I've been unemployed since September 22, 2009, my last day with HP Asia Pacific. Since then, I haven't really seriously looked for gainful work. Mainly because, I wanted to take time to reflect on what I really want to do in life.
I've had misgivings working in the call center industry, with its freakishly harsh schedules which would sometimes (actually often) require you to work the graveyard shift, holidays, and weekends. If you're really unfortunate, sometimes your 2 rest days would even be spaced apart from each other within the work week!
So, what else is there for me? I wanted to go into business, but I lack the financial muscle to mount such an offensive, at least for now. Working from home sounds great, but I don't have any sort of useful technical skills save for my typing speed, passable English, and a supervisory and training background. What is left for someone like me then? I know, I sound really desperate. Maybe that's because to a certain extent, I am. My fiancée and I are planning big things for 2011, and the only things to my name are my car, and my ps2. I don't even have a savings account (unless you count the ATM account left over from HP). My days are spent in a dazed stupor, and I'm even having a hard time falling asleep with all these worries in my head.
To a large extent, my predicament is MY fault, and mine alone. Why? I should've been more conscious about saving and investing money, living below my means, and finding more ways to earn income on the side. I should've learned how to be more sociable, to be more forgiving of incompetent people. I should've learned how to handle my temper, and do a better job of hiding my dislike.
So here's the plan: Find another job where I'll do my best to be friendly, put up a low-capital business on the side, try my damnedest to save and invest money, and marry my fiancée and start a family. Who knows, maybe I'll even be able to afford a ps3 later on hehehe.
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