After Words

I am gonna do it! I am gonna start blogging. So here it goes:


I just graduated from NMSU, here in sunny Las Cruces, New Mexico. I got my degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing, and now I don't know what to do, and honestly, I am worried about what to do next. I am having a hard time looking for a job. After graduating I was no longer able to work at the job I had on campus where I tutored GED and ESL students in writing. It wasn't the best pay, but I was able to survive. Now, I am unemployed with a degree, and I have no idea what to do with it. I am gonna get my last paycheck in about a week, and I have only had one interview that I have not heard back from. So I am starting to freak out a little bit. I created Monster and Linkedin accounts, and I have looked around for the jobs I would be most interested in. Turns out they don't seem to interested in me. Let me just say, job hunting is already really intimidating, and I mean any kind of job hunting. I got nervous just applying to mall jobs when I first moved to Las Cruces, but now I am looking for a career. Most of the jobs I would like to have are all pretty much the same: at least a years worth of experience, writing samples, and experience with Blogger and/or Wordpress. I am working on the last one. In fact, in one of the last classes I took in school I used Blogger and Wordpress a little, but it wasn't enough to really learn much about them, so I am taking the initiative here. My writing samples consist of short stories and thesis papers, which I am not sure is something employers want to read. I am pretty sure they want to see something that is professional and published, or put on blogs like this. I also don't have much experience in what I want to do. I would really like to be a copywriter or editor, but I just don't have the experience. I tried to find an internship, but they are either unpaid (and I need the money), or they are only for students (too late). So this all leads me to creating a blog. I get the writing experience, the writing samples, and I get to learn how to use Blogger and Wordpress. I am gonna try and make a good habit of posting regularly about anything I fancy. The main goal is to hone my writing skills, find my voice, and have something to reference to (here you go future employer). Of course, I would really like Percury to become something bigger, and I have a plan for that, but for now I am starting small. In the mean time I am gonna start looking for a job, any job and maybe two or three. I am gonna save up, and try and get out of New Mexico and move to the west-coast somewhere, preferably Seattle or San Francisco. I am determined, and I just have to keep my goals in mind. I can't get lazy, which I can be prone to sometimes, and I can't lose sight of what I want.