DESPERATE PART ONE (JOB SEEKER)

It doesn't really matter how many years you've spent looking for that "KEY TO SUCCESS" they sometimes call education. If your brain is functioning well, have needs and desire to have your job and a means to earn its always a challenge waking up another day with no job and even worse no signs of getting one. This is the time we feel vulnerable, deep down it hurts so bad and you try so hard to have just a glimpse of the light. If you are not deeply rooted in religion, it feels like God is playing practical jokes with you and slowly you start questioning almost everything.

The worst part is when you you lose your way, put aside the dreams you always believed in and worked hard just to get close to. Time passes, wind blows your confidence and self esteem as you go for anything that you think might help you get by even if its temporary and will never push you even one step closer to your dream. Being desperate, feeling hopeless. It drains your energy, your willingness to fight, it takes away your strength. I remember being there, I could apply for any job opportunity I could lay my eyes on, it didn't matter if I am over-qualified or under qualified. The feeling of leaving home in the morning and returning in the evening itself was an excitement I could really use.

 The only thing I didn't know then that I know now is, people can sense you are desperate, hopeless and badly in need. In one of the many interviews I had, I remember saying yes to being an investigative journalist. I was never interested in investigative journalism, being some sort of undercover spy never intrigued me and yet because of desperately needing a job I was there saying yes to one of the very few genres of my beloved profession I wasn't really interested in since day one. As a person who has passed through that desperation time I know see things a little bit clearly, I have hopes and waking up everyday with a smile and a hope of going forward. Put your feet firmly on the ground, have faith in yourself and every other thing you do.

ALWAYS try very hard to never let the people especially potential employers to know how desperate you are. Surround yourself with Love, trust me you need it, having those who Love you unconditionally gives you strength to face the hardships.
Stay strong. Tough times don't last, tough people do.