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YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN! What's the matter with you? Is this what you've become, a coporate finocchio who cries like a woman? "Oh, what do I do? What do I do?" What is that nonsense? Ridiculous! Tell me, do you spend time with your family? Yeah? Good. Because a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
It pains me to echo most of the sentiments of the board but, pull yourself together man! Any man who is faced with adversity is not the first to do so. I've been unemployed before with bills but I just kept moving along. I always remembered that God gave me two hands, a strong back and legs to work with. It helps to think that if It has to come down to that you have it. Just be confident in the skills you bring to the table that no one else does and move. BTY, exercise helps with keeping your head up and working on ideas.
dont think that it couldnt get any worse realize things can be worse dont let it get to that point once you hit bottom the only way is up but most never know where the bottom is
If the biggest thing bothering you is not having a job, you'll be fine. There are plenty of people I know that are getting no bites on jobs, and the ones they do get are crap offers. Just think about 6 months, a year, whatever it is from now- you'll likely have a job and things will be fine, and this will all be out the window. Again, assuming that is the main thing bringing you down.
You just have to keep your faith and keep plugging away. I've been out of work for the majority of the year and it sucks. I've been to job fairs and put in applications and resumes just about everywhere and not a single reply from any employer. I finally got a call about a job that barely pays above minimum wage. Sucks for a college grad but I hope that this leads to something greater.
You can, however, learn a lesson from this. You have to admit the mistakes you've made and learn to not make them again. You said it yourself. "I really didn't want to work in this one place" and "cause it was crap" isn't really something you can have the luxury of saying in these difficult financial times. Even if it's crap, I'd take WHATEVER job offer, whether it was cleaning toilets or shoe-shining the President's shoes, a job is a job and if it's a decent pay, by all means take it. When the opportunity comes to improve, you tell your "crap" employer just that, that it's an opportunity to improve and that you're leaving. If he doesn't understand that, then eff him for not realizing everyone moves UP for better, not for worse. We have a saying in Spanish with religious meaning, and it even works when you're not religious: "Dios aprieta pero no ahorca" which translates into "God tightens the grip, but doesn't choke you dead". Change "God" into "difficult times" and you have what's going on right now about the economic situation. If you feel like you've hit bottom at the lowest, there is someone always BELOW you and you must be grateful that's not you. Don't let this bring you down and learn a lesson for yourself. ALWAYS move up but at these times, taking a crappy job IS moving up. SwoLy word.
Fair enough. But if things are down it doesn't mean you can't go to Him because you didn't earlier when things were going well. That would be a little like failing to help someone because you were doing it for the wrong reasons. If a person needs help, help them and sort out your internal turmoil on your own time. Likewise, God wants us to turn to him rather than to ourselves when we need help. If it bothers you that you don't go to Him in the good times, then when your situation changes remember that conviction and act on it. As for what I do when things seem to keep getting worse or doors seem to be closing. Apart from prayer, I usually look to see if perhaps I'm missing a very different sort of opportunity. You might be being nudged towards a different type of work than the positions you keep applying for, for example.
dude, this is the third thread in as many days that I opened up and a youtube video that you posted was set to "autoplay"
well, you're not alone... my dude has been out of work for the whole summer and haven't gotten ANY job interview...he has applied to countless job postings and nothing. he had gotten a call earlier this summer but he, stupidly, turned it down because it wasn't enough money. i told him to take it but he didnt want to take my advice. it's better to work for less money than no money at all....i really wish he took that offer...we are getting married in may so i'm not really trying to think about the money when he runs out of unemployment because my income is not enough for all of bills and let alone pay for a wedding. life is tough. suck it up.
I think you need some perspective. You are healthy. Your friends and family are healthy. You have unemployment and perhaps some savings to live off of. Watch Intervention on A&E.. and you will know life can be worse.
