It's been over a year now since I quit my first-ever job, and I still haven't found another one. This is incredibly frustrating, especially when I spend any time at all with my dad who has had the same job practically forever and doesn't understand how I could absolutely loathe the idea of doing a job I had gone to college for four years to get. For anyone who doesn't already know this, college does not prepare you for real life. Showing up for two or three hours a day and then doing another few hours of homework is nothing like being in a real office for eight or ten hours. Nothing.
I really hate looking for a new job. Everything I look at seems like a bad fit for me. I am not great with people, so I think basically anything customer service related is out... which is basically everything that is available where I live. I want something that would put my education to use, but not melt my brain like my old job.
In the time I don't spend trolling job boards online, I am also trying out non-traditional methods of making money. Most of these methods have generated literally zero income, but they help pass the time until I can come up with something better.
Probably the coolest thing I've been trying out is designing models for 3D printing at Shapeways. It involves using my computer and my education, so it would be awesome if I could actually make enough money from it to call it a career. You can see my latest creation here: http://www.shapeways.com/model/2807728/guinea-pig-carrier-pendant.html?materialId=83
The main (really lame) way I've been making money (other than finding it on the ground) is through Amazon Mechanical Turk. I only make about a dollar an hour from it, which is why I think it's super lame that it has been my main source of income for the past year.
I really hate looking for a new job. Everything I look at seems like a bad fit for me. I am not great with people, so I think basically anything customer service related is out... which is basically everything that is available where I live. I want something that would put my education to use, but not melt my brain like my old job.
In the time I don't spend trolling job boards online, I am also trying out non-traditional methods of making money. Most of these methods have generated literally zero income, but they help pass the time until I can come up with something better.
Probably the coolest thing I've been trying out is designing models for 3D printing at Shapeways. It involves using my computer and my education, so it would be awesome if I could actually make enough money from it to call it a career. You can see my latest creation here: http://www.shapeways.com/model/2807728/guinea-pig-carrier-pendant.html?materialId=83
The main (really lame) way I've been making money (other than finding it on the ground) is through Amazon Mechanical Turk. I only make about a dollar an hour from it, which is why I think it's super lame that it has been my main source of income for the past year.