Depressed about work

[kitsap_charles]

Or more accurately, about NO work.

It's been a month since I was laid off. I've sent out resumes, I've contacted headhunters, I've sent a bunch of applications to local employers. So far, I've gotten exactly ONE nibble-- a possibility of a consulting spot, and that's so tentative as to be virtually invisible.

I'm getting very depressed.

I'm halfway through my separation pay, and by this time next month we'll be in deep financial shit. Somebody shoot me, okay?

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[mathochist.livejournal.com]

I wish there was something I could do. Sigh.

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[kitsap_charles]

Maybe just remember that I've got really low self-esteem right now, and help me keep my spirits up. <> indeed...

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Deep financial shit... yeah, I can relate. I've been feeling very edgy lately because the only thing that's been keeping me going for the past couple of months is the fact that I have an SO with a good job. I like to be with my partners because I want to be, not because I need to be, and frankly it scares me to be this dependent on someone.

The thing that annoys me most of all is that I could get out of the hole if my parents were more co-operative. Back at the house they used to live in, I have a piano that must be worth at least Deep financial shit... yeah, I can relate. I've been feeling very edgy lately because the only thing that's been keeping me going for the past couple of months is the fact that I have an SO with a good job. I like to be with my partners because I want to be, not because I need to be, and frankly it scares me to be this dependent on someone.

The thing that annoys me most of all is that I could get out of the hole if my parents were more co-operative. Back at the house they used to live in, I have a piano that must be worth at least £1000, and a guitar that's worth at least £200. Selling those two items alone would pay off 2/3 of my debts. Then, my parents kept just about every toy that I ever had. Many of my old toys are in perfect condition and highly sought after by collectors of 80s stuff. (I've just seen how much My Little Ponies are going for on eBay!). I could sort through the lot and sell most of it, pay off the rest of my debts and probably have some left over.

But you think my parents will let me have my stuff to sell? Huh. There's no conceivable reason to keep any of it (I was crap at the piano, and Richard has a guitar of his own. I'm not planning to have children myself, and the only "family" people we know who have kids have a boy and a tomboy respectively, so none of the girly toys would be any good). I'm keeping my cello, because there's a vague chance I might take up playing it again, whereas I hated the piano. But the other stuff can go - should go - to someone who'll appreciate it. *sigh*

[kitsap_charles]

I've been mulling over what we might sell, should worst come to worst. Earlier this year we sold my sweet little Mazda MX5 ( :( ) because I hadn't used it in almost a year, so we were just wasting money on the insurance and license fees.

Other than that... well, does anyone still buy old Magic: the Gathering cards? I've got a few sealed boxes from four or five years ago... And I've got a few potentially valuable laserdiscs, at least they were until everthing came out on DVD... Not to mention a couple thousand books, which in toto would be worth a tidy sum. (Sell my books? Never! never! a thousand times never!)

I do sympathize with you not being able to get stuff back from your parents. I can't imagine why they won't let go of stuff they have no need for. (I still wish I had some of the things they got rid of years ago. Stacks of comic books from the Silver Age, which (in good condition) would be worth tens or hundreds of dollars each. Oh, well...)