One month from today will be my first day as a non-VISTA.
It will also be the day my job title changes from AmeriCorps*VISTA member/Resource Development Associate (which is a bear to type, by the way) to Director of Advancement for Starfish Initiative.
Other than the title changing (and the addition of a paycheck so I can earn real cashy money ), not a whole lot else will be different on Thursday, Oct. 23 compared to Wednesday, Oct. 22.
The job I've been doing as a VISTA for the last 11 months will be much the same as what I do as the Director of Advancement. I will still write grants; still fund-raise, still do newsletters.
I had no idea when I started this year that this would be what I would be doing a year later, full-time. I thought I was interested in development/advancement. While I was pretty unhappy with where I was before VISTA (too far from home, frustrations with trying to get involved in the community, long/terrible hours), I wasn't really sure if I would be able to get the "ink" out of my blood. (There are days when I miss journalism terribly, but not enough to go back full-time.)
So, I'm going to keep going with this fund raising thing as a career.
It's been a good year.
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"I wasn't really sure if I would be able to get the "ink" out of my blood. (There are days when I miss journalism terribly, but not enough to go back full-time.)"
I hope, a year from now, I will be able to say similar things about leaving my current job (which I really like, but it has issues) for something completely different.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :) bob told me months ago they were going to offer you a position, but i didn't want to say anything in case something fell through. hooray for your title change (very spiffy title too) and the advent of real money! woohoo!
Congrats!
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