Alright, It's been a super long time since I've been on Pleonast, but the time has come, yet again, for me to voice some sort of inner turmoil and try to figure things out.
First, a bit of news. I have finally received my Master's! Yes! It's true. I am now Master of Libraries! Or some such nonsense as that. I have finished my graduate studies and am now a master. Woo hoo! This has been a year and a half in the making. It's been a few weeks since I graduated, and I've had a nice time relaxing.
Second, I introduce the problem. Here's the deal. Many of my classmates who graduated with me have already found jobs. Some who haven't graduated yet have already found jobs! And I have yet to find a job for myself.
I have been applying for positions since September, and I have yet to find one. I thought maybe towards the end of the year I'd have better luck, but this has yet to happen. I've been getting more and more discouraged, for many reasons: I'm finally qualified in a great field, but I can't find work; I get the feeling I'm back a few years ago and that I'll be searching for jobs for another 2 years; and not only am I qualified for full-time, professional work, I am ready, but it's just not working out for me.
I pray about it every day, multiple times a day. I'm so ready to be independent, out on my own, living my own life, but no library is giving me a chance. I am having better luck with part time, paraprofessional positions, which is fine. But to be perfectly honest, I really, really, really, REALLY need to get out of my parents' house. Now that I'm done with school again, I had to move back home. I don't know how long I will be able to stand it. Is it really that much to expect to be independent, finally, after so much work? Is it wrong to expect it?
I struggle with this question, for I sort of think this is something I deserve sometimes. Is it wrong to think I deserve it?
In particular, there is one job that I want more than others. It's a job that's a great mixture of reference and YA, it's in a great city, near where my friends live, and it would pay enough to get me independent. If there is anyone out there reading this post, please, for my sake, pray to God for me that I get it. I try to humble myself, I'm working on me, but this is something I truly, really need. Please, God, please, let me get this job.
Booka
First, a bit of news. I have finally received my Master's! Yes! It's true. I am now Master of Libraries! Or some such nonsense as that. I have finished my graduate studies and am now a master. Woo hoo! This has been a year and a half in the making. It's been a few weeks since I graduated, and I've had a nice time relaxing.
Second, I introduce the problem. Here's the deal. Many of my classmates who graduated with me have already found jobs. Some who haven't graduated yet have already found jobs! And I have yet to find a job for myself.
I have been applying for positions since September, and I have yet to find one. I thought maybe towards the end of the year I'd have better luck, but this has yet to happen. I've been getting more and more discouraged, for many reasons: I'm finally qualified in a great field, but I can't find work; I get the feeling I'm back a few years ago and that I'll be searching for jobs for another 2 years; and not only am I qualified for full-time, professional work, I am ready, but it's just not working out for me.
I pray about it every day, multiple times a day. I'm so ready to be independent, out on my own, living my own life, but no library is giving me a chance. I am having better luck with part time, paraprofessional positions, which is fine. But to be perfectly honest, I really, really, really, REALLY need to get out of my parents' house. Now that I'm done with school again, I had to move back home. I don't know how long I will be able to stand it. Is it really that much to expect to be independent, finally, after so much work? Is it wrong to expect it?
I struggle with this question, for I sort of think this is something I deserve sometimes. Is it wrong to think I deserve it?
In particular, there is one job that I want more than others. It's a job that's a great mixture of reference and YA, it's in a great city, near where my friends live, and it would pay enough to get me independent. If there is anyone out there reading this post, please, for my sake, pray to God for me that I get it. I try to humble myself, I'm working on me, but this is something I truly, really need. Please, God, please, let me get this job.
Booka