Looking for a job

[Monijh]

HiNow here is my situation I just moved out of my father’s home and I am looking for a job but the thing is I am a painter and there aren’t many jobs that are relative to it so what I’m looking for is a part time job that enables me to handle my life and leaves some time for painting too. What is ideal for me is a normal job like working in a bookstore.I asked I Ching how will I know which job is best for me and I got 44.2.3.5.6 to 16 I guess I shouldn’t get my self in situations beyond my capabilities and be realistic?? Or I am carried away with my imagination? Oh I really need help with this.

 

[radiofreewill]

Hi monijh,

"How will I know which job is right for me?"
44.2.3.5.6 to 16 ~ Avoid Madcap Repose

There are many reading strategies that one can use when trying to understand a toss. In the end, I say, go with the one that makes the most sense of the situation to you? When I encounter readings with 4 or more changing lines, I see that as the *relating* hexagram (16) strongly pulling you towards it.

Therefore, in your case, I would read the corresponding changing lines for hexagram 16:

Line 2 ~ Make job-searching your highest priority over everything else: Don't get side-tracked
Line 3 ~ Don't let the Perfect be the enemy of the Good: Let any job that pays the bills and gives you time to paint be "good enough"
Line 5 ~ There will be setbacks in your search: Persevere
Line 6 ~ Madcap Repose: Procrastinating and being "un-bothered" about it...until The Last Second brings on frantic activity that will accept anything

So, as much as possible, you want to get out in front of any looming pressure to have income...while finding a job that best complements your true passion for painting.

My advice is to look at bookstores, as you plan to do, but also to expand your vision of a good work environment to include working in the art space, itself? I once had an elderly neighbor, who was a retired painter, and he kept the first floor of his house as a studio. While he was talented and successful enough to make a career as a painter, his real gift was being able to teach painting to apprentices ~ he was really good at it. So, the people who worked as the public face of his studio were also learning from him, too.

The key to finding opportunities like that is being active, active, active...

...and...if all else fails...then there is always Madcap Repose...and the starving artists' social safety net: the proverbial Waiting on tables.

So, I say, wear your shoes out going to galleries, studios, museums, restoration shops, sign shops (some airbrush artists are amazingly gifted), set designers, installation artists ~ you name it ~ don't be picky, just be open...to the possibilities...while you still have time.

It's hard to stop positive energy and a smile ~ best of luck to you!