This is probably going to be a fairly brief post, mainly because I feel like putting "pen to paper" so to speak in order to help work through my anxiety that I'm dealing with currently. If you haven't been a fan of my rambling posts, you probably don't need to bother reading this. But it's out there, I'm going to post it, and I can push it out of my mind for awhile.
I waited through the Memorial Day weekend to see if I would get any phone calls from any of the applications I put out there. Memorial day came and went, then Tuesday, and now Wednesday, and it feels really weird because I've submitted about eight or so total, had one interview, one call that I failed to get, and that was all within the first two weeks of losing my job. I was energized, excited, I was starting a new career!! The world is my oyster! I will grab it with both hands! Let's go get something exciting going!
Then I turned down the first job thinking that it wasn't worth the pay and the worry. The second call I was so anxious all day long that I literally could not pick up the phone to call until it was too late in the day. They'd already filled the position.
I turned to filling out unemployment forms and haven't gotten anything but a headache from the emails saying I need to fill this out, apply here, do this form...and still don't know if I'm going to receive a penny from all of the work I spent worrying over it. The amount of temp offices that start sending out emails and calling is rather insane to the point that I'm just about to start blocking everything. But I have to stay on these lists in order to get unemployment, but since I don't even know if I'm going to get anything, it's really aggravating.
Then my friends started getting some interviews and I spiraled into depression and I was frozen and didn't want to apply anywhere. But at the same time I just haven't found anything that I want to do. There's no jobs out there right now that appeal to me and there are so many out there that I just don't fit in with...
Skip to today and I just feel like I'm trying all of these different things and my anxiety hit me in the middle of the night and I realized I had so much I've put on my plate lately. I have all of these D&D figures to paint and then I had all of these wooden ornaments to paint and then I bought more because I just needed something to keep my mind off of all of it, and suddenly I was petrified that I'm running out of time and just freaking out about all of it.
Then on the news today they were talking about how the DOW Jones had dropped some 300 points and they're all talking about how we're hitting a recession later this year or early the next and I'm suddenly panicking because I don't have a job and that's just really freaking me out... I can't go into a recession without a job!! Especially not another one that lasts like 6 years!!!
So I applied for a part time job and then realized how dumb it was that I was avoiding the job my friend suggested just because it's a half hour drive or more, and that bums me out to think I'll be spending an hour of my day every day just driving again, but then again, I decided that maybe I'll apply for it anyway. I nearly had a panic attack before hitting the send button. My heart started pounding and I got dizzy, but I did it, eventually. It took three different times and also forcing myself to type out a cover letter for a job I really don't even care about getting. But, if it gives me $15/hr at least it'll be a bit better than the $12/hr one that I had hit upon.
And my anxiety is going down a wee bit for awhile. I keep reminding myself that it's 9:30 at night and I won't hear from anyone for at least 12 hours or longer. I really hate the idea of working in a corporate environment, but maybe if I can work near some friends it won't be nearly as miserable... So, we'll see.
Wish me luck... I'm pressing forward.
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