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I'm looking at different possibilities for an internship. I have an offer for an editorial position at an alumni magazine, an almost-offer for a newspaper job, and applications in for two magazines, one specifically science-related and one more general. Here's what the Yi has to say about each of them:

Alumni magazine: 39.6 to 53
Newspaper: 24.1,3 to 15
Science-related magazine: 46.3 to 7
General-interest magazine: 56.1 to 30

Here's what I know about the options. The alumni magazine has some neat people, but it doesn't involve much writing -- it's mostly being involved in the editorial process. It also pays next to nothing. The newspaper would be lots of writing, in an interesting context, but most newspapers have a kind of moribund feeling to them, and my guess is that this newspaper is no exception. The other two are by far the most prestigious, for whatever that's worth. The science-related magazine has a reputation for being very collegial; the downside is that I don't ultimately want to do straight science reporting -- though I think it would be fun to do for a while and learn from -- but that's definitely going to be the culture and expectation. The general-interest magazine sounds very cool, but I hear rumors that it's a bit of an unhappy place.

How do those readings sound to you all?
 

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I'm working through these readings, and here are my thoughts about them so far.

The alumni magazine is not so prestigious. In light of that, 39 could be encouragement, saying something like: Who cares? Do what you want! It also feels like the gentlest option in many ways. It would involve the shortest move, and it would (most likely) be not-too-demanding work for nice folks. A chance to gather myself together for the next adventure.

The newspaper is back home, where I'm from. So I had to laugh at LiSe's translation of the title of that one: "Return to your town." Well, yes! This reading sounds really encouraging.

I don't have a clear sense of the reading on the science-related magazine. One way of reading it would be that I'm a bit defended about it, and there's really nothing to be defensive about. 7 suggests to me that I'd have some internal work to do, getting all the different factions in my psyche working together. But I'd be particularly interested in y'all's thoughts about that.

56.1 -- ugh!
 

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Hi Julie,

To me the answer towards the Alumni magazine sounds like a hindrance to get over with. 39 is about hindrances, but in particular the solution of them. Perhaps the 53 says that things in the board are in slowly progress?

The answer towards the newspaper is nice putted as you said about ?going home?... But if you are ambitious then the Alumni magazine is a better option as this one ?ends? in hex. 15... Modesty. Perhaps when you want to go home for getting some ?conclusion? in something, a case to solve overthere, then perhaps it?s the best place to go...

The 46.3 of the ?science related? magazine, towards hex. 7 tells me that it looks like a promotion in your career, but need discipline. As long as you are looking for just that this one would do fine...

My o my, all those opportunities :-D...

At least the general-interest magazine tells me that this is one you probably will not find ?ground? easy, as you keep on looking to a place, a way of handling in here, and you feel a ?stanger in a strange place? and a job on daily basis... Is this a freelance one?

I would say:

1. Alumni, OK if you look for slow progress
2. Newspaper, OK if you want closure back home...
3. Science, OK to me, but need discipline and new organisation, and it might go to slow for you...but then again, that could just be the challenge... The difference with option 1 is that you start with difficulties overthere, and here things go without them (empty city)...
4. General, Mmm, not OK, to much uncertainties...

Hope I?m helpfull in some way.

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Based on experience I've had myself with a couple of your castings, I have a little to add to Frank's already great reading.

The science rag might be a good strategic career move. And I think your best hope with the general interest rag is freelance work. I used to get 56 frequently when I was freelancing.

For what it's worth,

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That's very helpful indeed, Frank, thanks.

And Furry, that's really interesting. Freelancing for them would be great! Great clips, less politics.

I'll keep you posted.
 

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56.1 is also about first impressions. Both theirs and yours. Does what you say about it being a bit of an unhappy place come under that category? When a traveller comes to a new town, they have have all senses wide open, including intuition.
 

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Thanks, Willow. I heard informally that I'm no longer being considered for that one now -- they want someone less experienced. That's OK by me!
 

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Okay, so now it's down to two choices. Both of the big-time magazines said no, which is a little disappointing but not really that disappointing somehow. So it's either the alumni mag or the newspaper. And at this point, I'm thinking of a slightly different option with the alumni mag: I'm thinking of doing it part-time, and pursuing some freelancing options I have as well.

So I did fresh readings, now that I have a clearer sense of what the options are. Here's what I got:

Alumni mag with freelancing: 46.2 to 15
Newspaper: 30.3 to 21

The alumni mag plus freelancing sounds really positive. But I'm not as sure how to read the newspaper option. Any thoughts? I'm also not quite sure how to integrate this new information with the old readings.

I have to decide pretty quickly at this point, like in less than a day.

Julie
 

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Alumni mag + freelancing does indeed sound great. The gist of 46.2 is that there's no problem in an offering being small if it's made with honesty and presence. That would seem to fit with your idea of working there part-time - this is fine, provided that when you're there, you are fully there.

I am not sure about the newspaper, either, but I look at 30.3 and notice that your initial fear about the newspaper was that it might feel 'moribund'. 30.3 can feel exactly that way - but doesn't have to, if there is pot-beating and singing! Could that be your role?

Another possibilty - that this might be more to do with you than newspapers. The dynamics of 30.3 - the end of a day, remembering that this is not the end of the world - connect with the idea of Return and revitalisation. Does the newspaper option represent more of a change - psychologically, at least? Then it might have more line-3-ish feelings about it, of a certain amount of anxiety and indecision on the threshold.

Every 'might' in the above should be accompanied by a 'then again, might not'. As you know
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That's really interesting, Hilary. I guess I could read 30.3 as being taking something that's dying -- newspapers -- and making it something wonderful for myself.

I've been around and around about this. I talked to lots of people about it last night and today, and I got really excited about the newspaper option. The newspaper seemed like it offered the most potential, like I could work on some really fascinating stuff, and it could be a great opportunity to shape my own agenda. Plus, I talked to someone who used to work there who was really enthusiastic about it and said it was a terrific group of people. So I'd decided to take it, and then I talked to the editor, and now it's not clear that's an option after all. He'll call me tomorrow morning to let me know. It's just not clear whether they have the money for it. Ouf.

My guess is that either way will be fine. At this point, I just kind of want the decision made so that I can start getting happy about it, whatever it is. Swinging back and forth is really rough.

I just asked about working for the newspaper without pay. It's not unthinkable -- I'm pretty much regarding the next year as an extension of my education. 48.2,3,6 to 20. Hmm.
 

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Hm, yes. Without looking at this in any kind of detail, the question that comes to mind is - if you work without pay, how much of your potential is truly tapped?
 

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So I didn't get the newspaper one. They didn't have the money. I took the alumni mag. Then I was feeling sad about it, and kind of struggling with it for a while, and somehow now, I've gotten through it and released about it. I'm still not quite sure what I'll do -- I might just freelance -- but I feel much better in any case.

But, yet another possibility came up, for another magazine, one I'd be much more excited about. They didn't take applications until really late, and I almost didn't bother applying, because I'd already taken the alumni mag. But then I figured, what the heck, and I sent it in. I heard positive things about it through the grapevine, so I asked the Yi. And -- ha ha! -- I got 54.4 to 19. Check out the moving line: "The marrying maiden draws out the allotted time. A late marriage comes in due course." And 19 is a hexagram I associate with myself.

So, who knows what will happen. But that certainly sounds promising! It's so amazing when you get that super-strong feeling, like the Yi really is talking straight to you.
 

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