Hi. This is going to sound a bit odd, but I'm 22 years old and have never had a part-time job. I've helped out with my dad in his office before (he has his own business), but I don't really count that because there wasn't a consistent schedule and I could also get away with things you normally couldn't on a job (coming in late, etc.). It's summer now and I'm (GRADUALLY) filling out job applications. My mom thinks I should be more aggressive about it, and I want to be, I really do, but I feel like something is holding me back. I think it may be a lack of confidence on my part.

Anyway, tonight I was talking to my mom and I told her about something I'd written on one of the applications. She told me not to write it because it was too specific and detailed, and prospective employers might find it weird. I'd written something like "I was active in a college sorority for three years. This has enabled me to mentally separate myself from situations and see things from an objective point of view." My mom told me to use more simple language and write like a kid would write. This confuses me because she also tells me to build myself up and exaggerate a little. I don't understand how I can build myself up and exaggerate yet at the same time write things using very simple words. Another confusing thing is, she tells me not to be so detailed, but back in high school when I would show her my rough draft essays, she'd tell me to be MORE detailed. It frustrates me greatly that every situation has its own formula(by formula I mean how you handle something), and they're all different. What frustrates me even more is that this comes so easy to everyone except myself. Am I doomed to be this way for life? And I don't mean the ADD; I just mean having to keep learning new "formulas" for new situations.