How do you make decisions when your intuition is not working?

[Digit]

Actually, mine is selective.

Now, I am finally getting some job interviews, and in fact had three back to back. I am not good at picking employers or husbands. I can do without the husband being underfoot, but an income allows me to pay the mortgage, pay the bills, and generally stay out of trouble.

I definitely don't want one of the jobs since there are no benefits and I would not feel safe in the location.

Astrology would not work (or so it seems), so do you try to throw some tarot cards, or something else?
This is reminding me of the Magic 8 Ball. Anyone else remember those?

Oh, and I did my manifestation list...maybe that is why I am now getting interviews! I am expecting offers from all three based on some nonverbal clues, um, or intuition. :-)

Then again, maybe there is a better job around the corner!

Ack!

[Ecumenist]

1. digit,

Your intuition is ALWAYS working it's just that sometimes we allow our thinking brain to rationalise it to death. Oftentimes, it's a fear picture that rears it's ugly head, rather than what God is trying to convey to you via your own internal oracle. ThAt's why it's usually a good thing to ask another intuitive who has no emotional stake in your question of wade in. The first thought about what one should do is usually the correct one. how many times have you talked yourself out of a decision or impression only to find out that you were right to begin with? You'll be working by Cinco de Mayo in a position that will seem to be less than it really is - you're being led because you're not able to confidently make the right choice for yourself. Let go of the worse case scenario because it's what you'll manifest. What you need to do is to claim the job you want. Keep telling yourself that you HAVE GOTTEN THE POSITION THAT YOU WANT and Need!! Keep saying that OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
This is also the reason that children seemingly get things that they want because they haven't yet learned to doubt what God is waiting to give them. Unlearn fear and you'll be surprised to find how
many times things "magically" come into your life. I've been told to tell you that your father is guiding you, it was what he asked to do once he crossed. He wanted you to believe in yourself because, he says, you've always had a problem accepting the fact that you're worth all the world and a bag of chips, as the saying goes. You haven't been able to get the things out of life and the right mates because you don't know your own worth. Listen to those cues that you're being given.
It's not a coincidence that you were able to get all these interviews. Just apply the faith that you had as an innocent, i.e., childhood, to landing bounty of a financial means, the perfect mate for you who gives you the love and support that you deserve, (it is your right, you know) and contentment with who you are. Funny but I can't shake this next thing and I don't know exactly what this has to do with your dilemma but I keep getting the picture of a dark brown or black dog with a medium length coat, like a cocker spaniel. I'm not sure what that means however I do know that it has to do with you. This dog has a collar with a metal tag, in the shape of a sitting dog, I think and I keep seeing the dark eyes of this dog and I think that this dog has a white patch on it's throat that flows down onto the chest, like an ascot or a tie. This dog is jumping up, like he's placing his paws on my lap, like he's trying to get my attention and I'm not sure if this is his name or what you're supposed to understand but i keep hearing and seeing the word "Lucky". May be a confirmation of what I've been given about your situation.
There's no maybe in that better job around the corner, the word that belongs in that statement is that an "IS" a better job around the proverbial corner. I also feel that somehow this next step in your journey involves meeting someone who will help heal your heart. I also keep seeing you signing something, as if you have a pen in your hand signing paperwork. I said all of this just to let you remember that you are not alone and although you feel as if these clouds are always going to be over you, it's just the rainstorm before spring. The light you see at the end of the tunnel isn't a train. You've turned the corner and soon girl, you'll be able to exhale, I promise you. :hug:

[BlueIris]

4. "Unlearn fear and you'll be surprised to find how..."

...many times things 'magically' come into your life." That is so true. Great post.

[Digit]

6. Lucky....that cracked me up

Well, it was not a dog exactly, but some antique beads I wore that I thought might bring me "luck". It really is nothing more than a long rope of tiny red beads which you tie in a knot and allow to hang. I chose to tie the knot over my solar plexus. Everytime I look at these beads, I marvel over the tedious work someone did so lovingly by hand.

Are you sure it is not a big Greek guy helping me out? He was a former employer to myself and mother, and after his wife died, he hooked up with my mother. They were like a couple of kids in love until he passed in 1988.
He was like a second father to me, and I guess you could say I was closer to him than to my biological father.
My real father is probably watching boxing on the Ethereal Channel, if such a thing exists. Seriously, that is about all he did!
I don't mean to diss my dad, but to help me out is so out of character for him.

[Ecumenist]

11. Out of character here....

while we are in our bodies on this side, it's easy for us to ignore what we know we have to do... out of sight, out of mind. But when we cross over, whatever we should have done here and didn't, whatever damage we created by withholding what good and nurturing we should have done, we can no longer put away because whaty we think, what we feel what we need are actual and tangible. You may believe that your father is the same person he was here BUT we all have to "tie up loose threads" before we go forward. It's quite possible, if not probable that I'm picking up BOTH of them. I will often do what's called "blending" meaning that I will pick up two people as one. One's personality with the other's physical appearance or any other permutation of traits. All I got was your father, not based on being biological or actual. No matter how thick headed we were here, correcting whatever lapse we leave behind is no longer something that can be left for tomorrow because emotions are now "physical".

[cassiepriam]

2. One technique to think of....

Get a piece of paper and make a list of pros and cons of each job.
(this is the rational side of the equation.) Add things as you think about it.

Then sleep on it, meditate on it, etc. and see what comes to you. This is the intuitive side of it.

Sounds like none of the jobs are thrilling you at any rate, not your dream job. I don't know if something better is around the corner or if you will need to settle for one of them at this point.

But it does look like things are opening up for you if you have had three interviews in a row. Wow..

[LaurenG]

3. The way I would do it is think of the company

and try to see how you feel about each one. I usually get pictures or sensations or suddenly feel a gain or loss of energy about it. Like the feeling of excitement or disappointment. Then I just go with that. Sometimes you just have to trust that what you get or don't get is the way it needs to be. Of course if there are things like no benefits or a rigid structure I would look at that first and then decide with the facts as well.

[japple]

5. Visualization works for me. "Sleeping on it" does too.

Visualize yourself in your ideal job. Where do you WANT to work? SEE yourself in that position.

Trust your intuition. It never stops working. Re-read all of the other posts in this thread. Trust yourself. You deserve the best.

;) :hug:

[DemExpat]

15. Affirmations are excellent tools as well.

A la Louise Hay and others....IMO.

Writing down a very positive statement about something, an outcome, and thinking about it regularly, sticking it up around the house where you will see it often, etc.

:hi:

DemEx

[Cleita]

7. In the case of jobs, maybe you need a practical list.

Mine always were:

Money

Money of course also was determined by number of hours worked. A good paying job that has you enslaved 24/7 is a crappy job IMHO unless you really love what you do like writing or painting.

Close to where I live

If a good paying job was more than ten or fifteen miles away and it cost me more in gas, parking or transportation than a lesser paying job that was closer to home. I weighed those two factors against each other.

Benefits

Do you get a health plan, free parking, a cafeteria and other perks? What kind of sick days and vacation days do you get?

Pleasantness of surroundings.

Nothing is worse than a drab cubicle with outdated equipment. I especially liked a window to look out of. Again the former three points would be weighed against this. I have worked in closets because the money and benefits were good and it was close to home. Although when you spend a third of your day in that place it helps if it's pleasant.

So with all those job offers work with these suggestions. Your intuition will probably come back into play to help you.

[Digit]

8. Priorities

Number one is health insurance. I wish they would all give me more information about the benefits, like who the carrier is and my share of the cost, but most don't.

Right up there at the top is being an employee and not contract work. The same issue would apply, which is health insurance.

Permanent position or temp....see above.

Hours..I want basically 9-5. I had one person contact me for a position with an optometrist. The pay was 9/hr with mall hours. Yuck.

None of the large firms seem to be hiring, or their ads have been up for over 6 months and I applied for them a long time ago. I like to call them mythical positions. It mythed me why their ads are still up. Ah yes, a groaner for sure!

Nothing is paying over 13.00/hr....SO FAR!

I had a job which lasted less than two months back last summer. No benefits, and the guy was looney tunes. His mood swings kept me constantly off balance, and he would RIP messages out of my hands. Oh, and my favorite was how he would walk around the office barefoot with his pants legs rolled up while brushing his teeth. I never had a lunch break and would have to spit my food out on a napkin to answer the phones. Then he would complain that it rang too long! :eyes:

That is the type I want to avoid!
Close to home would be nice, too, but I would travel to avoid another weirdo.

At least I am encouraged that I am getting interviews. I see each one of them as at the very least a practice session where I can get more experience.

[Cleita]

9. Best of luck and I'm sending positive vibes your way.

I had more than my share of the looney tunes bosses too, so I know what you are speaking of. When I worked the law stated that you had to be given a break for every five hours that you worked meaning that you had to have a lunch break at some time during the day. Has this law changed too?

If not the next time someone treats you like that file a complaint with the state labor board and start looking for another job. It takes them time to look into a complaint so maybe you will have something lined up by then but that employer will be under their radar for surprise audits and such long afterwards.

I know that the neo-cons are trying to create this Dickensian world of starving labor working impossible hours and you unfortunately are running up against it. Change is really needed in these dire times.

[Digit]

10. He would buy lunch for me and the other employee on occasion...

...although I had to use my own vehicle to go pick it up for us. That was part of his "nice side".

They sat together at a table, and I had to stay at my desk. He did not like to be disturbed with phone calls while he ate, and I found out real quick that my lunch time was not my own. He did not want messages going to voice mail, plus he insisted on me wearing a headset which had volume issues.

Yes, maybe I should have reported him, but I was so eager to get out of there. When he let me go, he had said that I had been informed that when stressed, he became bossy. I told him to his face that he was downright SCARY at times. By that time, I could not mince words, and I don't regret telling him that ONE BIT!

He keeps his employees for under three months....evidently, he avoids paying unemployment insurance in that manner. He really is a worm.

[bliss_eternal]

12. Hi Digit--

I just wanted to add my well wishes to you on getting the job that is right for you! :hug: I have nothing to add, as you already have such great advice here!

[Pathwalker]

13. I agree with those who say to make a list,

stating the pros and cons of each job. Put them all down on paper, along with your priorities, and see if any particular job stands out from the rest.
Then pray for the universe to guide you to the best job for you, sleep on it & check your dreams for what answers they might provide. THEN, you might wish to ask your spirit guides to give you a sign that SHOWS which job would be best for you.
I will pray for you to get the BEST job. Please let us know what you decide!!!
:hug: :loveya:

[u4ic]

14. Sending you light, Digit

I wish you the very best in finding suitable and fulfilling employment for yourself. :hug: