J-O-B

About a week ago, a group of 7 friends were joking about going into politics, and one of the "candidates" asked us, "What do you want?" As in, he will do something in the city of New York costing, say, $40,000 for our political support, hypothetically (seriously, it was hypothetical). People threw out things like city anti-poverty center or other things I can't remember.

This question has tormented me. I had absolutely no answer. There are certainly things I care about -- I call them "domestic people problems" -- but even that doesn't have any focus. And within those issues, I have no approach to solving them. So even if I could tell you that I Judy want to spend the rest of my life "solving" homelessness, I would have no requests for this political person.

Relatedly, pretty soon I need to start looking for jobs for next year. Does anyone have good ideas for me? I'm frustrated by the lack of responsibility inherent in jobs for recent graduates. I feel like as undergrads we could run organizations or design and conduct research projects, but the moment I have that coveted BA I have to fight my way out of admin work. In my current job, which is fantastic, I do hardly any admin work, but it still isn't quite fulfilling. It makes me wonder if I should do direct service.

Over-planning, I also recognize that this will be one of my few jobs before grad school, and I feel like I should have experiences that will motivate my graduate work and help me come up with answers to the "how" questions, so that I can respond to the $40k offer.

There is no way to end this blog entry. I'll keep thinking. Good night!