Musing...not amused

As I begin yet another job search, it occurs to me how crucial timing is. It is the thing, really, essential to getting a job. Everybody plays the "what if" game, but seriously, what if I had never gone to Australia or come home a few months early? Most likely I would have been privy to a bunch of job openings at Avalon, where I interned the Autumn before. If I had gotten one of those jobs, chances are good I would have been out of it half a year later, when Avalon got bought out by Perseus Book group and dissolved. Yeah, I might have been able to find another job. I might even have stumbled upon my current job.

I just feel so helpless. I know there's a job out there I would like and be good at, but I just don't know what it is and even if I did, it feels wildly out of my control. Sure, I could apply and even get an interview, but it just seems like there's way too much left to chance.

I suppose it's time to start plans for world domination...