by cainhurst » Sun Jan 31, 2016 2:12 am
Here to do two things.
First, marking this thread & offering my help to anyone who needs it.
Talk to me about anything if you need to, and never feel afraid to come to me multiple times.
If you don't get a reply in a timely manner, feel free to "bump" your PM.
I'm only human, and sometimes I read messages, but don't reply right away, which results in them being pushed down by new PMs.
Second, I just need a place to put this.
No need to reply, just needed to let it all out. <3
An employment agency sent me some job info today. This year is my last year of high school, so I obviously need to find something I can do afterwards. So the agency sent me a media design related job today, something I actually would like to do. However, the problem is partially what I've done with my life so far, and my own self-esteem. I don't have a "fancy" education - I don't think I'll ever be able to go to college, or something like that. Mainly because I'm an utter failure at math, no matter how hard I try to understand it, and math is naturally an obligatory subject. I also don't have any work samples, nor do I have a lot of knowledge when it comes to the programs they use. Why? First of, I lack the money to actually afford the things companies work with, and I also lacked/still don't have the time to practice due to school. And then, of course, there's me being horribly self-conscious and overly critical of everything I do. I know that I should apply - the worst they can say is no, but that's what I'm afraid of. I'm already so afraid of the future and, to be honest, I've cried a lot because of it as of late. Especially since I can't motivate myself to get a job I don't actually want to do, you know? Being denied to do one of the two careers that I actually want to pursue (the second one being more or less impossible due to my current education) would probably just tear me down even more. I have nothing to lose, but at the same time it feels as though I have a whole lot to lose, if that makes any sense? I also wouldn't know what to put into my application, anyway, so that's also a problem. I mean, we learned how to do them at school, but filling them out for real is much harder, especially if you have very few qualities that could persuade the ones choosing the candidates for job interviews to even give me a chance. And the job interview itself? Don't even get me started on that.
So that' that. More or less just "adult problems" and a lot of anxiety.

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