I don't have a single day off in the next three weeks. Okay, okay, I exaggerate. I have ONE day off in the next three weeks. Still, I have the feeling not much is going to be getting done
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don't know what to tell you, i have a HS diploma and a hair dresser's license (can't work-- chemical sensitivities).
is your degree in a field that you can get a good job? is it a job you would enjoy? there is something to be said of a stress free work environment that you are satisfied with --but if they're cutting your hours... it wouldn't hurt to look around and drop off a few resumes.
Aw babe, that sucks to find out you're not able to have a job in the field you worked so hard at. No fun at all. How did you work around it, if you don't mind my asking?
My degree is kinda generic but was internationally oriented so it helps with the politics/societal/cultural demands, but there are few jobs that actually need that unless you're living overseas - and those jobs all have other primary qualifications depending on the field. Honestly most people I know who had similar degrees as mine are either teachers, social workers, or working international aid (which I'd love to do but my medical scares me).
To be perfectly honest I'm sure that part of my problem is that I'm a coward, scared both to end up in a job that I like much less, scared that I'll be in a job I like but can't physically cope with (I HATE failure), or things along those lines. Pretty pathetic, huh? Can't know until you try.
i'm currently unemployed/semiretired --my husband makes enough for us to squeak by. *shrugs*
you're young and you have time to go through a few jobs to see if you like them or that you can handle them. it's not pathetic, but knowing your limitations and accepting them is only intelligent (striving to push your limits within reason is also not necessarily a bad thing). fear of change and failure is normal-- but how would you improve yourself if you didn't fail every now and again --failure is only -failure- if you don't learn from the experience and rise above (even if it's acknowledging that -i can't do that particular thing- and then trying something else or moving on.
you can't -end up- with a job that you don't like because you are always free to look for a different job-- you're never chained to an occupation like a prison sentence and you can always go back to working in a book store if you want. at least you can feel the satisfaction that you won't have to keep pondering "what if?".
is your degree in a field that you can get a good job? is it a job you would enjoy? there is something to be said of a stress free work environment that you are satisfied with --but if they're cutting your hours... it wouldn't hurt to look around and drop off a few resumes.
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My degree is kinda generic but was internationally oriented so it helps with the politics/societal/cultural demands, but there are few jobs that actually need that unless you're living overseas - and those jobs all have other primary qualifications depending on the field. Honestly most people I know who had similar degrees as mine are either teachers, social workers, or working international aid (which I'd love to do but my medical scares me).
To be perfectly honest I'm sure that part of my problem is that I'm a coward, scared both to end up in a job that I like much less, scared that I'll be in a job I like but can't physically cope with (I HATE failure), or things along those lines. Pretty pathetic, huh? Can't know until you try.
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you're young and you have time to go through a few jobs to see if you like them or that you can handle them. it's not pathetic, but knowing your limitations and accepting them is only intelligent (striving to push your limits within reason is also not necessarily a bad thing). fear of change and failure is normal-- but how would you improve yourself if you didn't fail every now and again --failure is only -failure- if you don't learn from the experience and rise above (even if it's acknowledging that -i can't do that particular thing- and then trying something else or moving on.
you can't -end up- with a job that you don't like because you are always free to look for a different job-- you're never chained to an occupation like a prison sentence and you can always go back to working in a book store if you want. at least you can feel the satisfaction that you won't have to keep pondering "what if?".
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nagomu - to be softened, to calm down
kokoronagomu - calming of the mind/heart/spirit
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