The Life of a Twenty-Something...growing up.

Unemployment and Me

So I am 23 years old.  I am unemployed, and I think there are quite a few of us on this boat of the the unemployed.  I got a job offer yesterday but it was for the exact industry I just left.  They see that I can be a great sales person and relate well to people, which I can do.  I can do that job and I believe I can be a top performer, but, it is not my passion, and I need to go for my passion instead of heaps of money.  Not only that, the uncertainty of income associated with being in sales scares me, and the frustration I faced while being at New York Life isn’t something I want to go through again while the wounds are still fresh.

So, I am going to start looking into non-profit jobs, I want to devote more time to the magazine I am apart of, I want to start thinking about perhaps starting an invitation card business…these are all things I plan on getting involved with and just bettering myself in a creative manner.

I also travelled for a month—going abroad was a way for me to truly learn about myself and learn about my culture and heritage.  I learned to speak urdu, I learned about fashion, I learned about poverty; poverty like you don’t see in the United States.  I saw corrupt governments lack of compassion on display out in the street.

So, do I believe my time being unemployed is time wasted?  No, I don’t.  I am doing my best to better myself and to learn about myself, my likes, dislikes, whatever it may be.

I also learned that I can’t chase a job purely for the income, I need something that I can find being a stable future.

ALSO I am reading about people who blog, and honestly it’s so funny, I feel like my blog should have more of a purpose and stuff.  Yes, my life is quite interesting, but maybe I should do a less personal blog, perhaps a blog about scrapbooking or design!?

What do you think?!?! ok jk i have no readers, so that’s a rhetorical question by default…