Ick - Employment

[squireparty]

I have been away from this forum for some time. For a while I had what I considered some progress - but as so often happens, something will sneak up on me and knock me back down and I wonder if the progress was just wishful thinking or an illusion to begin with?

What is bringing me down right now, besides the PTSD, is the fact that I am having a lot of trouble finding work. Things like gaps in employment, job hopping a little too much maybe (lol) and then having two small misdemeanors on my record from the 1980's don't help much either.

Luckily I do have some money saved from days when things were better and luckily I have family I am staying with so my situation is not as bad as it could be. I realize this and most often feel gratitude for this. Homelessness is not something I want to meet up with/experience.

My frustration today is simply confusion as to how my working life is going to look going forward. Self employment is looking better and better. But there's a tape in my head going on and on about how only losers drift into self employment. Ugggh. I'm glad this site is here and I should not have left it for so long! Thanks for letting me go on.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Flip that .

Only lemmings or followers work for someone else.

 

[hodge]

Where'd you ever get the idea that only losers do self-employment?

 

[squireparty]

Where'd you ever get the idea that only losers do self-employment?

Basically it's something I picked up from family. My father had some mental health issues and was not able to work a traditional go work for someone else kind of job but was able to bring in money via self employment and a lot of relatives looked down on him for not working an office job or a trade job of some kind. I'm guessing this is where this one comes from.

 

[hodge]

Lots of people are self-employed these days. It's the way things are going. I never thought there was anything shameful about it. I was self-employed during graduate school, then later became employed there. I think the only bad thing about being self employed is that you have to pay more SS taxes.

 

[Friday]

Bill Gates... And just about every other self made man or woman in history...? Losers?

 

[Deleted member 12723]

It is time for me to begin in earnest to look for a job and I plan on it after next week which is full of appointments.

I am so glad your living situation is secure, mine is too, and I am so grateful for the apartment I moved into.

I am afraid of getting a job and interacting with others. It surely will be a learning experience for me.

I wish you good luck on the job hunt and I wish for me the same as jobs are so