I'm doing 42 things
So, today I applied for about 6 jobs, and have been trying to apply for at least that many everyday now. I have to start making student loan payments in a week, and it’s putting a lot of pressure on me to just find anything. I have applied for food service jobs, janitorial jobs, retail jobs, as well as all the office jobs I have been consistently trying for, and still have yet to get one call from any of them. I am beginning to wonder if it is really the economy or if it is just me that employers don’t like. Whatever it is I am going to have to try harder. I hate to abandon the idea of finding work that I will enjoy, but at this point anything that offers a wage will make me happy.
I know that eventually I will find something, I’m just really frustrated about it at the moment.
steph137's Life List
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1. To live instead of exist
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2. lose weight
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3. Enjoy the present
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4. find my passion
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5. Beat my depression
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6. stop binge-eating
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7. drink less alcohol
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8. stop hating myself
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9. think positive
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10. exercise regularly
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11. Stop letting fear keep me from living
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12. keep track of my daily calories
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13. find a job that makes me happy
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14. become more independent
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15. Believe in myself
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16. Keep a journal
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17. make a difference in the world
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18. Volunteer
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19. stop avoiding things
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20. pierce my nose
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21. Have a totally different life by this time next year
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22. Improve at the piano
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23. get a passport
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24. feel beautiful
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25. Never stop learning
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26. compose my own music
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27. Protest
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28. keep playing the flute
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29. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
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30. improve my German
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31. learn to play the cello
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32. pay off my student loans
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33. travel the world
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34. see the northern lights
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35. Get up when my alarm goes off
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36. stop dying my hair
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37. Manage my money better
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38. write something beautiful
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39. Take more pictures
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40. Be a good sister
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41. go to more concerts
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42. Become a vegetarian
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Well, the week isn’t even over yet, and I have already met my goal of going for a walk at least three times. It’s been really nice to enjoy the park too, and have some time to think. To look back at it now, it didn’t seem that hard, and I know that it is something that I could easily do everyday, but when it comes to being time to go, it usually takes everything I have just to force myself out the door. I’ve just been trying to really concentrate on how great I feel both physically and mentally after I go. I’s hard, but it has been working for me so far!
There is a big beautiful park right behind the apartment building that I live in. It has all these paths for people to walk around on, and I have only gone ONCE. I think starting tomorrow, I want to go walk at least 3 times a week. Eventually, I want to be able to go everyday and maybe start lifting weights again once I can afford to go to a gym.
