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Monday, September 24, 2012

What's your day job?

Sometimes I feel like two different people — on one hand, I'm the office manager of a university student newspaper, a full-time job. But I've also been a blogger, writer, and YA fanatic for just as long as I've had that position — over four years.

Rarely do those two worlds intersect, except for when I leave work early to attend a book signing or conference, and when I write a blog post during my lunch (like I am now). Or when one of my college students says they're reading a YA novel, and I start babbling with excitement until I realize that they aren't really interested to hear my enthused recommendations for other YA titles they may enjoy.

Anyway, this whole thing came to mind because I had to write an email today and used the phrase "in my mailbox," which of course made me think of the In My Mailbox meme ... and then I realized that likely NO ONE at my work would get the reference.

Then I thought maybe, MAYBE someone would.

Maybe they're just like me, living these oddly disjointed lives. (And like Sara, I don't always mind the separation!)

So that got me wondering — Is the cashier at the supermarket secretly a blogger? Is the UPS delivery guy a huge John Green fan? Is one of my students an aspiring writer?

We need a secret handshake, or something. Or we all need to wear DFTBA tshirts.


So what's your day job? And do the people around you know you're a blogger/writer/YA fan? Leave it in the comments!

14 comments:

  1. Luckily I teach middle school, so my worlds frequently intersect!

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  2. I know what you mean. I'm an attorney by day and rarely do the two worlds intersect. I only recently even told some of the people I work with about my blog though they do know I write.

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    1. Attorney! That's awesome. I love how unexpected bloggers' day jobs can be.

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  3. Social worker, writer, blogger, mom, volunteer - and everything intersects!

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  4. You would not believe how many social workers I have as friends -- it's a great profession!

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  5. My "day job" is high school senior. Only a few people are aware that I blog -- it isn't a secret, but I don't randomly volunteer that information.

    All of them are aware that I write, though.

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    1. I'm always jealous when I meet writers and bloggers still in high school... it took me four more years to pursue writing seriously! Keep it up!

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  6. Well, until very recently my day job as a Children's bookseller dovetailed neatly with my writing and blogging ambitions. But I have also worked in a library, a publishing company, a greeting card company and a thrift shop, among other jobs. And I'm a mom, of course. I like to imagine that everyone you meet has another life, a hidden life that means more to them than the paying job. And secretly we're all awesome.

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    1. I concur with Janine (below) -- your awesomeness isn't a secret at all! It's amazing how nearly all of your jobs revolve around books. I'm so jealous!

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  7. Joanne, your awesomeness is no secret!

    As for me, I'm an English professor. I teach college freshmen everything they need to know to succeed at college-level writing. If they don't take advantage of it, well, that's not my fault.

    Janine

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    1. Oh, Janine, this line - "If they don't take advantage of it, well, that's not my fault." - cracked me up.

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  8. I'm an insurance underwriter and I love randomly coming across people I work with that even know what books I'm talking about. They're few and far between but I'll take it. I just started this new job and the atmosphere is far more laid back. I'm guessing I'll run into more like-minded people here than my last place of employment.

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    1. Insurance underwriter and YA fan! I love it! I'm sure there's someone else at your company who thinks they're the only YA fan in the industry, too.

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