if pain's what you want in an act, pain i can do

[racistdragon]

All sorts of emotions have been running through my mind the past few days. One of my coworkers at the museum died on Monday, we think of a heart attack. He didn't come into the museum, and they worried. When he didn't come in on Tuesday, they contacted the authorities who broke into his house, didn't find anyone... found his car parked in a

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[jinxycat]

1. I did not have a job in high school. I did have one in college, though, and I've worked every summer since 2001. Just camp, sure, but that's something.
2. I think it's stupid to get a Masters if you don't NEED one to get the job you want. It's wasted money.

I know it's hard to not regret the paths you didn't take, but those decisions are so far in the past, and they're dead and buried. All you can do is try new possible solutions, to see what works and what doesn't. I know it sucks when you have an awful lot of disappointments and a lot of perceived failures all in a row, but nothing just finds its way into anyone's lap. You know what you want, and you haven't given up yet. I think those are important things to keep in mind.

[racistdragon]

1. I had a job in college, too. But my parents made my sister get a job when she was in high school and I'm regretting that I didn't get that experience.
2. Someday, I want the Masters in Holocaust & Genocide Studies. But I'm not rushing into it.

I'm just tired of people acting like I'm a failure. I'm not even alone; a LOT of people are struggling. It was just bad luck that I graduated into a recession. My parents need to understand that and stop acting like it's somehow my fault. And my mom needs to stop clinging to the outdated idea that a college degree = a job. It's delusion and it's just frustrating to keep being guilt-tripped because of it. :(