Well, I too, finally became the victim of a depressed economy. I received word today that my position as webmaster has been eliminated due to budget cuts. At least the school was kind enough to send a letter to my permanent address so my mom was the one that had to call me with the bad news.
I think right now I'm in a state of shock more than anything. For the past two years I've barely been scraping by, let alone padding my savings account for a rainy day and yet it seems to be pouring over here. I'm so sad that I'm not going to be able to do something that I truly love every day, but even worse I'm scared about finding a new job. Since we moved to TX in June of '01 I've been submitting my resume to company after company hoping to find a full time job that actually paid me more than a slave's wage and I received absolutely no responses. Applying for those positions was basically just practice then, with the worst outcome being some wasted time. Now I've got $60,000 worth of student loans plus other monthly bills and no steady income with which to pay them. I'm beyond lost for words at this point.
I have to believe that all of this has happened for a reason but it's not always easy to be optimistic in the face of fear. I'd like to think I'll end up in a better place once all of this is over but I have the feeling it's going to be a long road until I get there.
Thanks for letting me wallow.
~Heidi
I think right now I'm in a state of shock more than anything. For the past two years I've barely been scraping by, let alone padding my savings account for a rainy day and yet it seems to be pouring over here. I'm so sad that I'm not going to be able to do something that I truly love every day, but even worse I'm scared about finding a new job. Since we moved to TX in June of '01 I've been submitting my resume to company after company hoping to find a full time job that actually paid me more than a slave's wage and I received absolutely no responses. Applying for those positions was basically just practice then, with the worst outcome being some wasted time. Now I've got $60,000 worth of student loans plus other monthly bills and no steady income with which to pay them. I'm beyond lost for words at this point.
I have to believe that all of this has happened for a reason but it's not always easy to be optimistic in the face of fear. I'd like to think I'll end up in a better place once all of this is over but I have the feeling it's going to be a long road until I get there.
Thanks for letting me wallow.
~Heidi