New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Demotivated, broke, but no crisis. How to light a fire under my butt?
Ask HN: Demotivated, broke, but no crisis. How to light a fire under my butt?
3 by expbeginnerrole | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I feel like I'm in a somewhat odd predicament with motivation here. Like a lot of people today, I've been on the job search most of this year due to not having a job. But this current trend for me started a few years ago, well before Covid hit. My career started by working contract after contract for a few years, then jobs dried up around 5 years ago. No longer able to support myself I moved in back with one of my parents. Meanwhile I continued to search for jobs including full-time ones. Considering all this, though, I think I am stuck in a job search "trance". Even though I barely have enough money for myself, with only small contract gigs (and ineligible for unemployment insurance) I am living comfortably with my family. I have no obligation to pay rent because the place is so cheap. My parents only care that I run errands for them. Job searching doesn't get brought up often unless I mention something about it. My parents don't come from a lot of money- far from it. I grew up in a low-income household and paid my way through college with loans and Pell grands. My parents just managed to do a good job saving enough for retirement after their steady careers. So that's what I'm dealing with. As for me, I continue working on different projects to keep my work skills relevant. I participate in networking events and get mock interviews. But seems like I'm not pushing myself hard enough. The comfort of a free roof over my head is working against me without me realizing it for so long. Being supported by my parents and my lukewarm opportunities appear to go hand in hand. So how do I boost this motivation when I have this warm, comfortable safety net? Seems like I have to really go cold turkey and live like a bum on the street or inside my car, but is that too drastic? Being homeless might actually look worse to employers as well.
3 by expbeginnerrole | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I feel like I'm in a somewhat odd predicament with motivation here. Like a lot of people today, I've been on the job search most of this year due to not having a job. But this current trend for me started a few years ago, well before Covid hit. My career started by working contract after contract for a few years, then jobs dried up around 5 years ago. No longer able to support myself I moved in back with one of my parents. Meanwhile I continued to search for jobs including full-time ones. Considering all this, though, I think I am stuck in a job search "trance". Even though I barely have enough money for myself, with only small contract gigs (and ineligible for unemployment insurance) I am living comfortably with my family. I have no obligation to pay rent because the place is so cheap. My parents only care that I run errands for them. Job searching doesn't get brought up often unless I mention something about it. My parents don't come from a lot of money- far from it. I grew up in a low-income household and paid my way through college with loans and Pell grands. My parents just managed to do a good job saving enough for retirement after their steady careers. So that's what I'm dealing with. As for me, I continue working on different projects to keep my work skills relevant. I participate in networking events and get mock interviews. But seems like I'm not pushing myself hard enough. The comfort of a free roof over my head is working against me without me realizing it for so long. Being supported by my parents and my lukewarm opportunities appear to go hand in hand. So how do I boost this motivation when I have this warm, comfortable safety net? Seems like I have to really go cold turkey and live like a bum on the street or inside my car, but is that too drastic? Being homeless might actually look worse to employers as well.
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