I'm up to my neck in bullshit.

[Guest]

And I'm about ready to bail.

What do you do when you can't find decent work? Work a shit job. Then you try to work extra hours, and they cancel your shift. Today I find out a friend of mine here gets charged $150.00 a month if her rent is a day late. I gotta find out if that's even legal. It isn't in most states. If it is legal here, I'm gonna shit.

I don't belong here, I need out. What the fuck am I gonna do without a decent income to blow this joint? Beg on the damn street corner? I'm about ready to try some bullshit scam.....'cept I won't.

Damn damn damn.

ok I've let off my rant. I hope I'll feel better after this.

Moon

 

[RastaPope]

Get a new job? Computer schooling?

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: I'm up to my neck in bullshit.

Get a new job? Computer schooling?

looking for work everyday. School? I've been thinking about that. Especially computer programming. Shoulda been doing that a long time ago.

 

[nasty1]

You want my job? Seriously, find something new.

 

[Laurel]

I don't belong here, I need out. What the fuck am I gonna do without a decent income to blow this joint? Beg on the damn street corner? I'm about ready to try some bullshit scam.....'cept I won't.

I hear ya. Been there, done that, found a way out. You can, too.

What are your strengths? What do you like to do? What are your interests? Is there a way for you to freelance from home? The Net makes anything possible.

Check out
http://www.elance.com

Companies look for freelancers with a variety of skills - writing (tehnical to resumes to book jacket blurbs to ghost writing novels) to drafting (book illustrations to architectural blueprints) to programming to just about anything.

You may try something. It won't work. Try again. And again. And again. And eventually, something will happen and BAM! You'll be self-employed and off the fucking treadmill.

You don't have to be a genius, or amazingly talented, or rich. You just have to be stubborn and stick to it.

 

[superlittlegirl]

Thanks, Laurel! I might try some of that myself.

 

[kotori]

Good advice, Laurel. I tell, I'm ready to try something new myself. I watched a little of CNBC news today, about the longshoremen's strike on the West Coast, and they said those guys (and girls, presumably--being generic, not gender-specific) make $85-$150K/yr! And here I am, "twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift" (okay, not really that bad, but any chance to quote Dylan) and nowhere near that. And it's not even like I feel so "satisfied" with what I'm doing--it's mostly just churning out mediocrity. They say they want "cheap and cheery" but mostly they just want fast. Blah! I shouldn't complain, I never thought it would all be great art for the ages, but I hoped it would be a little more.

 

[Jim_Henson]

I've seen the museum, dont kid yourself

 

[REDWAVE]

Been there

I've been self-employed. Usually it sucks too, in some ways more than being an employee. Even when business is good, you have to work your ass off. When business is bad, you can work your ass off and lose money. Most small businesses are undercapitalized and fail in their first year-- about 90%, I believe.

 

[Guest]

Re: Re: I'm up to my neck in bullshit.

I hear ya. Been there, done that, found a way out. You can, too.

Thanks Laurel.

You're right, and I will get out of this. I've been in a holding pattern for about two months now. I thought things were gonna happen, and I haven't been actively trying to make things change. I'm getting frustrated at the waiting, and tonight it's showing.

We can only wait so long.

Then it's time to move on.

Strengths? I have a lot, and I know that. I'll check out your link, and thanks for the support.

Moon

 

[Guest]

Re: Been there

I've been self-employed. Usually it sucks too, in some ways more than being an employee. Even when business is good, you have to work your ass off. When business is bad, you can work your ass off and lose money. Most small businesses are undercapitalized and fail in their first year-- about 90%, I believe.

I've been self-employed/employed by small employers/large corporations.....yada yada...

The fact is that I'm not where I'm supposed to be and the doors in front of me are closed. I'm taking that in a larger context and trying to find the best option to move on. Sometimes that gets a bit cloudy when not active.

That's where I am now. It will change. I just don't know when and where and what to choose.

Moon

 

[curious2c]

bump

 

[intrigued]

Moon, I wish you well...you seem so talented from what I've gathered, I think you'll find what you're looking for, and that you'll be successful in whatever it is..

Excellent link Laurel, I bookmarked it.