Are we gettin' something out of this all-encompassing trip?
You know, I honestly stopped expecting this, but every once in a while, things really do (eventually) work out. Four months after leaving my last job, nearly running my savings dry and having to do call center work for a month just to pay the bills, I finally landed a profession that I can restart my career with. Instructional technical writing. It'll be contract through a staffing firm and then hopefully to hire, so it's only guaranteed for six months, but it serves three purposes: It pays considerably better than the work I've been doing for the last month (or any position I've ever had, in fact) and will allow me to build my savings back up. The company and work I'm doing is a bit specific, but the company is well-known in its field and the experience will be invaluable for whatever my next step ends up being. If I enjoy the work (as I ultimately hope I would) and am brought on permanently, it's a real opportunity to build a career to help brace against what...