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Originally Posted by bpforever1
You're not a failure because of your job status. Who cares if you have a job or not? Who is to judge? I think you are judging yourself by other people's standards, namely standards about what society expects. I could care less what people think as long as I am satisfied with myself. I just turned down an offer to work with an owner to build his business. The job was supposed to be about teaching in a school, not building someone else's business. I don't care if he is offering me more money because it was never in my agenda to be an events planner or a business developer. So, I am back to square one. I have only part-time jobs which are not much and don't earn much money. But, I am happy because I am doing what I want. Life is too short to waste on jobs that which you don't want to do unless you have to do them. I have a choice still because I have enough money still to do what I want. I could care less what others think. I may be an exception to others here. My happiness is not dependent on whether or not I have a job or having a man in my life. Finding happiness within is very important. Without it, a sense of despair or dissatisfaction is always there. I am free to do what I want. I am stable enough to be independent. I am healthy enough to not have any physical problems yet. I hope you find it within yourself to find peace and happiness despite your surroundings. It is all in the mind and spirit.
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Thank you...
I agree with you about happiness coming from within and not being based on external things...
Thing is I NEED a job and I need benefits. I have meds and therapy... ideally I have a full-time job that offers me benefits and insurance that covers these things. I live in a very expensive city in the US, therefore, I need a certain amount of money to live. I cannot live with my parents forever, and I want to be independent again. As it is, I have to move out of my parents home, so I have to get work to survive and to afford rent and insurance, if I don't have it through a job.
I do not have the luxury to pick and choose right now. IF someone offers me a job, I must take it at this point. I have three more months until my unemployment benefits run out. Then what? I won't be able to afford where I am living anymore.
I am not judging myself based on others' standards. I am judging myself based on my own standards and by the fact that I keep getting rejections for work. I have been looking and interviewing for at least two years now... and nothing!
And now I've been demoted in my current job and I don't know why, so I feel like a failure.
How could I not feel like I've failed when this is the situation I face? Rejection after rejection and now a demotion? Plus, I've failed personality and skills tests?
I work so hard.... and I am getting nowhere. I wish I had the luxury to say no to a job I don't want, but right now, I do not.... the next thing that comes along, IF I get a job offer, I will have to say yes.