Life decisions... *sigh*
I feel like Ross on Friends. Disney (Rachel) vs. The Bank (Julie). Pros and cons. Ready, steady, GO!
Cut to More because there's a really lot of stuff here to supposedly help me decide what to do with my life, and it probably only interests me.
PROS - If I Work for the Bank:
+ I'll get paid a living wage. Very important.
+ Benefits are good.
+ I'll get experience in sales.
+ I'll get experience in management.
+ I'll get experience in marketing.
+ Not to mention, I'll get experience working in a financial institution.
+ I can live at home and save almost every penny I make.
+ A lot of my friends are in the Chicago area.
+ I kind of stumbled into this job. And they offered it to me.
+ Almost a hundred people interviewed for these positions. I have no finance/business background. And they offered it to ME.
PROS - If I Work for Disney:
+ It's a damn cool job, and one I only really fantasized about when I first started working at Disney in 2000.
+ I know Orlando. I've lived there twice, I know my way around. I had places I went about five nights out of every week, like Tuesdays: Jellyrolls or, once or twice the Roxy; Wednesdays: hang out with people from work; Thursdays: Comedy Warehouse or something else at PI (what else did we do on Thursdays? I feel like we did something, but can't think of it.); Fridays: Bowling and karaoke in Kissimmee; Saturdays: Blue Stone Circle at Margaritaville. Occasionally House of Blues on Sundays, but techno's not as much my thing. I had a routine down, and I loved my routine.
+ I have really good friends there.
+ Hundreds of people interviewed for this internship. I got it.
+ I'd be working in the same job, at the same park, as Carolyn. I'd live with her, too.
+ I love Florida. This summer, I swore I was moving back for good. We'll say it's sort of a dream of mine, to live there.
+ Weather's nice.
+ I really, really wanted this job.
+ It's DISNEY.
CONS - If I Work for the Bank
- It's not Disney.
- I have no finance/business background. I don't know if I'll be good at this job.
- I don't know if I'll be good at the sales aspect of it.
- I might get tied in to Chicago, to working in a bank, etc.
- I might not go after my "dreams" because I might get comfortable. I NEVER want that to happen.
CONS - If I Work for Disney:
- Pays very little.
- No benefits, unless I get hired full-time, which wouldn't happen until at the earliest, June.
- No guarantee for future full-time employment.
- Would have to completely support myself. On very little pay.
- Won't build seniority with Disney until hired as full-time.
- Skills may or may not be transferable to other careers. Or the transferable skills are probably ones I already possess.
- Already worked for Disney twice; will potential future employers look down on a third time?
- Would not be insured for a Very Long Time. Or would have to buy probably very expensive independent insurance.
*sigh* I know what the Practical Thing to Do is (why am I capitalizing random words?). I also know that, if I didn't have the bank offer, I would be in Florida faster than you could say "Pixie Dust." There would be no question. This summer, I was sure I'd move back. I have a couple dozen apartments around the Orlando area bookmarked on my computer. I guess Disney would fall under a "follow your heart" advice category. But the rest of me wonders if there aren't things more important than that. Surviving off my income being one of them. I could work a few years, get some real experience, and then look into moving down to Florida or out to California or somewhere. The question is, will I?