Optimism DOES Abound!

Ah-ha!  Ok, so how many people believe in Quantum Physics, Noetics, Laws of Attraction, etc.?  Anyone?  Anyone?

Well, I do.  But I also realize its two main faults:
1)  it's EXTREMELY hard to do consistently.  I think we're programmed as a race, and supported by our multitude of media, to think that we cannot have anything we want.
2)  Failure to get what you want instantly leads to self-blame - I didn't win the Lottery so I must be doing something wrong.

Well, regardless, I decided I needed to get serious about getting a job.  See, I don't know how many of you out there are the sole bread-winner of the family, but being that AND trying to be a writer is very challenging, especially when you know in your heart you WANT to be a writer.  So I was avoiding the inevitable - UNREALISTICALLY optimistic.  I'm optimistic that my book will sell and will make a great movie, but not in the next three weeks.

So - I created a spreadsheet to track all the companies I've applied to.  I've written up a cover letter.  I'm following up with companies I haven't heard from.

Sound a little like getting an agent?  It is.

You just have to be serious about it.

SO.  THE DAY AFTER I get two phone calls out of the blue, one recruiter taking me on to help me with another company, and a phone call set up with another company that I forced in.

Now, some may say "That's not the laws of attraction, Doofus.  That's just you working harder."  True.  But the random calls out of the blue?  Coincidence?

I don't believe in it.

So - the OPTIMISM is back in OPTIMISM ABOUNDS.  Take your goal, dream, desire, need or wish seriously.  Put everything you have into it.

It'll happen.  Trust me!