What's the worst that can happen if you dropped everything and fell down in Phoenix? Couldn't you still come back and move in with your Mom? Work out a plan for that worst-case scenario, file it away in the back of your mind, then go to Phoenix and work everything out there. You'll feel better if you have a plan, especially one you're never going to have to use
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(Plans for every possible contingency are useful. ...I think I still pack my backpack according to rules of "What would I need if I fell through a magical gateway into a fantasy world?" I'll have to work out something semi-concrete before I go. It can take up residence with the thousands of scraps of paper planning speculative budgets for the move down
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If you fall down in phoenix, I personally would do everything in my power to help you get back to the Midwest and to your mom.
Phoenix is less than a day drive away from where I'll be living. I guess it depends on how far down you fall, but I can't imagine that it would cost too much to get you back to your mom until you can get back on your feet, again.
Of course, I know little about my living situation or future, but you know... I would help.
<3 Thank you. And I'm, you know, probably stressing about absolutely nothing - I do that before every move/long-distance trip/life change/thing - but that helps. I'm... actually kind of amazed at how many people are willing to pledge assistance. Brain! Why do you not understand that I have friends, and that my friends are more awesome than I could ever have expected them to be?
I'm in roughly the same place as you -- moving with no immediate job prospects -- and all I can say is that it sounds like it's time to jump. Worst-case scenario, the Midwest'll still be there, and if it kills you to live there, don't. You'll make it. You're smart, and you're tough, and you've got people.
If things do get problematic... well, I realize Austin is fairly far from Phoenix, but if you need anything, I'll do what I can.
This economy is not our friend. I feel like I'd be so much more confident if the entire country wasn't having a doom-and-gloom party.
Are you just heading to Austin, then? Any idea what sort of work you'll be looking for?
And thank you. ^_^ I'm fairly sure I won't wind up living in a van down by the river or anything, but it's nice to know I have resources. (I have a feeling that living in a van in Phoenix would be an invitation to get heat stroke, anyway.)
I know; really wish the economy hadn't collapsed just around the time I was thinking about getting out and on my own again.
As for work, I'll basically take whatever will take me; office or lab work would be ideal, but I'll settle for whatever will pay the bills for the time being. If all goes well, I should be able to head to UT in Fall 2010 to try grad school again, so there should be an eventual career path there.
To you too! I'm hoping to head to grad school some day when academia seems less invested in gnawing on my bones, but that is, I think, a couple of years away.
...actually, before we move, I propose that we take some time off to punch the economy in the face. Or possibly give it a rousing pep talk and backrub. Or both. Nothing says we couldn't do both, though I doubt the economy would appreciate our mixed signals.
If you need holding up, I'm here for you. I can't drive the several hundred miles it is to Arizona, I can't find you a job, but damn me if I'm going to let this not work. Because you deserve to have what you want.
I am pretty much in exactly the same situation, only with the added bonus that if I can't find a job within sixty days of graduating, I can't stay in the US!
So, yes, I'm having a lot of lying awake-at-night freakouts about trying to find a job in this market, and going somewhere where I have no connections and things would be so much easier if I went back to Canada... but so much more miserable at the same time. Argh.
Does it necessarily have to be a job in your professional field, or could you get, like, a job serving coffee until you found something you actually wanted to be at? Also, where were you heading in Illinois? If it's Chicago, I know...at least one person there. I could email her and go "WHERE ARE THE PLACES WITH THE JOBS AND DECENT APARTMENTS?", if it might be useful...
I am not entirely sure. Since my visa is for "practical training", yes, it's supposed to be in my field, but I'm pretty much applying for anything even remotely health-care-like just to get my foot in the door.
We'll be about two hours away from Chicago, so while I'm not totally counting it out, looking for work there will be kind of a last resort. Though it's a definite possibility. I guess I'll let you know if I get to the point where I'm starting to look for jobs there?
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Phoenix is less than a day drive away from where I'll be living. I guess it depends on how far down you fall, but I can't imagine that it would cost too much to get you back to your mom until you can get back on your feet, again.
Of course, I know little about my living situation or future, but you know... I would help.
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...yes. Thank you.
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If things do get problematic... well, I realize Austin is fairly far from Phoenix, but if you need anything, I'll do what I can.
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Are you just heading to Austin, then? Any idea what sort of work you'll be looking for?
And thank you. ^_^ I'm fairly sure I won't wind up living in a van down by the river or anything, but it's nice to know I have resources. (I have a feeling that living in a van in Phoenix would be an invitation to get heat stroke, anyway.)
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As for work, I'll basically take whatever will take me; office or lab work would be ideal, but I'll settle for whatever will pay the bills for the time being. If all goes well, I should be able to head to UT in Fall 2010 to try grad school again, so there should be an eventual career path there.
Seriously, best of luck!
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...actually, before we move, I propose that we take some time off to punch the economy in the face. Or possibly give it a rousing pep talk and backrub. Or both. Nothing says we couldn't do both, though I doubt the economy would appreciate our mixed signals.
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So, yes, I'm having a lot of lying awake-at-night freakouts about trying to find a job in this market, and going somewhere where I have no connections and things would be so much easier if I went back to Canada... but so much more miserable at the same time. Argh.
I wish I had something more helpful to say.
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Does it necessarily have to be a job in your professional field, or could you get, like, a job serving coffee until you found something you actually wanted to be at? Also, where were you heading in Illinois? If it's Chicago, I know...at least one person there. I could email her and go "WHERE ARE THE PLACES WITH THE JOBS AND DECENT APARTMENTS?", if it might be useful...
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We'll be about two hours away from Chicago, so while I'm not totally counting it out, looking for work there will be kind of a last resort. Though it's a definite possibility. I guess I'll let you know if I get to the point where I'm starting to look for jobs there?
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