Disconnect
I've noticed a shift in the flavour here on LJ from emoting about 'why does X/Y/Z snub me/not love me' to 'how am I making ends meet'. Looks like a shift down the Heirarchy of Needs from Esteem or Love/Belonging to Safety which is a big flag for this recession starting to bite.
I've stuck my thoughts up on Cobweb about the hows and whys, but I think theres a year or so of 'down' left in this before it levels off.
Out here... its SNAFU. A friend said you don't notice the down turn when you're living in poverty so that goes double/triple for here.
Thing is, I, and I imagine many of y'all, do not remember a time when we were working age and the economy wasn't on the up and up - or maybe just levelling off for a bit. This whole 'there may not be a job' thing is novel and not in a good way. I spoke to people when I was home and there was a flavour of 'I was intending to take some time, go travel, thats not happening now cause my job won't be there when I come back'. Similarly, my cousins classmates who went travelling out of college and came back to find the Celtic Tiger had rolled over and died in their absence.
Either way, I like how I was able to spot the heirarchy of needs shift. Shows that three years for the extra degree wasn't entirely wasted. Silver linings and all that.
I've stuck my thoughts up on Cobweb about the hows and whys, but I think theres a year or so of 'down' left in this before it levels off.
Out here... its SNAFU. A friend said you don't notice the down turn when you're living in poverty so that goes double/triple for here.
Thing is, I, and I imagine many of y'all, do not remember a time when we were working age and the economy wasn't on the up and up - or maybe just levelling off for a bit. This whole 'there may not be a job' thing is novel and not in a good way. I spoke to people when I was home and there was a flavour of 'I was intending to take some time, go travel, thats not happening now cause my job won't be there when I come back'. Similarly, my cousins classmates who went travelling out of college and came back to find the Celtic Tiger had rolled over and died in their absence.
Either way, I like how I was able to spot the heirarchy of needs shift. Shows that three years for the extra degree wasn't entirely wasted. Silver linings and all that.