New beginnings

Tonight I'm going to bed thinking about new beginnings. I've applied for two jobs for 2013 this week, which is 1) exciting to be wrapping up the school year and moving on, and 2) interesting to be looking at my current job in a new way as I describe my experience to non-teachers when applying outside my current field. I have vowed that I am going to spend at least the next two months applying for any job that I want, whether I think I can get it or not. Luck, according to a TV pseudo-documentary I saw (always the voice of reason, I know), is more about taking opportunities and having some of them pay off than a magical, universal force working in one's favour. Unlucky people tend to ignore or thwart chances that come their way, and therefore think they never get any good fortune. So I figure if I apply for lots of dream jobs and talk to lots of people about my dream job, something wonderful might happen. If it doesn't, I'll go back to applying for sensible jobs for which I'm fully qualified (plus the odd long-shot job). Does anyone reading this want to hire an inexperienced, but highly motivated, writer/editor to work part-time?