true. So I'm leaving Redding for now, hoping to bring what I've gained in Redding to the Raleigh area. But I will be back in Redding, and I will be turning what seems so unrealistic there into something that's totally realistic. I understand that in my job search, I don't want to limit myself to just that, and the truth is I wasn't. But when you apply so many places, check back frequently, and still hear no responses, it becomes a bit overwhelming. On top of that, I no longer had money coming in. It's time to regroup. I haven't given up on the mission. I won't abort it. I just needed to re-think the way I'm doing things.
I'm in a situation where I'm about to be kicked out of the apartment by my roommates, and understandably so. Maybe they feel I'm believing too much in this "unrealistic" job. But I'm just overwhelmed from my job searching in Redding and I need to do something.
I know Bethel is very much about bringing heaven to Earth. I think if Heaven were invading Earth in Redding to its fullest extent, there would be an abundance of web design jobs in Redding. There aren't, but I know of places where there are more of an abundance of them. In a way, it's Heaven invading Earth in those areas already, and many people are so blind to see that. It's a blessing, even in a difficult economy. The Raleigh area is blessed! I know things are more difficult in Raleigh than they have been, but still the Raleigh area remains blessed. (I'm not saying Redding isn't blessed, but the economy is where it's still lacking, and has been lacking for years). Heaven has invaded Earth there and you haven't seen it! The jobs that are available there seem to be unrealistic in places like Redding.
I know I'm going to hear people complaining about the economy back in Raleigh, but you know what? I don't want to hear it. Some people have it better than they think they do.
And really, it could be worse than Redding. You could live in a third world country where everyone is starving, no one has medical care, and other basic necessities aren't taken care of.
And yet people in those situations still recognize the blessings they have.
I don't know that I truly appreciated what I had back in Raleigh. Even working at Target was a BLESSING! Let me take it further. Before Target I worked at K-mart. I hated that job. Even that job was a BLESSING! Here in Redding, it's a struggle to get a job at Target or any other retail or fast food place right now. In a better economy those jobs are easier to get (still not easy) but there's not much else.
But things can be better. Things should be better. And with the right mindset and faith in God, and with some work, things will be better. I'm going in with a different plan the next time around. Unrealistic for the Redding area? Maybe. But I'm sure at one time it was pretty unrealistic for the Raleigh area too.
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