Well, I made it four days before failing. Being an unemployed person who rarely leaves the house right now, I guess that shouldn’t be very surprising. If I don’t do anything, what do I have to talk about. My never ending job search? “Today I applied for four more jobs! Two of them were part-time, on-call gigs because I’m desperate for any experience in the field I went to school for!” Not really exciting stuff.
I have found that I have a serious lack of experience for PR jobs. Everything I’ve looked at wants minimum three years experience, and these are entry level positions! Not just stuff I’ve found on Indeed, but actually googling “San Diego PR agencies” and going through one by one looking at the career pages. Either internships or account person jobs with minimum three years experience. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET THIS EXPERIENCE IF NOBODY WILL LOOK AT MY RESUME SINCE I ONLY HAVE ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE!? It’s very frustrating. I’m about to just start sending my resume out even if I’m not actually qualified, don’t know what else to do at this point. I’ve considered applying for the internships, but I can’t afford to work for free. I have zero income right now and Sallie Mae is threatening legal action if they don’t get a payment soon.
On another note, I’ve had some luck with my back pain management. My birthday was in January and the parental units got me a 10-class package for a local yoga studio, Reach Yoga. I go three times a week, and to make my classes stretch further I pay for one of the $5 drop-in classes (they do them on Tuesdays and Thursdays). That has made a huge difference; I really think not only does it stretch everything out, but increasing my core strength helps support and protect my spine. I have no idea if that’s actually the case (I’m not trained in science or health), that’s just my theory, either way it’s helping a lot.
A friend also told me about turmeric; she takes if for acne because of its anti-inflammatory properties, but suggested it might help with pain, rather than taking ibuprofen. I started taking that in the morning along with my iron and probiotics and it seems to also be helping. I hope it is, the more I can avoid chemicals and ingredients I can’t pronounce, the better. And I still drink my skullcap tea when the pain flares up.
Right, well, that’s about the extent of my life right now; send out applications, go to yoga, stop myself from mindlessly snacking because of boredom. I don’t even have Netflix of Hulu right now, no money in the bank, so the payment didn’t run. Hopefully that will change soon!
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