It has been almost 4 months since that dreaded U word entered my daily life. I never thought that I would lose my job and enter the ranks of the unemployment ineligible. That's right. Ineligible. Luckily I had been saving to buy a larger house and hadn't entered any kind of contract on one. This left me with a house ready to market and a small savings cushion. Still, it hasn't been easy.
Sleep is sometimes difficult to come by. Like tonight :) My mind races and I start to think of all the things I should have done differently, all the things that have changed in this U time, what I will do different when-if- I ever get a job in my field again. I have 3 degrees and a pretty certain job title. Which makes it both easy and hard to look for work. I know what kind of jobs to apply for, but no one wants to hire someone with experience when they can get a newly minted degree for a bargain.
I've been applying to almost every job in my field. Have had some phone interviews and 3 in person interviews. All I feel this accomplished was getting my name on a bunch of 'automatically send thanks but no thanks message' lists at a bunch of organizations.
But my house is under contract. I will be both unemployed and homeless in 6 weeks. This may be too much to bear. But I'll get through it. I am blessed to have a great family. My Mom may be clueless about job searches and my job field in general, but I know she has my back. My aunts are equally great, but they may be not so great behind my back. My sister has been through tough times and is very busy but I know she will be there for me as much as she can.
I've had a bunch of thoughts bouncing around in my head about termination, unemployment and difficult times and am hoping that by sharing them with the great unknown, I'll get someting out of it and the occasional reader will too.
Welcome to the realm of the-U-word!
