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ARE YOU OR YOUR SPOUSE OUT OF WORK? Research Participants Needed!

ARE YOU OR YOUR SPOUSE OUT OF WORK? Participants Needed!

I am seeking married people from a variety of backgrounds to complete a brief online questionnaire on how unemployment impacts their marital quality in the current economy.

It should take about 10-20 minutes for you to complete.
Your participation and your responses will be kept confidential.

Interested in Participating?
Please go to www.tinyurl.com/unemployment-marriage

Have Questions? Please contact Andrew Bland, M.A.: abland3@indstate.edu

ARE YOU OR YOUR SPOUSE OUT OF WORK? Participants Needed!

ARE YOU OR YOUR SPOUSE OUT OF WORK? Participants Needed!

I am seeking married people from various backgrounds to complete a brief online questionnaire on how unemployment impacts marital quality in the current economy.

The questionnaire will take about 10-15 minutes for you to complete. Your participation and your responses will be kept confidential.

Interested in Participating?
Please go to www.tinyurl.com/unemployment-marriage
Have Questions? Please contact Andrew Bland, M.A.: abland3@indstate.edu

Full Circle?

Friday the 13th -- let the drama begin!

Oh boy... here's an update on my situation:

So I'm hunting for a job again. Have had a few interviews, one "offer" that I still don't have in writing so I'm not holding my breath. Trying to be optimistic, but it's very difficult.

Yesterday my wife announced that she is leaving again, unrelated to my employment status, I guess. Can't say we didn't try, I guess.

Worst of all, I'm starting to feel depressed and worthless. You unemployed people know the drill.

Family

I am the first child and only girl with 2 younger brothers. Now that I think back, there were some "issues" and so glad I ended up with 1 child, a girl. It is so hard when you have more than one child and while I sympathize with this fact - I sure did not appreciate being IGNORED because I was not the BOY my father wanted to carry on his family's name. He was the only boy left. Well, he got his boys after me (lol).

A Twist of Fate

A twist of fate. An Irony if you will. Yes one more interview -- this one would be number 6 in a year's time. Now with that statement it should tell you the excitement of getting dressed from sweats to real clothes, make-up, hair done and dusting off those shoes you thought you would never wear again..

Off and running, where I actually enjoyed the wee bit of traffic for I felt human again, I felt the cool morning air, the morning news on the radio, driving next to others streaming by going to where they belong, where they fit in.

Happy Birthday to Me

Today it's my birthday, and as some of you know, it is a difficult period in my life. The unemployment issue is not as daunting as it used to be thanks to a solid year of hustling my butt off, but other things have got me in a twist. Going to therapy and working on it.

It's hard to look at yourself, but it's necessary. Nobody wants to glimpse those dark corners of their psyches, but you have to do it to clear out the nasty things that, left unchecked, grow there.

On my Biggest Failure (I might regret posting this)

This might end up being one of those posts that I wish I had written in my notebook instead of sharing it with the world, but I'm tired of writing in my notebook after seven weeks of being unable to type. Thinking that the world gives a crap about my problems is vain, and creating a document that only I will see is masturbatory. Maybe I'm about to make a big mistake by posting this.

Fuck it. It damn sure won't be the first big mistake I've made.

Ten Great Gifts to Give Even if You Are Unemployed

So you're unemployed and bummed out about not having enough scratch to afford a halfway decent HanuKwanzmas for your family. Not that it's any consolation, but you're not alone. At least one other person knows the feeling: me.

What helps me feel better is the realization that even though I don't have money for the latest plastic toys hand-made by Santa's little elves in sweatworkshops in a far away land called China, I still have a lot to give.

Below are

Ten wonderful presents to give even if you're flat broke:

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