Posted by PhoenixGirl on October 10, 2004, at 21:41:40
I am so depressed, because after much thought, I still cannot think of a job that I would really like to do. My current job sucks beyond description, but it pays well. I'm leaving it in January, though, to go back to university for journalism. That's the only career I've thought I *might* like. I'm bummed out by it's low pay, deadline pressure, difficulty to enter, and lack of total control over what you can write. I just have to make a leap in *some* direction, because I'm rotting away at my current job.
Background: I'm 26, graduated with a BA in sociology, then got a job wading through government bureaucracy. Dull, dull, dull. I'm going back to school and can get a BA in journalism in one year. (I decided against the journalism master's degree program because it's very theoretical rather than practical). Maybe I'll get a Master's degree after taking the journalism courses. Who knows. I like learning new things, though.
Very long-term depression has probably distorted my thinking and robbed me of interest in things generally. So no wonder it's hard for me to decide what career to pursue.
I just hate all of this. I'm about to go into more student loan debt, but this job is killing me. It's making my depression much worse, and my problem with depression has been so severe for so long that I don't think I can "afford" circumstances that make it worse.
God, I need help.
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thread:401329
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