One of the benefits of collecting SSI or SSDI is that you can do volunteer work or get an internship in the field you want to work in. You don’t have to get paid on an internship because you have the government check coming in.
This is the counterpoint when others claim that individuals on a low income can’t afford to do an internship.
It’s also the counterpoint to the idea that you should take whatever job you can get. And be happy to have that job even if it turns out you hate the job.
The remedy as I see it is to use the internet and the resources available to you to narrow down your job leads to 2 or 3 careers.
Then you can choose the one that resonates with you right now as the goal to make happen.
Seek out others who have gone down this road before you or who are going down this road along with you today.
Get feedback encouragement and advice from them and give your own feedback and encouragement and advice to others.
You will need reinforcement when things take longer or don’t go as planned or don’t pan out.
Doing things that give you joy as you embark on your job search will boost your mental health.
I think that it helps to not expect yourself to do the impossible. Give yourself a realistic and attainable lifeline for achieving a goal not a restrictive deadline.
Enjoying the process counts more than obtaining the goal. Research indicates that it’s in the striving to achieve a goal that we feel the happiest.
In the coming blog entry I will talk about what failing at my first career taught me.
It was the job I thought I wanted.
Sometimes a dead-end is the exact detour you need to go down to find out what your purpose in life is.
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