Hello World!
I've been MIA for awhile, yes I know. Even after getting the new iPhone, I've been so busy, I've hardly got the chance to keep in touch with anyone. It's 1:10am right now and I'm blogging. I took a nap as soon as I got home and woke up at around 9pm, so I'm buzzing with energy. I've been holding off on blogging because I have some pictures I want to post, but that'll take even more of my time and I want to keep everyone updated on what's going on! I'll blog more later with pictures.
First off, I'm suppose to get a root canal and my dentist has been preparing me for it for quite some time now. The actual procedure is suppose to be at the end of this month. Just yesterday I had to go in because I was having problems with the tooth and I just couldn't stand the pain any longer. The tooth was infected and my face was swollen, I looked like a chipmunk! Sorry, no pictures! LOL He ended up giving me a stronger antibiotic and that did the trick. Now, I'm not quite sure what he has in stored for me. I'm really sad that I have really bad teeth, wish I would've taken better care of my teeth in the past. But, it was difficult for me because I didn't have any dental insurance at the time.
Life in Northern California is difficult for many of us and I realized that while many of us choose the option to either work or go to school. The hype about school is outrageous. It's competitive out there. You've got to exercise your mind in school or in work. If you decide to go the school route, do it all the way...not halfway...all the way! Aim high and go for it! If you decide to do the work route, commit to it and focus on a career, even if you don't have an education.
Some employers, like working students because they feel as though they can't hire you for real cheap. So, being a part-time student has it's plus side. I would still try to take it easy on the school. Take 2-3 classes at most. Don't focus too much on how long it's going to take you, focus on your livlihood. Focus on what's happening in the world.
In the last ten years of my life, I've seen the economy go up and go down. I've seen folks who have gone to school with degrees in Biology and end up taking up careers in Accounting...I know people who went to school part-time, worked full-time in the technology field and learned their way up. I know a few people who actually work in the discipline that they studied in school, most of them, are engineers.
Sadly, everytime I decided to focus on school full-time, the economy has been good. Everytime I want to jump right back into the job market, the economy sucks. I just have really bad timing and planning. I'm learning though.
The job market is real bad right now and I sort of have some insight on how to get with the trend. One thing I have noticed, is a cut back on wages. So, if you're looking for work and your salary history was about $12/hour, cut that back and now people want to hire you for $9/hour...possibly back down to minimum wage. Depending on your experience, you might even be overqualified. Some people I know, adjust their resumes so that they don't seem to have that much experience just to get in there.
People are doing what they have to do to get the job they need in order to get by. With economic trends, there are rumors that we're finally bottoming out and things are getting better. I was skeptical of this at first, but now I believe there are improvements being made, it'll just be a bumpy ride and everyone just needs to hang on.
I watch CNN almost everyday and I get updated every few hours through Twitter, they seem to believe that the President is facing tougher issues than FDR had to face when he adopted the Great Depression from his predecessor. I hope that's not the case, I just think that the American people are being far too dramatic about this and the President is greatly sympathizing with their gripes.
What it also seems, is that there are lots of greedy people out there during this low time in the economy. People are scrambling to maintain their comfortable lifestyles and dare not to cut back. With people like those in our world, it'll make it difficult for our economy to survive it's current downfall.
There's very little room or time for socializing in my life, I'm trying to survive. Hopefully, these next 100 days will get better. Hopefully, my life will get back into order and I'll have the lifestyle I'm accustomed to. The past year has been a struggle and I thank all my close friends who have helped me get by.
Until next time...
I've been MIA for awhile, yes I know. Even after getting the new iPhone, I've been so busy, I've hardly got the chance to keep in touch with anyone. It's 1:10am right now and I'm blogging. I took a nap as soon as I got home and woke up at around 9pm, so I'm buzzing with energy. I've been holding off on blogging because I have some pictures I want to post, but that'll take even more of my time and I want to keep everyone updated on what's going on! I'll blog more later with pictures.
First off, I'm suppose to get a root canal and my dentist has been preparing me for it for quite some time now. The actual procedure is suppose to be at the end of this month. Just yesterday I had to go in because I was having problems with the tooth and I just couldn't stand the pain any longer. The tooth was infected and my face was swollen, I looked like a chipmunk! Sorry, no pictures! LOL He ended up giving me a stronger antibiotic and that did the trick. Now, I'm not quite sure what he has in stored for me. I'm really sad that I have really bad teeth, wish I would've taken better care of my teeth in the past. But, it was difficult for me because I didn't have any dental insurance at the time.
Life in Northern California is difficult for many of us and I realized that while many of us choose the option to either work or go to school. The hype about school is outrageous. It's competitive out there. You've got to exercise your mind in school or in work. If you decide to go the school route, do it all the way...not halfway...all the way! Aim high and go for it! If you decide to do the work route, commit to it and focus on a career, even if you don't have an education.
Some employers, like working students because they feel as though they can't hire you for real cheap. So, being a part-time student has it's plus side. I would still try to take it easy on the school. Take 2-3 classes at most. Don't focus too much on how long it's going to take you, focus on your livlihood. Focus on what's happening in the world.
In the last ten years of my life, I've seen the economy go up and go down. I've seen folks who have gone to school with degrees in Biology and end up taking up careers in Accounting...I know people who went to school part-time, worked full-time in the technology field and learned their way up. I know a few people who actually work in the discipline that they studied in school, most of them, are engineers.
Sadly, everytime I decided to focus on school full-time, the economy has been good. Everytime I want to jump right back into the job market, the economy sucks. I just have really bad timing and planning. I'm learning though.
The job market is real bad right now and I sort of have some insight on how to get with the trend. One thing I have noticed, is a cut back on wages. So, if you're looking for work and your salary history was about $12/hour, cut that back and now people want to hire you for $9/hour...possibly back down to minimum wage. Depending on your experience, you might even be overqualified. Some people I know, adjust their resumes so that they don't seem to have that much experience just to get in there.
People are doing what they have to do to get the job they need in order to get by. With economic trends, there are rumors that we're finally bottoming out and things are getting better. I was skeptical of this at first, but now I believe there are improvements being made, it'll just be a bumpy ride and everyone just needs to hang on.
I watch CNN almost everyday and I get updated every few hours through Twitter, they seem to believe that the President is facing tougher issues than FDR had to face when he adopted the Great Depression from his predecessor. I hope that's not the case, I just think that the American people are being far too dramatic about this and the President is greatly sympathizing with their gripes.
What it also seems, is that there are lots of greedy people out there during this low time in the economy. People are scrambling to maintain their comfortable lifestyles and dare not to cut back. With people like those in our world, it'll make it difficult for our economy to survive it's current downfall.
There's very little room or time for socializing in my life, I'm trying to survive. Hopefully, these next 100 days will get better. Hopefully, my life will get back into order and I'll have the lifestyle I'm accustomed to. The past year has been a struggle and I thank all my close friends who have helped me get by.
Until next time...