I'm not usually one for spreading other people's quoted words about, but yesterday during a job interview I used a current favorite thought of mine. Anton Chekhov was quoted as saying "If you want to work on your art, work on your life". I have to be able to laugh at myself for using this phrase which resonates very deeply for me in an attempt to interject myself into the world of corporate America. Ok, to be honest I haven't been laughing at myself for using it and I have been wrestling with the oncoming repercussions of now accepting (in an as usual rushed decision) said corporate job. Granted - the position is only temp to hire, but they have quite an intensive training so they wanted to make sure I'm really signed on for the position. I had to say yes, especially since yesterday afternoon was the new low point in what had up until then been a pretty scar free stint, scratches and temporary bruises like I'm sure this will turn out to be, but right now it still stings, as a temporary employee. I’m still nervous though, the people seem really nice, the atmosphere good, the work is not ideal, but the compensation seems like it definitely will be. I also hate the idea of being caught in-between things and the possibility of letting people down (no matter how briefly I’ve known them) if I would possibly get an interview for one of the nonprofit positions that I’ve been polishing my cover letters to a steady gleam for. (Also I do realize this position is technically temp to hire, however they have a very good history of hiring their temps and yesterday were selling me the fact that there is much room for moving around within the company and it is encouraged. Also, there would be a possibility that I could be hired on before the temping period is technically over. Meaning that instead of this decision happening in May when the temp period runs to if they are happy with me they could bump it up a couple of months.) Evidently because of a situation at the company they needed to know last night what my decision was, even with that my contact told me that the interviewer had told me that he would wait for me because he was just that impressed. I was nervous going in there in how my experiences would transfer over to the corporate world and how that would be viewed in an interview. Evidently I’m a good communicator, but is this the right thing to do? As far as corporate goes the company seems to have its head/heart? in the right place, but that doesn’t alleviate all my fears. Have I joined the enemy? Will I be forgiven and where do I go from here?