As long as you give credit to the channel , use as much as you want <| sep |> Waiting for my turkey to bake , so I have to explain For several months , I would dedicate hours upon hours every day to looking for the perfect job . I tried really hard , utilizing all of my professional contacts , revamping my resume time and time again , and generally using all the skills I ' ve developed over the past 15 years trying to find a position that was challenging , wellpaying , and captured my interest . Those efforts yielded absolutely no results . When replying to job ads , I was either underqualified or overqualified . No one I was in contact with was aware of any job openings that would be a good fit for me . Trying to generate freelance writing and contracting business would earn me a small amount of money here and there , but it was nothing sustainable for the longterm . No matter how many hours of effort I put in , I just wasn ' t getting ahead . I had two big breaks so to speak , and both fell into my lap with almost no effort . The first was a very wellpaying political contract job for the 6 weeks leading up to the presidential election . I didn ' t apply for this job . I still don ' t know exactly how they found me because I didn ' t know anyone affiliated with the contractor that hired me . The owner of the staffing firm couldn ' t even explain . My current job , as I mentioned in my main post , wasn ' t even one I applied for . Both of these prime opportunities weren ' t , in any way , connected to the hours and hours of work I put inthe opportunities were both by some of the most offthewall , highly improbable chance I ' ve ever seen . Reflecting back on this , I ' ve had similar experiences in the past . About five years ago , I got a random call at my crappy job from someone who wanted to interview me for a sixfigure job based on something that a professional contact of one of her professional contacts heard about me . Once again , in that scenario , I was just going about my business when opportunity found me . It defies logic , but it works . I hope this makes sense and answers your question !