In Which We Learn A Hard Lesson

[gaea_rising]

As I sit in front of the computer creating yet another specialized resume for the latest round of job-hunting, I find my mind wandering away from the task at hand. "I'm not really procrastinating," I mutter. I know that the turn my thoughts have taken doesn't lend itself to what I'm supposed to be working on. Regardless, my thoughts turn to how

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[basric]

Very true. Well written, well done.

[gaea_rising]

Thank you. :)

[reixetvobi]

The only constant is change, and it's bloody painful.

[gaea_rising]

Amen. We're having a truly tough time with some of these lessons, too.

[gaea_rising]

Thanks. I agree. The days of retirement are all but gone. Only a very few people that I know are even entertaining the notion of retirement - and they're most of my mother's generation and older.

My husband has a degree and is currently unemployed, having been laid off nearly two years ago. It's murder for him to find a job because of his degree these days. He keeps being told he's "overqualified" and they're "afraid he'd be bored". *sigh*

[zehlyah]

Oh man this is so true. It makes me sad because I feel like even with my best intentions I'll be setting my kids up to fail because by the time they are my age the rules will have changed again.

[gaea_rising]

Exactly. If things have changed this much in the last 50 years, what do I teach my son about how to get along in the world in the next 15?

[myrna_bird]

I am reminded again that many of the advances in technology- in the name of progress-have cost us a lot more than money.

[gaea_rising]

Definitely. The question is where are we going next?