not having a job is lonely

It is hard not to feel ashamed when you don't have a job.  The times in my life when I have been unemployed I have tended to avoid interacting with people who knew me well because of the question what do you do for work.  You feel like such a loser because you haven't been able to find work.  If you can't find a job there must be something wrong with you.  In many ways I feel exactly what the propoganda tells me to.  I am a worthless, nobody if I am not gainfully employed.

If you don't have a job according to a lot of people in our society you are a lazy, drug addict who is not allowed to have an opinion on anything.   This of course begs the question how does one without a job afford an expensive drug habit?  Not that logic matters when it comes to words that do cause more damage than sticks and stones. 

I don't go out or even go on dates when I don't have a job.  I mostly stay at home trying to find work because outside lives the dreaded question, always on people's lips, waiting for me to walk around the corner. 

It is why I say not having a job is lonely. 



I created this fun little video to highlight how in a digital world you could say or do almost anything on a cover letter and not get noticed because of the sheer number of applications.  It is great that it is easy to apply for jobs online but it is also bad as ease of use drastically increases the competition for each job opening.