I am looking for a job and it is frustrating. I have some health limitations that rule possibilities out. My sparse resume is also not earning many call backs. I just fear I will be in the same position I currently am six months from now (directionless, living off of savings, and living at home to reduce costs). I know this is anxiety talking but hey I was in the same circumstances five months ago. I do not know whether it is worth moving or going back to school. Mainly I feel exhausted and like my efforts are futile so why try? I know that is a depression logic trap, occasionally I have stepped into it. I currently do not know how to spoiler tag posts. At some point I will do a test post in this thread attempting to use that tool.
Ugh, job searching is a such a grinding, depressing process. Many sympathies. I finished a job search a couple months ago. One of the things I tried to do, with only intermittent success, was to think of the goal of the process as direction instead of a job. If I found a listing for a job I wanted, then even if I didn't get it, I tried to consider it progress toward figuring out how what I wanted fit into the world (and whether I'd need to move / do more school / teach myself new skills / whatever to do the work I wanted to be doing). I, uh, didn't succeed much, but I think it helped a little. I set very few things on fire, anyway. :) There's a BBCode reference thread here that demonstrates how to do spoiler tags and eight million other things.
It occurred to me I could create a list of questions for my next meeting with the representatives from the organization that is trying to help me find work. I should also list the roadblocks. Maybe they might be able to help me come up with a few work-arounds or something more plan shaped. I can also search for some free or cheap classes. That is another list to get started. I kind of have a thing for lists.
So I am getting job training: yay ! I still have orthostatic intolerance issues and deconditioning issues that rule out a lot of jobs.
