As I was at the library today, I stopped and picked up a Career Helper newspaper. That\u2019s not its true name, I don\u2019t remember what its name really was. It was filled with advertisements for getting training to be a dental assistant, and for jobs with \u201cunlimited earning potential\u2014all from your own home!\u201d<\/p>\n
There were ads that said \u201cTired of your dead end job? Become a truck driver!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re hiring! Join a Security Team in your area! $9.15 an hour starting!\u201d<\/p>\n
There are a lot of jobs out there.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaily pay for Daily work! $$$$\u201d<\/p>\n
The American dream again. Maybe. Daily pay for Daily work. An honest day\u2019s work and an honest day\u2019s pay.<\/p>\n
I wonder if I am being a snob because I am horrified and frightened by these $$$$ jobs.<\/p>\n
I have a friend who worked at a bookstore as a clerk, and lived happy and free in San Jose at less than ten thousand a year. Her six-figure-earning friend had trouble making ends meet.<\/p>\n
I went to the library to get more books to read. Happy happy me, reading books like a mad person now that I can. And I am such a serious little scholar that I\u2019ve taken to making little synopsis notes of what I read, for future reference.<\/p>\n
I was laughing at myself as I walked through the biography section. What does this really matter, anyway? Maybe I just need to be networking as hard as I can, to get a job $$$. But after I saw that newspaper, I thought, What\u2019s the job for either?<\/p>\n
Maybe I should be like my bookstore friend. I could sell my car, get three roommates and live with joy in between the covers of the beautiful books.<\/p>\n
Just live with joy, somehow, I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As I was at the library today, I stopped and picked up a Career Helper newspaper. That\u2019s not its true name, I don\u2019t remember what its name really was. It was filled with advertisements for getting training to be a … Continue reading