During the first part of the year, I was going to school full-time, working an internship part-time, working a job part-time, and trying to find time for a little fun for myself. I had decided that despite enjoying the money it brought in, I would need to quit my job at Lowe's to help ease some of the stress I was feeling from my final semester of school and working an internship close to 20 hours a week. In March I decided to leave my job at Lowe's, which at the time I was excited about and ok with for a multitude of reasons.
1) I would have more time for my friends.
2) I had enough money saved from the past to hold me over until I graduated.
3) After graduation (2 months) I would be able to start my career.
I was happy to have more time to spend with my friends and still be able to do things with them that cost money. However, as months went on and on, I had become more and more nervous about how low my funds had been. The few months that I had been expecting to be unemployed had turned into 6 months.
At first I was intent on getting a job in my field, Sports Business, and I was even optimistic about a job in Kansas City, but in July I decided that I should take whatever I can get. I probably applied at 30-50 different openings without a single callback.
Finally last week I was offered a 2 month temp position with a company, with a chance for me to stay on past that. I wasn't my ideal position, but its somewhere to start. So maybe there is hope of turning this year around. But I can't just let things take care of themselves, I need to keep working and not let chances pass me by.
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