I have a college degree. I got good grades. I worked in big corporate, I worked at a non profit, I worked at a smaller company. They all were incredibly dis-functional and poorly ran. I quit my smaller company job 6 months ago as it was so toxic, it was either take a leap into the unknown or feeling like I wanted to hop in front of a bus daily.
I’m so traumatized by the sexism, favoritism, low pay, harassment, power trips, and more. I’m lucky enough that I saved up enough to be able to take some time for myself but now I’m trying to get myself back into applying and finding another job. Every time I look at my resume or picture myself at another job it’s like I get overwhelmed and can picture how rat racey the next thing is going to be and I avoid it like the plague.
All this background to say- does anyone like their job out there? What industry or what kind of work makes you not want to drink yourself into a coma at night? I’m not a person who has particularly had a life-long dream that I can focus on or any type of thing that I can channel my energy to. When I do get inspired or get energy to take the next steps it’s like I have no idea where to channel it or what comes next.
I’m worried about being self employed because of health insurance costs, ip theft, legal, not having having a rich parent to help me if I fail.
How the hell do people have children in this day and age? How do they afford it? How do they have the time?
A HOUSE? I live in a low cost of living city now, thank goodness, but every time I blink, the cost of a home is sky rocketing even more. There’s no way I’ll ever catch up.
Am I depressed or is this just life for the average American Jo-shmo?