Slow and Steady Leaves You Way Behind
Apr. 10th, 2002 09:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_gneechAesop wasn't all he's cracked up to be.
Anyway, I spent the majority of today working on T'Chall's commissions, while watching bad DVDs. T'Chall is a super-nice guy who I like quite a bit, but his commission request is quite complex. I managed to get the penciling about halfway done after working on it for about five hours. (It doesn't help that I am such a slow artist.) I also did a little bit of errand-running, and some window shopping with Laurie after I picked her up from work. On the whole, it was a decent day off, if not quite as productive as I would have liked.
Tomorrow I go in to work shockingly early again, and get off at 1:30 IIRC. I have an appointment with my counselor in the evening, and then finally work one of these alleged mid-shifts on Friday. (And then back to opening on Saturday. Le sigh.)
I wish I trusted the temp agencies to find me work, even at the lower rate, lower skill required jobs of data entry, administrata, phone answering, etc. The Starbucks job was tolerable and even enjoyable as a stopgap when I worked afternoons and evenings; working mornings is just plain crap, with no redeeming features. I'm going to burn out very quickly at this rate, and spend every day like I spent yesterday -- snappish and hating life -- and I don't want to spend my life that way. I just got over my depression; I have no intention of permitting the requirements of a job push me into another depression now.
I have been trying to network, without much success. It seems that everybody I know is either just as badly underemployed as I am, or living in fear of layoffs themselves. I have been sending off resumes, which feels roughly like being a castaway sending out messages in bottles (and is just about as effective). I also go to job fairs, but around here those only work for degreed engineers who already have Top Secret security clearance.
Meanwhile, "luxury single homes from the low $700's" are still being built and sold like there's no tomorrow around here. WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE, AND HOW DO YOU AFFORD TO LIVE LIKE THAT???
Sorry, I'm a little frustrated. You can tell, can't you?
-The Gneech
Anyway, I spent the majority of today working on T'Chall's commissions, while watching bad DVDs. T'Chall is a super-nice guy who I like quite a bit, but his commission request is quite complex. I managed to get the penciling about halfway done after working on it for about five hours. (It doesn't help that I am such a slow artist.) I also did a little bit of errand-running, and some window shopping with Laurie after I picked her up from work. On the whole, it was a decent day off, if not quite as productive as I would have liked.
Tomorrow I go in to work shockingly early again, and get off at 1:30 IIRC. I have an appointment with my counselor in the evening, and then finally work one of these alleged mid-shifts on Friday. (And then back to opening on Saturday. Le sigh.)
I wish I trusted the temp agencies to find me work, even at the lower rate, lower skill required jobs of data entry, administrata, phone answering, etc. The Starbucks job was tolerable and even enjoyable as a stopgap when I worked afternoons and evenings; working mornings is just plain crap, with no redeeming features. I'm going to burn out very quickly at this rate, and spend every day like I spent yesterday -- snappish and hating life -- and I don't want to spend my life that way. I just got over my depression; I have no intention of permitting the requirements of a job push me into another depression now.
I have been trying to network, without much success. It seems that everybody I know is either just as badly underemployed as I am, or living in fear of layoffs themselves. I have been sending off resumes, which feels roughly like being a castaway sending out messages in bottles (and is just about as effective). I also go to job fairs, but around here those only work for degreed engineers who already have Top Secret security clearance.
Meanwhile, "luxury single homes from the low $700's" are still being built and sold like there's no tomorrow around here. WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE, AND HOW DO YOU AFFORD TO LIVE LIKE THAT???
Sorry, I'm a little frustrated. You can tell, can't you?
-The Gneech
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Date: 2002-04-10 06:41 pm (UTC)BLUSH!
Re: BLUSH!
Date: 2002-04-11 02:05 pm (UTC)T'Chall, again.
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Date: 2002-04-10 07:02 pm (UTC)I don't know what to tell you about the job thing. We just got the news about *another* factory closing on this side of the state. I think the only industries growing are retail if people are buying on credit because they are upset, and tourism because people want to distract themselves.
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Date: 2002-04-10 11:24 pm (UTC)For $700k you can get a damn nice 3-4 floor house on the beach, or a 50+ acre lot with mansion... hell, for $250k you can get a 10+ acre lot with a 4200sq.ft. house and a huge tool shed, in an upscale community, with a wrought-iron gate... just depends where you're at. But there are houses in my neighborhood that cost $250k that aren't any better than my own. With 1/12 the property and brick/siding construction, who're they trying to fool? I have brick, three acres, and an enclosed pool.
Work's gonna pick up... life will get better. And the opportunies for you will come along.
Get out of Starbucks.
Date: 2002-04-11 12:10 am (UTC)...it sounds like it's time to get out of Starbucks. If they're not willing to change your hours to what works best for you, then it's time to move on.
Look... you're making... what? $10/hour there? Is that worth you feeling like crap, burning out, snappish, hating life, and depressed?
Networking is very good -- it does help! But take time to design the perfect job for you, then find the companies to sell your perfect job to. But... take care of yourself first.
Be good, lion.
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Date: 2002-04-11 08:24 am (UTC)And if it's any consolation, there are no jobs in Boulder, CO or Spokane, WA, either.
Rrrfff
Date: 2002-04-11 02:00 pm (UTC)Big snugs, and keep your hopes up. As other folks have been saying, the economy will turn around and a much better job will finally open up for you.
More snugs and best wishes.
T'Chall
Re: Rrrfff
Date: 2002-04-11 06:40 pm (UTC)*beeps yer foxy nose*
-TG
Re: Rrrfff
Date: 2002-04-11 07:50 pm (UTC)Ok, good. But keep it in mind, just in case. :)
T'Chall
Re: Rrrfff
Date: 2002-04-11 07:51 pm (UTC)T'Chall