Most times I don't think about jobs at all, but sometimes, I get scared at the prospect of facing this desperate job market, with no core skills to compete with the public. I could do computer tech work, but my heart is not in it. I could teach, but my persistence withers at the thought of having to study more for a teaching certificate. I could write, but I'm too cowardly to proceed. I could edit, but I don't have a degree, and my grammar is deteriorating as I speak. I've damaged my record enough to be forced to stay out of academia. What is left to do?
Here is what my peers are doing:
studying for masters, PhD's, working for $$, buying condominiums, traveling to Asia, finishing up an Education Practicum, holding down 2 jobs, buying cars, having fruitful relationships.
Here is what I'm doing:
struggling to finish school, loaning money from my parents, posting on blogs, running a volunteer racket at ricepaper, being a tech monkey, watching prerecorded tv-shows & reruns, attempting to write short stories with no real improvement through the years, regretting past events.
If there is one bright light in my life, it's the new people i'm meeting at ricepaper.
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