Hello again, Trying --

I've been out of work since last year. Unemployment benefits used up long ago. My mother, who is 80, is paying many of my bills. I'm grateful -- and I hate that she has to do it. I have my bills sent to her, so I don't have to "ask" on a monthly basis for the help. So I'm not only not good at taking care of myself -- I'm a coward about asking for help.

I bring in a very small sum of money as a p/t teacher that doesn't begin to pay my expenses. I live on my credit cards and worry about what's gonna happen when the credit runs out.

I have no idea how people convince employers to hire them, and then stay hired. I have 20 years experience as a journalist and graduate degrees. Whatever it is I'm doing, it's wrong or at least maladaptive for coping with life.

Suck at life? Yup, that's me.