When you’re turned down for a job only two days after you apply for it, one day after it’s moved from internal bidding, and one day before it’s offered externally, that’s a pretty good sign they were already planning to hire someone else, right? I shouldn’t take this rejection personally, right?
Job-wise, I really want to move. I’m not guaranteed a better job anywhere else, but at least I’m reasonably sure there will be more writing/editing positions for which I can apply. There are other factors, mostly meteorological and social, but the search for a better job is the driving force.
Which is why renewing my lease worries me. It may be the right decision, and it will certainly buy me some time, but can I really take another year of this?