If you have a job, what do you do?
I can’t keep a job for longer than 3 months and I just give up. It’s almost always been like this, even before I was diagnosed. Usually working in retail or food service.
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I used to be a manager for homes for people with intellectual and physical disabilities. I loved my work but after several breakdowns i wasn’t able to work anymore. I’ve been on permanent disability since then.
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I was/am a writer. Can’t freelance properly anymore because I can’t keep up with deadlines nes or interview people now. I still work on my second novel but doubt it’ll get done anytime soon.
I was a swim teacher. I’m quitting because I want a job more related to the job I want which is a psych nurse. I didn’t get into nursing school first round so I want experience to be more competitive. I wanna be a tech or a scribe or something. I’ve applied a bunch of places but haven’t heard back from anywhere yet. I can still work as a sub or lifeguard at my old place in the meantime.
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I do customer service over the phone, basically a call center but not too busy. I break down a lot, though. I’m trying to go into medical coding so that I can work from home. Maybe I’ll be able to handle that better.
I teach part-time at a community college, and I just started a side job as a pharmacy tech, though I’ve worked as a pharmacy tech before.
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I’m an insurance broker specializing in commercial insurance solutions for small to mid-sized businesses.
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There’s always the “Oatmeal” business model. Give stuff away free to develop an audience and then market other stuff to that audience. Maybe that’s an idea?
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I can’t write properly any more.
Okay, so write improperly. (Not kidding.)
If you can’t do something one way, trying going hard in the other direction and see what happens!
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I’m unemployed but want to do online jobs.
I can’t write, that is what I mean, thanks to disorganized thinking. But thanks.
Suggestion… (Not meant to offend.) Try to write a little bit every day. Take what you write, date it, put it in a box. Keep doing that for six months. I’ll bet you see improvement by the end of the six months when you compare earlier work with later work. May not be as much improvement as you want, but it should be there. This worked for me.
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Thanks but I’ve done it for a living for over a decade, I kinda know what my limits are. But thanks. Can we drop it?
I managed to go from a managed living situation and ‘poor prognosis’ after my SZ diagnosis to being a technical writer for a living. I’m familiar with the pressure of deadlines.
Your call.
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I used to be a pilot. I think I could still fly if it weren’t for meds and my diagnosis but then I guess I wouldn’t be sick any more and I would have never stopped. I would be a Captain at United Airlines by now if I hadn’t gotten sick.
My last job was simulating close air support in a computer war simulation. Basically I pretended to shoot missles and drop bombs on tanks and other enemy targets but it was only part time. I also got my aircraft mechanic license and worked a few months at that but it didn’t pay very well. I make more money on disability.
I am not working anymore for now.
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Ok, good for you. I never asked for advice nor offered anything about my prognosis. Some of us have different manifestations of our symptoms. I managed to support a large family for ten years, big whoop de Doo on how long either of us managed anything, all I did was answer a post without expectation of being hit over the head by a fellow sufferer in why I can’t ■■■■■■■ work . Damn right it is my call.
Apologies, no offense was intended. Not many of us who have written professionally here, so I may have gotten a bit excited at discovering a kindred spirit.
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Insurance Broker. That really is impressive @shutterbug. I really appreciate that coach you have in you. You are really good guy.
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I’m a professor of couch surfing . Except I hardly ever sit on the couch.
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