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Have ruined my career

Postby jaus tail » Fri Nov 11, 2022 2:25 am

I have a trashy career. Changed jobs frequently. Impulsively. Changed education paths. Nothing good came out of it. Didn't learn any life lesson. Now at 32, will be 33 N im still at miserable job at entry level.
I used to be high performing in college. Now my resume is like a joke :(
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Re: Have ruined my career

Postby Markheim » Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:53 pm

Hi ^^

I really don't have any advice. I just wanted to message to say that I am the same! :lol: I dread to even think about it. I usually ignore it, as if it is all ok... but it is not...
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Re: Have ruined my career

Postby lilyfairy » Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:49 am

Nothing quite turned out how I had planned either- mental illness got in the way of everything. I don't think there has to be any big life lesson in things though. At most, I've just reassessed what or how I can do things instead. Instead of university, I've been able to complete a number of trade level certificates which give me enough skills to get into another industry. They've been a struggle to get through and I'm still stuck in a job I don't want to be in, because the industry I want to be in is hard to get a foot in the door with- I need to go do some volunteering there, when I am not so unwell to maybe help me get a paying job there.

As for "life lessons" personally, I feel like that's a term that people who achieve success in their fields seem to use. Our rather harsh life lessons have been dealing with the hand dealt to us and managing to function in society despite that.
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Re: Have ruined my career

Postby jaus tail » Mon Dec 19, 2022 12:12 pm

yeah... mental illness took over everything. i get mood swings all the time. the moment i got job, i wanted to switch n then after switching, i wanted to return to earlier job.
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Re: Have ruined my career

Postby Iznahs » Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:54 pm

I quit a decent number of jobs as well. I think I work better in project-based jobs lasting for a couple of months, half a year etc, and then having some free time. I am not very good at full-time fixed hours jobs.
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