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6 years ago
To my commissioners: I took this last week off to work on personal stuff and will be jumping back into commissions starting tomorrow, so if there's still something you're owed it should be coming out soon. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
In general: it's been a weird time, the last few weeks. Going through weird swings in my anxiety, so talking with my therapist about possible options for medication. Also trying to find a new job; I've been at the current for two years and they're denying me a raise despite my advancement and props from my manager, on grounds of an arbitrary "un-official" policy, and I know I should take some sort of legal action on it but I just don't have the emotional endurance for it so I'm just looking to get out. Get thee behind me, and all that jazz. Then in general this time of year being naturally busy, we've already had several family events, and friends staying from out of town, and a few shows and trips planned as well. It's a nice treat when we have a weekend with nothing at all going on.
That's mostly it, really. I feel like I should have had more to say.
Comment what's been going on with you lately?
In general: it's been a weird time, the last few weeks. Going through weird swings in my anxiety, so talking with my therapist about possible options for medication. Also trying to find a new job; I've been at the current for two years and they're denying me a raise despite my advancement and props from my manager, on grounds of an arbitrary "un-official" policy, and I know I should take some sort of legal action on it but I just don't have the emotional endurance for it so I'm just looking to get out. Get thee behind me, and all that jazz. Then in general this time of year being naturally busy, we've already had several family events, and friends staying from out of town, and a few shows and trips planned as well. It's a nice treat when we have a weekend with nothing at all going on.
That's mostly it, really. I feel like I should have had more to say.
Comment what's been going on with you lately?
I definitely understand the crazy time, as well as the situation with an abusive employer. There definitely is better out there for you; I escaped a similar situation about a year ago and it drastically improved my stress levels(if not my pay). I ended up making a lateral move for a position which pays about the same but maybe 15-20% of the stress, which I'll take as a win. :)
As far as goings-on with me? It's been a period of major transition; a wealthy relative passed away recently and there's squabbling going on amongst family. It's incredibly stressful, along with a schedule change at work I'm getting used to. I stand to inherit a house when all is said and done along with a vehicle of great sentimental value to my family, but it's still stressful.
My biggest hurdle with the job search thus far has been finding something that isn't a nonsense field sales listing disguised as administration. I live in an odd area that's a nowhere-farmland surrounded by colleges, so everything's listed for far away in the cities, entry-level, or trying to dupe kids without enough experience to know what "third-party marketing" is. But I'm sure something will come along, at the very least something will tip my employer off and maybe they'll consider an increase to keep me. I'm not above that. XD
Job hunting's definitely a stress all its own, though it sounds like you're in a stable enough position to hunt for a while(I definitely wasn't with my last job, which meant I took the first non-temp IT job I got an offer for). While there's genuine jobs out there, as you said you have to be careful about the 'fly by night' gigs that masquerade as actual jobs. I definitely understand the location not being ideal; I'm in a medium-sized city that's about 60 or so miles from a major metro area. Most of the good jobs are there, but I'm not willing to make the commute each day(unless it paid well enough) or move out there(housing costs are ridiculous to the point I couldn't afford a mortgage even if I was making twice my current pay).