Here are the crazy positive and negative thoughts that were spinning round my head in the run up to the interview which I mentioned in my last post. I wrote them down in a book which I keep to show me where my thinking is going wrong or right. It is full of terrible syntax and grammar, for which I apologise! That’s because writing as I think makes sure I don’t cut anything important out. So, if you care to read a long-winded back and forth about nervousness, you can make of it what you will!
“Thursday:
Just found out I might have a Skype interview next Tuesday and I’m terrified (even though last time I did one it went well)
Friday:
Maybe if I think about this interview with an assumption that they’re probably going to accept me unless I say something absolutely shocking, I can jinx myself into feeling confident.
I mean essentially they’d be hiring me to do free labour anyway, it’s not like a long term paid job, is it?
I don’t know if this is the right approach but I’ll give it a go.
…And I get 2 more chances even if I do fail this one. But I still want to do my best.
Sunday:
I’m still doing a good job of keeping a cool head about the approaching skype interview.
But actually I will be so, so relieved when it’s over. I hope I pass this interview just so I won’t have to do another one with some o Continue reading “A Process of Nerves, aka “Stop Introverting and Go to Bed””