Doing nothing
May 10th 2011 03:46
I wish that some degrees had an asterisk on the side warning you that this degree is not going to give you a job or career or any real life skills and you probably be better off following your unrealistic dreams of being a musician or actor or whatever at least you will being doing what you love and waiting tables at the same time.
Let's face it spending three years of your life writing essays or reports, sleepless nights and early mornings and the commute to university ideally thinking that one day all this hard work will pay off. When I sit in my comfy chair in my own large office loving what I do all this will be worth it. Then you realise you don't do a business degree and the chances of you making wads of cash is pretty slim. Although I didn't kid myself believing that within the first year of finishing university I would somehow be a millionaire and have my goals all laid out and I would know exactly what I want to do.But at the very least employed. Now instead 5 months after finishing university I still unemployed and wake up at noon and blog about the non-happenings in my life. I know woe is me. I'm lucky that I still live with my parents and I don't have rent to pay and without working I still have food to eat. But the truth is although from a outsider's view this seem pretty chillax situation to be in. But sitting at home doing nothing is down right depressing and embarrassing. Lucky for me my ideas of shame have been changed. I know people are judging me as a dole sucking loser who sits at home doing nothing with their lives. And they are right. But you know what, it's not easy looking a job with my non-specific qualifications. I have very general skills that many people could simply fake and let's be honest - the communication skill is basically like saying hey I know how to string a sentence together.
It's even more annoying when you meet new people and ask so what do you do? Oh nothing. But image telling someone this. Yeah I am currently unemployed and yes I am looking for a job and no I have not found, it really hard to find a job. Then they proceed to ask so what do you do? Then followed by awkward umm's and then claim well nothing. To a point I'm contemplating on making up an imaginary baby or child so it doesn't look like I sit at home doing nothing all day. And the thing there are things to do but none of which are overly interesting conversational starters. Yea that's right I cook and clean, that's how hardcore I am.
Let's face it spending three years of your life writing essays or reports, sleepless nights and early mornings and the commute to university ideally thinking that one day all this hard work will pay off. When I sit in my comfy chair in my own large office loving what I do all this will be worth it. Then you realise you don't do a business degree and the chances of you making wads of cash is pretty slim. Although I didn't kid myself believing that within the first year of finishing university I would somehow be a millionaire and have my goals all laid out and I would know exactly what I want to do.But at the very least employed. Now instead 5 months after finishing university I still unemployed and wake up at noon and blog about the non-happenings in my life. I know woe is me. I'm lucky that I still live with my parents and I don't have rent to pay and without working I still have food to eat. But the truth is although from a outsider's view this seem pretty chillax situation to be in. But sitting at home doing nothing is down right depressing and embarrassing. Lucky for me my ideas of shame have been changed. I know people are judging me as a dole sucking loser who sits at home doing nothing with their lives. And they are right. But you know what, it's not easy looking a job with my non-specific qualifications. I have very general skills that many people could simply fake and let's be honest - the communication skill is basically like saying hey I know how to string a sentence together.
It's even more annoying when you meet new people and ask so what do you do? Oh nothing. But image telling someone this. Yeah I am currently unemployed and yes I am looking for a job and no I have not found, it really hard to find a job. Then they proceed to ask so what do you do? Then followed by awkward umm's and then claim well nothing. To a point I'm contemplating on making up an imaginary baby or child so it doesn't look like I sit at home doing nothing all day. And the thing there are things to do but none of which are overly interesting conversational starters. Yea that's right I cook and clean, that's how hardcore I am.
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