Recent college grad...feeling very hopeless

Hello, this is my first post here. I am going through a pretty rough time at the moment. I graduated from college in 2011 and then in 2012 with a master's degree. I went to school in New York and Paris with the goal of working in New York in the entertainment of publishing fields. As a back-up I got a teaching license. My job search did not go so well: the only job I was offered was a teaching position. I have never wanted to become a teacher and quickly started hating the job.

I truly dread going into work. I feel like I am repeating the same horrible day over and over. It is Sunday night and I am beside myself. I feel like my life is going off-course and there is nothing I can do to fix it. I still apply for jobs every single day but never hear back. The only thing that keeps me going is the possibility of quitting and signing up with a temp agency, although even this makes me nervous. I don't like not knowing what is going to happen next and I just want to be settled into my adult life.

I don't know if there is anything anyone can do to help me. The key is landing a better job. Or any other job. Any job where I don't have to perform in front of babies, 90% of whom see you only as an obstacle to a day that would otherwise be sent texting and gossiping. I would die for a simple, mundane office job where I could just sit down at 9, do my work, and leave at 5.

Hi hugemistake2003 and welcome to the forum.

I’m sorry things aren’t going well right now. If there is anything you like about your teaching position, a co-worker or two you particularly like, good benefits, having a lot of time off in the summer or for holidays, whatever - try and focus on that. I’m not trying to be a complete Pollyanna, but other than changing your job, I guess the only thing you can do is to look for the good in your current situation. Or perhaps have a private bitch-fest with your like-minded coworkers to get it out and know you aren’t alone! Either way, while this job wasn’t really in your plans, it is only temporary. You will find something else eventually. (And none too soon for you, I’m sure!) I am actually reminded of the saying “We make plans and God laughs.”

Anyway, I hope this finds you feeling a bit better – I assume you are off work for the holidays – Enjoy it! Best wishes and good luck finding another job!

I love the one honors-level class I teach and if I could teach only honors classes I would actually love the job (probably because they are mature and responsible people, almost like adults but enough like kids so that they're fun without being irritating).

A couple other teachers have rough classes too and they all say that every once in a while everyone gets a tough class that you just have to slough through, although to me there is very little motivation given that I really don't want to be a teacher.

I just have to keep going...if someone told me with certainty that this is how the rest of my life would be I don't know what I would do. What's keeping me going is dreaming about getting a job offer.