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Job Hunt -- what it takes
Hopalong:
I already talked to one colleague who would escape with me to the other company if we could get offers!
Pessimism growing on that one, though. I think I need to focus locally and really rev it up next week.
For now, small miracle: turns out my neighbor was willing to be hired for paperwork help and in two hours
we blasted through an embarrassing pile. Still have to finish filing it all tomorrow morning, and tomorrow
afternoon another person is coming to work with me on getting a clear picture of where I stand, start
creating a budget and contingency plans.
It's unsettling not knowing whether I'll have an income in time to avoid dipping into retirement fund,
tiny as it is, to cover my house payments. That's the biggest worry.
I needed help. Asked around for it over and over again (whom could I hire) and suddenly, here it is.
Person tomorrow is a little prickly but we'll see how it goes. We've gotten along well in the past.
Thanks much for the encouragement, Tupp.
love
Hops
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Hopalong on January 10, 2016, 01:07:03 AM ---I already talked to one colleague who would escape with me to the other company if we could get offers!
Pessimism growing on that one, though. I think I need to focus locally and really rev it up next week.
For now, small miracle: turns out my neighbor was willing to be hired for paperwork help and in two hours
we blasted through an embarrassing pile. Still have to finish filing it all tomorrow morning, and tomorrow
afternoon another person is coming to work with me on getting a clear picture of where I stand, start
creating a budget and contingency plans.
It's unsettling not knowing whether I'll have an income in time to avoid dipping into retirement fund,
tiny as it is, to cover my house payments. That's the biggest worry.
I needed help. Asked around for it over and over again (whom could I hire) and suddenly, here it is.
Person tomorrow is a little prickly but we'll see how it goes. We've gotten along well in the past.
Thanks much for the encouragement, Tupp.
love
Hops
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You're most welcome and just a thought (and bear in mind I have very little knowledge about financial matters and even less about how they differ between here and the States but ................), if you haven't already, it might be worth checking whether your loan for your house has any kind of employment protection plan attached to it to cover payments if you lose your job? There's been a huge thing in the UK over the last few years with people finding out they'd taken out insurances they didn't know anything about; it just occured to me if the same thing has happened in the States it might be a blessing in your case :) Glad people are being helpful; everything's easier to do if someone is giving you a hand. And revving up local job hunts is bound to be a good idea; better to have three job offers to choose from :) Hope you got through the filing and that things are feeling a bit more organised xx
Hopalong:
I'm awaiting her now. Hiding on the internet instead of doing sensible PRE-organization.
The filing is kind of like "clearing space on a big table" to do the real work, which is grappling
with the realities of numbers and getting a plan. I think it's a very big project. It is for me
anyway...I feel the muscles tensing all over.
But I have HELP (not cheap, but more important than anything else) and that's huge.
No alas, no job-loss protection with my mortgage. If I have to, I'll bite into retirement
fund (huge interest penalties if you do that) to pay it off. But I'm not there yet; I may
still find enough work of some sort to keep it all going. Once I hit 70 (4 years plus a
few months) I'll breathe a sigh of relief. It won't be comfy, but it'll be survivable, with
an additional part-time job.
Gotta go pretend I was preparing...
hugs
Hops
Hopalong:
My moods are all OVER the place. Churning anxiety during the day, then I do something to move a step forward and perk up some, then people come and I really cheer up.
I'd like to skip the churning anxiety tomorrow! It's good that I'm not staying home alone and have a busy day, seeing several people. That also means I won't be hammering away at resume, contacts, all that. Which is pretty urgent.
But I did find out that with unemployment (and no emergencies), I will be covered for six months.
After that, I'd better have a job. Long-term unemployment really does happen, especially at my age. No word from the other company. Feels like that fantasy is slipping away, but I'm still glad I had the trip and validating meetings.
I'M TRYING TO GET MY MIND OFF THAT.
Nighty night,
Hops
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Hopalong on January 11, 2016, 12:06:00 AM ---My moods are all OVER the place. Churning anxiety during the day, then I do something to move a step forward and perk up some, then people come and I really cheer up.
I'd like to skip the churning anxiety tomorrow! It's good that I'm not staying home alone and have a busy day, seeing several people. That also means I won't be hammering away at resume, contacts, all that. Which is pretty urgent.
But I did find out that with unemployment (and no emergencies), I will be covered for six months.
After that, I'd better have a job. Long-term unemployment really does happen, especially at my age. No word from the other company. Feels like that fantasy is slipping away, but I'm still glad I had the trip and validating meetings.
I'M TRYING TO GET MY MIND OFF THAT.
Nighty night,
Hops
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Six months breathing space is good, Hops, and that work will come, maybe in a slightly different form to what you're used to? Perhaps doors to other directions will unfold. A friend of mine works as a sort of freelance PA; she tends to work for people from home on various projects, so the sort of things where they don't do enough work to hire a PA permanently but every now and again they take on a job where that's necessary and that's where she steps in. Not suggesting you become a PA, but that came out of a similar situation she found herself in and it sort of grew and mushroomed by itself. I'm keeping everything crossed for you.
Anxiety is horrible and I wish I knew a way to wave a wand and make it vanish but all I can say is that it will pass and hopefully by the time you've seen all those various people tomorrow you'll be feeling a bit more grounded again xx
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