I can't really *do* anything...

[Christ_empowered]

I'm 30. For a number of reasons, I don't have any job skills. I'm working on a business degree online. I receive disability because I had severe mental problems before repentance and I'm now "in recovery."

I don't know what to do. Its going to take a good 2 years to get this degree, and I don't see a j-o-b in my future until then. The way the economy is, nobody wants a 30 year old with no work history and a misdemeanor for entry level work. I'm also worried that, after I get the degree, my lack of work experience will get in the way.

Ugh. Also, I'm a pariah around here. When I tried to work at a movie theater 8 years ago or so, my ex-shrink found out about it and told my co-workers my diagnosis and treatment history. I was basically forced out--they'd cut my hours, then call me in to work the worst shifts (holidays, usually), and make fun of me while I was working.

I quit. Haven't had a job since, save some work I did while at a Teen Challenge center. I don't know what to do. I'm blessed because I get disability and I have semi-affluent parents who can take care of me, so I don't have to live in abject poverty. God is good!

But...over the long haul...ugh. My parents and I might inherit some money, which is good, but....

...ugh! You go off the rails in today's society, its hard to into the mainstream of things. I wish I could just write for a living, lol.

Venting, rambling. Input is appreciated

 

[follower]

Matthew 11:28-30The Message (MSG)
28-30 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

 

[follower]

You'll still find out there's work to do(His Work, maybe 'unpaid'; maybe 'prayer') for six days of the week. Yhwh always watches over His Word to Perform/Complete it. Including in His people.

 

[Willie T]

I'm 30. For a number of reasons, I don't have any job skills. I'm working on a business degree online. I receive disability because I had severe mental problems before repentance and I'm now "in recovery."

I don't know what to do. Its going to take a good 2 years to get this degree, and I don't see a j-o-b in my future until then. The way the economy is, nobody wants a 30 year old with no work history and a misdemeanor for entry level work. I'm also worried that, after I get the degree, my lack of work experience will get in the way.

Ugh. Also, I'm a pariah around here. When I tried to work at a movie theater 8 years ago or so, my ex-shrink found out about it and told my co-workers my diagnosis and treatment history. I was basically forced out--they'd cut my hours, then call me in to work the worst shifts (holidays, usually), and make fun of me while I was working.

I quit. Haven't had a job since, save some work I did while at a Teen Challenge center. I don't know what to do. I'm blessed because I get disability and I have semi-affluent parents who can take care of me, so I don't have to live in abject poverty. God is good!

But...over the long haul...ugh. My parents and I might inherit some money, which is good, but....

...ugh! You go off the rails in today's society, its hard to into the mainstream of things. I wish I could just write for a living, lol.

Venting, rambling. Input is appreciated

Not to be hard on you (though I honestly think you need SOMEBODY to shake you awake), but why don't you quit complaining to a faceless forum about it, and START WRITING... if you feel you would be able to do that?

 

[follower]

.....
...ugh! You go off the rails in today's society, its hard to into the mainstream of things. I wish I could just write for a living, lol.

Venting, rambling. Input is appreciated

i think you're doing 'fine' from what your posts have said for a few months anyway.
and/or/but keep (always) seeking Yhwh's Kingdom, (daily, moment to moment, right now in the present as well as keeping an eye on HIM for the future eternal and temporal --- as Yeshua endured the disgrace and humiliation and suffering (and Paul too, and the other apostles and disciples, many) keeping an eye on what was invisible, Yhwh's Plan and Promise to come ... here on earth you will with all of His disciples see much tribulation, suffering, sorrow, and grief. it is all part and parcel with living on earth in a blind, stupid, pernicious generation(Yeshua's description).

2 Peter 2:1-10Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
2 But among the people there were also false prophets, just as there will be false teachers among you. Under false pretenses they will introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and thus bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 Many will follow their debaucheries; and because of them, the true Way will be maligned. 3 In their greed they will exploit you with fabricated stories.

Their punishment, decreed long ago, is not idle; their destruction is not asleep! 4 For God did not spare the angels who sinned; on the contrary, he put them in gloomy dungeons lower than Sh’ol to be held for judgment. 5 And he did not spare the ancient world; on the contrary, he preserved Noach, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, and brought the Flood upon a world of ungodly people. 6 And he condemned the cities of S’dom and ‘Amora, reducing them to ashes and ruin, as a warning to those in the future who would live ungodly lives; 7 but he rescued Lot, a righteous man who was distressed by the debauchery of those unprincipled people; 8 for the wicked deeds which that righteous man saw and heard, as he lived among them, tormented his righteous heart day after day. 9 So the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and how to hold the wicked until the Day of Judgment while continuing to punish them, 10 especially those who follow their old natures in lust for filth and who despise authority.Presumptuous and self-willed, these false teachers do not tremble at insulting angelic beings;

i.e. even in the 'house of God', there is much wickedness now......

 

[Gary]

I wish I could just write for a living, lol.

You can. :yes

20 Sites To Get Paid For Writing And Blogging

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/sites-to-get-paid-blogging/

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