qux: I'm unemployed at the moment and the process of looking for a job, frankly, depresses the shit out of me. I feel like I'm wasting my friggin time, there has to be something else I can do to get myself out of this BS situation. I'm 29 years old. I'm young, but not as young as I once was; I'd like a home of my own but with the way I'm going at the moment that's nothing short of a pipe dream.
HereForTheBeer: For news, I switched over to Public Radio. The stories are much more interesting and detailed, and you get more explanation instead of finger-pointing.
qux: Same here and I ditched my TV for the same reasons.
You shouldn't beat yourself up. This is not the 1950s or 1960s. It's not even the 1980s or 1990s. Things are not as easy today as they were back then for young men. If you are under 30 and have enough money for your own house today, you are one of the few lucky ones. During your free time, you could work out, write a book, do volunteer work etc. If you have some money, you could travel. You should check out the book The Depression Cure by Stephen S. Ilardi too. A good book that will maybe help you out.
qux: I'm unemployed at the moment and the process of looking for a job, frankly, depresses the shit out of me. I feel like I'm wasting my friggin time, there has to be something else I can do to get myself out of this BS situation. I'm 29 years old. I'm young, but not as young as I once was; I'd like a home of my own but with the way I'm going at the moment that's nothing short of a pipe dream.
Same here and I ditched my TV for the same reasons.
Ragnarblackmane: I feel your pain, especially being not as young as I once was and wondering wtf I'm doing with my life. I've got a job but not a career...I never used to care about that or want that, and I still don't want the whole house-in-the-suburbs-two-car-garage-wife-and-2.5-kids, but I know that where I am now is not where I wish to be.
Some ironically call these feelings the "quarterlife crisis" and sure, could chalk it up to existential angst, but that doesn't make one feel much better, does it? So I'll raise a glass to you, fellow wanderer.
Life is more than jobs, a career etc. Life is more than just $$$ and material things.