Getting old is really really depressing. It's the hardest thing we'll ever have to do and we will all have to do it. I'm going to turn 43 in 5 days. Everyone thinks I'm in my low twenties because my family doesn't ever really look old. I'm not though. I'm about to be 43 and I have an associate's degree and that's it.......because I spent my whole life working with computers and didn't go to school for it and so I got left in the cold. Today my paycheck was $80 less than usual. Two weeks ago it was $70 less. I think I'm going to take some more writing courses and get back into writing..... although I'm considering becoming a forensic psychologist or something like that..... but I'm old. It sucks and it feels so unfair. We're born and then we live and then we die. Just when you really figured it all out then you're old. At any rate...... after 3 months I'm finally working on the second chapter of Scarlet in the Night of Terrors. Full upvote which is around 52 cents right now with 4050 SP.
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That is one way the job market is unfair...you can be experienced but without a piece of paper you can't get hired. That's why a lot of people go back to school when they're older...for the paper to prove they know their stuff. Don't let your age discourage you from trying. I keep in touch with another student who was in his 50s. He got his degree and it got him hired as a manager making a lot more money. My husband has done all kinds of low paying jobs. He's 40 and has gone back to get his doctorate. He's gone from a lowly potato inspector at a factory to an almost Dr. with more respect and hopefully a lot more money when he graduates. It's never too late to change the course of your life if you are unhappy. Glad to see you writing again! I miss your fiction. And damn! 4050 SP!
Unfortunately money is a factor in everything including going back to school. I was able to afford my associates but the bachelors is crazy expensive. Everyone I went to school with is rich, sometimes one of those girls will hit me up because I was popular in high school and I'll tell them something like I can take you out for a $2 cup of coffee if you want but we can't go to Starbucks.... it's out of my price range. It goes over real well. Yeah I converted my LTC to Steem the other day when Bittrex seemed to be having a fire sale on Steem for $1.20 and I managed to get 1200 or so Steem out of that deal.
It is depressing and hard! I'm fighting it tooth and nail!