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[teacrumpets]

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stealing from lizzie (everyforever) because i want to.

so post anything here. anonymously, not anonymously. i don't really care, just post something here.

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[anonymous]

I feel like a complete failure and that I wasted five years of my life in college because I'm currently unemployed and the degree I got isn't very good for getting me hired. Everyone says they need English majors, but no one hires because I "don't have enough experience" and I wonder how they expect me to get the experience they want when every other company is just like them. My mother says it's okay and that I'll "get a job when it's right" but I haven't told her that I've given up even looking. The unemployment rate in the state I live in and the state I work in (I'm on the border of two) is astronomical, and I don't see a point in even trying. So I live with my mother, and I waste her time and money and I feel like complete shit for it, and I know she's getting frustrated and she's barely getting by on her own, and I just don't know what to do. I'm amazed I haven't considered suicide, but I keep telling myself that's a stupid answer and I can't fall to that. I tried getting unemployment benefits, too, but I was denied because my case wasn't "severe enough to warrant benefits" which is utter bullshit.

Sorry to rant. I simply feel like I can't share this on my own journal or with my name because I know all my friends are going through shitty times too, and I feel like a whiny baby for going, "woe is me, I don't have a job because I'm not even looking," which is what it comes down to. I'm a loser.

[teacrumpets]

Whoever you are, you're not a loser.

If you're reading this, you're amazing and I know that it sucks going into a major and then feeling like you can't DO anything with it. I'm in music -- prime example! I have to get a doctorate in order to POSSIBLY amount to something. The thing is, it sucks so hard, but you have to make it work with what you have. Don't compare yourself to other people because that's not you. You have something completely different to offer from anyone else, and if you know how to (or figure out how to, which you will), you can sell yourself as exactly what you want to be.

Rant in my journal any time, any day. That's why it's here. ♥