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General => Useful Contacts => Topic started by: lostmyway on August 13, 2013, 04:51:00 PM
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hi,
I lost my job about 4 months ago. I was on a final warning and it lasted over a year, then they renewed the warning for another year, which really annoyed me and thought it was very unfair. it lasted til april of this year and i got sacked. I have had 2 interviews in over 4 months, and its like bashing my head against a brick wall. I have been wanting to move to another field but this is proving fruitless.
I am 42 and live at home, and don't seem to be able to make the break that i truly need to make. Most people i know have moved away from the area and have married etc and gotten on with their lives but i have never really managed it for one reason or another. I am about to take on a course with the OU and dont really know if its the right thing to do now at my age, coupled with the lack of exp. i have in the field i want to work in. My brother went to the states years ago, and my dad passed in 2005. Nothing ever seems to move on or progress, i just seem to meander from one thing to another.
Since losing my job it seems i dont see anybody during the week or weekend , and is adding to my anxiety and dark moods. They seem controlled , but since losing my job it has got alot worse.
I don't know what else to do, i dont have the motivation or the energy to do anything. I want to get myself moving but dont seem to be able to. Feel so alone, and lost with myself.
It never seems to alter....
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:welcome:
It's worth you doing the OU course and you're not too old to do it. Look at this way you still have 23 years before retirement age. I appreciate it's not easy to get motivated ~ I've been there ~ but if you can get enough motivation to start a course it may help.
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Hi Pip
thanks for the advice. The OU course is something i need to do and will help confidence levels, and help kickstart a new career. Here's hoping.
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whats the new career your interested in?
id like to be a dog trainer in an ideal world. I used to want to be a psychologist but the road is too long for that one. I prefer dogs to people.
hope your doing ok right now!
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the course i am about to do is the dipHE in computing and it. its not cheap but i dont have to pay it back all in one go.
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well that's something positive! great news, theres something to work towards and keep you motivated! it will pay for itself in time once you have the diploma/certification/degree whatever it may be.
Glad to hear your moving forward with changing career! gives me food for thought in doing some kind of course eventually.... have to get a job to pay for it first but im not ready yet... small steps an all that :)
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Great news and it's something positive for you to do :happy0158: