A Wish Your Heart Makes 7

I'm trying to make a decision about what type of jobs I want to apply to. I originally thought my job search process would be pretty, well, desperate. I envisioned myself throwing my resume at every open position where I met the minimum requirements and was mildly interested. Well, as I've mentioned in other posts, I'm really trying to find my "deal breakers." My mentor compared it to a courting or dating process. You see someone walk through the door, they look cute (wink). Then you flirt and you think about a first date and a second and , if all things go well, you make it to a third.
Yet, your cute Mccuteser over there is also thinking about if they want a second date. I like this metaphor because it reminds me that a foot in the door doesn't mean it is open. The job search process can be full of unrequited love moments on either side. Hopefully there is a perfect match at the end of it that involves very little to no compromises on what your dealbreakers are.

Another way of looking at this process involves me understanding what I'm good at and what I get energy from. I'm a fanatic for personality tests so I LOVE LOVE LOVE talking about and understanding my strengths. So I feel like I have a good foundation to continue developing my understanding of what I'm good at. Yet, before the job search process gets away from me and I'm stuck in a job that is not a right fit, I really need to do a lot more of that nitty gritty "who am I" soul searching.

I'm both excited and nervous and hoping everything goes well. Hopefully, there is a happy ending at the end of it. It reminds me of Beauty and the Beast if we can forget that Beast was abusive and other problematic issues inherent in Disney movies...