I am going to start filtering some of my more private musings. Since blogger does not have a tool for that, you will need to visit my Live Journal and ask to be friended there. I will continue to post Daily Gratitude and other subjects here. There is also a FAQ for my Journal at the same link.
thoughts on employment
| Wednesday, February 15, 2006 @ 09:53
An LJ friend posted about her desire to return to school, if only she can figure out the finances. I was going to reply to her post, but my thoughts are too tangential. So I'm posting them here. I've been unemployed almost a year now. I've had some temp jobs that have helped stretch out my severance and UE benefits. I know that I miss the discipline and activity that come with a full-time job. I also miss the sense of accomplishment and the ability to interact with people on a daily basis. However, the more I see of the work environment when I go on interviews, the more I'm reminded of how insane our model of "work" is in this society. It makes me want to return to school as well, but I have no idea what I'd study. And how will that do anything but delay my return to working in an office structure? More education may mean different field, responsibilities, and income, but the structure around me will be the same. My UE benefits run out in a few weeks. boy's new salary is slightly more than the UE and we've managed to survive on that since moving. However, without some sort of income from me, it will take some creativity to get a handle on all our debt and start saving for a return to AZ. I want to go home. That means I have to generate some sort of income, which, at this time, I can only see happening by finding a job in some office and becoming part of the insane work structure yet again.
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