I cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom, and now I’ve run out of steam and don’t want to do anymore. It doesn’t sound like a lot, but the kitchen is big, and the bathroom was a mess.

The living room and hallway still need attention, and the rest of the house goes without saying, I just never get to it.

You would think I was a housekeeper or professional organizer from my last several posts. Sadly, I am not.

I would love to be a professional organizer, and I think I would be good at it. At TJ Maxx, when I worked in the pets department, people raved about how well I merchandised the area. Management, coworkers and customers all commented on how much better it looked after I worked it. I think I have an eye for usable space.

But I don’t think there’s any call for professional organizers in New Hampshire, though I could be mistaken.

There’s not much call for a lot of things in New Hampshire. You can’t easily find a job in publishing, for example. Not even in Portsmouth, Manchester, Nashua, or Concord. Opportunities arise here and there, but they’re few and far between, and often nichey.

I’m not trying to badmouth New Hampshire. It’s a lovely state. It’s full of trees and even has a bit of seacoast. It’s wonderful when you want to get away from everywhere else.

I have many fond childhood memories of summer vacations in New Hampshire at my aunt’s condo in Bartlett, before my family imploded, then the Nordic Inn at Loon Mountain with my best friend Katey, where, after a huge fight senior year of high school, I walked through a screen door at 3:00 in the morning and we laughed and laughed about it.

It’s just not the place you want to be if you’re looking for an onsite job with a major publisher, a career in professional organization, or a headhunter. Or maybe I’m just not great at finding avenues for those things.

Because with literally everything being online, doesn’t it seem like all of those things should be simple to track down?

Maybe I haven’t done my due diligence.

Maybe that should be my next three projects.