I'm 27 and I feel too old and like I am running out of time quick.
I feel like I'm in the process of failing at life.
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Abstraction · 61-69, M
1. What do you think success in life looks like? (Because we often have 'symbols' of success that are actually not that important. In other words, even if you achieved them they would be hollow compared to things that really matter.)
2. What do you have that is actually really good that you might be taking for granted?
2. What do you have that is actually really good that you might be taking for granted?
Abstraction · 61-69, M
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@Abstraction I donxt live with parents, but renting is so expensive now and it just keeps going up every year. Employed, but not satisfied with the money. I'd like to look into something different, but now with the lockdowns, is better than no job at all.
Skills, I might have, but I don't believe in them, because they are not college harnessed, but more of personal research, so Idk if they even hold up, when looking for a serious job in that field.
And tell me more about what steps could one take to make themselves more employable?
Also regarding the CV, many say it's good to exagerate a biton them, but it doesn't sit well with me to lie. How would u go about that?
Skills, I might have, but I don't believe in them, because they are not college harnessed, but more of personal research, so Idk if they even hold up, when looking for a serious job in that field.
And tell me more about what steps could one take to make themselves more employable?
Also regarding the CV, many say it's good to exagerate a biton them, but it doesn't sit well with me to lie. How would u go about that?
Abstraction · 61-69, M
@Dan193 No, don't ever exaggerate on a CV. Dishonesty doesn't get us closer to our goals, it reduces us.
It's difficult without meeting you to give specific advice. Making yourself more employable is about really building your CV in different ways - acquiring skills, qualifications, etc.
I was in my mid-thirties and completely lost a previous career and had to start again and had kids and couldn't afford to study, could barely pay bills... I ended up in customer service, and whatever I applied for no-one thought my previous work counted for anything. On top of that I had chronic depression and struggled to cope. I eventually moved my way towards something and now I'm now a world expert in what I do. No, really. I had to rebuild from where I was. There was time for me from my mid-thirties - and you are only 27.
It's difficult without meeting you to give specific advice. Making yourself more employable is about really building your CV in different ways - acquiring skills, qualifications, etc.
I was in my mid-thirties and completely lost a previous career and had to start again and had kids and couldn't afford to study, could barely pay bills... I ended up in customer service, and whatever I applied for no-one thought my previous work counted for anything. On top of that I had chronic depression and struggled to cope. I eventually moved my way towards something and now I'm now a world expert in what I do. No, really. I had to rebuild from where I was. There was time for me from my mid-thirties - and you are only 27.
Dan193 · 31-35, M
@Abstraction "only 27" sounds so nice in this context. So thanks for that.
And how did u go about getting into that field? I don't even know what to choose, because so many don't even get a job after college in their desired field.
And how did u go about getting into that field? I don't even know what to choose, because so many don't even get a job after college in their desired field.
Abstraction · 61-69, M
@Dan193 I was in customer service in an NGO that worked in overseas aid. I just kept making a success of whatever they gave me - and frankly, it seemed to make no difference. I got small promotions, almost no salary increase, but because I always want to understand how things work so learnt about other parts of the organisation; because I never said to anyone, 'That's not my job' and got involved with things all over the place; ... I began to get a big picture and became useful. It was little steps and not until I was 40 that I broke into the overseas stuff - at the very bottom of it... I eventually was able to do some studies to support the move. It was slow, challenging... Now I'm 75 countries and published books down the track from there...