I(25F) have been working in client service in a healthcare setting for years. The profession has an insanely high rate of burnout/severe depression/suicide. It’s hell. I love the work I do, and it can be very rewarding at times, it gives me a sense of purpose. It’s so draining and emotionally taxing that I spend most of my nights and days off exhausted, apathetic, vacant, etc.
I consider myself to be a very capable person, but I have a chronic tendency to sell myself short. I’ve been working in poorly paid jobs since I can remember. They’re enough to pay the bills but there’s nothing left over for things like saving or personal enjoyment.
I’ve been job hunting for a while, and I applied for a job that I believe I’m totally capable of doing, but I fall short in experience. It’s a growing company in a big city, and I really want to get out of my line of work.
I’m so nervous, and I doubt I’ll get it, but I hope they would be willing to give a gal a chance.