Patience

When I interview for jobs, which it seems, is all I do...

I am sure to use the expression, "meet people where they are."

[I'm almost positive I heard this from Dr. Franklin. He had a lot of real world, Southern advice. "You're allowed to have one vice. Chocolate and sex don't count." "Don't tell people they can't have something. Just tell them the things they need to have, and that they can then have whatever it is they want. Odds are they'll feel fulfilled with first and won't even go to those chips or that pop."]

I have to remember to meet myself where I am.

I am not an expert job-seeker. I am not even a great candidate on paper. I am fighting against my own experience (mostly a lack thereof).

When I come across those positions where I feel like I NEED this in my life, this would be so fulfilling, it's hard not to feel a real loss when it doesn't come through. And to this day, none have.

Is there a more active role I could take to make them see that I can do this work?

Do I show up, shake a hand? Introduce myself as one of the dozen (or hundred) faceless online applicants? Is that a nuisance? Is it expected?

Either way, I guess I'll be doing this for a long time, so I'll have to answer those questions myself.