I am also Borderline, so some of this comes from that, but here's my long story if you really care.

When I lost my job in January 2009, I sat down and wrote down every single job I have ever had, including temp jobs I only had for a week or so. I was 28 years old at the time, and I had held at least 28 jobs. Sad.

The longest I have held any one job was my first job in high school - a movie theater - I worked there from my 16th birthday until I went away to college, when I was almost 19. So not quite 3 years. The longest I have held a "real" job (post-college) was 2 years.

I graduated from college in 2002 and I have had 6 jobs already since then. Six jobs, in 8 years - and that's post-graduation!

And I have only ever been fired, twice. Both times I was fired it was because of my mental illnesses. The first time, I had been skipping out on work doing crazy stuff because I was manic, and when I refused to tell my boss where I was, I got fired. The second time, I had a serious mental breakdown and landed in the hospital multiple times over a several month period, and missed so much work that they just let me go for too many absences.

Just yesterday, I called in sick. Why? I don't know. I have a standing doctor's note that tells my boss I have a "chronic medical condition" and I might miss work every once in a while. (So far, this company does not know that I'm mentally ill yet....let's hope it stays that way) I woke up feeling crappy and didn't go in. Stupid. I really should have worked.

What sucks is, this job pays really bad. But I can't afford to have another spotty job history on my resume. So my goal is to stick it out for at least 5 years, crappy pay or not.