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[kallie_starmist]

I never wanted to be one of those LJ people who do nothing but complain about their lives and their petty problems and end up sounding like high-strung, narcissistic, immature nutjobs who are incapable of focusing on the positive, but it occurs to me that I am, in fact, a high-strung, narcissistic, immature nutjob who is physically incapable of

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[midnight_zephyr]

Take it from someone who has been without a job since the moment she left Mount Holyoke's campus, oh god--14 months ago? Take what you can, and to hell with everything else. That bakery job? It sounds lovely. You love to bake

I do not have a job yet, and have collectively less than one hundred dollars to my name. My dad is a Human Resources director, and he gives me twenty minute lectures on the importance of calling a potential employer back and other such things. I dread family gatherings because I know they will inevitably ask about the same things: what am I doing about a job? Where have I looked? Who have I talked to?

And my sister told me she'd rather be dead, rather have killed herself than live the life I lead.

Do what you can. It's all a person can ever ask from themselves. I determined this long ago. If you feel something might lead to even slightly better circumstances, you should take it. Advice is a good thing, but unsolicited advice is often confusing, annoying, and just plain WRONG for the situation. Trust yourself, not what others say.

Now me, I don't know where I'll end up. I know where I want to go, but I don't have the means. So here's hoping you have better luck than me. Remember, there's always someone to talk to.

[kallie_starmist]

Well, take it from me, even if you had a job they'd still be lecturing you, so don't sweat it too much.

I'm sure you'll find something. Weren't you looking around the DC area?

[midnight_zephyr]

I'm looking in the Baltimore/DC area, Greater Boston area, Western MA, up here (though that would be temporary and would pay for such things as a car and moving expenses and perhaps the occasional trip to see people)

Unfortunately, my specialized skills aren't that specialized, which means there are TONS of people able to fill the jobs I qualify for.

Eh, tomorrow I'm going up town to do my every-so-often round of the local businesses for job applications and to test my mettle against that of the tourists. And buy an advance ticket for Harry Potter.

[kallie_starmist]

Yeah. God, I don't know what I'd do if I had to find my own place to live. Good luck!