I spent much of today and this evening trying to wrangle my resume into shape. It turns out, that art imitates life in my case. Apparently, my resume was "too wordy." Luckily, my good friend Karen, an employee of the good 'ol RISD Career Services (my alma mater and source of never-ending debt) and long-time cool friend, went through it LINE BY LINE with me on the phone this afternoon and "gently forced" me into deletions and re-wording and even some rearranging.
It was painful.
In the end, though, I caught the fever. After that first description was whittled down, I felt so light and breezy that I was like a madwoman on the rest of the resume. I am now the proud caretaker of a fabulously succinct resume.
It now occurs to me that I spent all of last week doing this very thing to my hard drive. And, it also occurs to me that every time I boot up and search for files, I feel so good I can't believe it. This organizing thing really lifts the tension. I'm so Feng Shui'd I can't stand it!
Anyway, LINE BY LINE, people. LINE BY LINE! Now, that's dedication. That's friendship. That's love. She is one fabulously good egg.
Thank you, Miss Karen.
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