Working full time with a second job plus studying full time. Help!

[Conners]

I want to work while I also get at least one degree under my belt, because I personally don't see me getting too far without some degree or qualification/

 

Where I live, most office jobs don't consider you without a degree.

 

Trust me, there are too few options for women my age without a degree OR at leats a diploma or two and connections....I cannot even get a job as a receptionist or secretary as they expect.. no *****, ALL reception/secretary jobs I have ever applied for DEMANDED you have at least 2 - 5 years experience in the SAME job....

 

I could not even get an interview to be a house keeper because I have never previously worked as one.

 

There are TOO MANY unskilled workers in Australia ALL going for waitress/food server and retail work. College students and workers who don't want to go to college ALL APPLY for those jobs, it is INSANE. So yeah you cannot just walk into a café, restaurant or retail outlet, dress nicely, and ask of they are looking for new staff. IT IS SO NOT LIKE THAT in 2014 where I live!

 

Trust me, it is AMAZING that I even got this full time job! I got it because I am good with kids, the families kids took a liking to me, and the family thought I was a nice and friendly, reliable girl.

 

I am even more thrilled that while I work full time, I have a shot at bettering my education and qualification portfolio... I can work on getting myself more options, while I also work hard to earn money in the first place.

 

The degree will merely open more doors for me, maybe not even in the field that I am passionate about initially, but I know for a FACT that more places will at least interview me once I have a degree, opposed to NOW when literally NO companies interview me besides cafes, restaurants, and retail outlets.

 

Trust me, the vast majority of people who do not "know someone" MUST have a degree or diploma under their belt to even be considered for most jobs that are not sales/commission based...... And for secretarial and reception work, you MUST have experience before they will even interview you, the competition here is MORE fierce than people realise...

 

I am under no illusions that it will be easy going from no work to full time work AND full time study.

 

It is worth it though, this is the BEST thing that I can aspire for! To work full time and also study towards even better opportunities.

 

I may have to quit the second job. I think I can do it though.

 

Not true Leigh, I am 22 and got my first reception job at 17 straight out of highschool as an "entry level" job which did not require experience (this is in Australia). It wasn't very good pay but I stayed there a year and then got a higher paying reception/administration job which I stayed at for another couple of years. There are a lot of jobs out there that doesn't require a lot of experience and if I stayed at my old job long enough I could of worked my way up to an office manager or something.

[UpwardForward]

I am really upset about the cost of living here,

 

I am about to start a full time online degree and they don't give students concession passes for transport. Where as other full time students get half price transport.

 

I will work a 2.5 hour shift at 60 dollars. 15 of that will go towards transport there and back.

 

I will only be making 35 dollars for 2.5 hours worth of work most days, plus only 180 a week. Plus 200 from the government for studying full time.

 

If I do 4 shifts a week I will be getting 140 dollars plus 150 - 180 for the live in nanny job, plus 200 from the government.

 

That is ONLY 490 a week for working absolutely full time.

 

With a student travel concession card I would earn over 600.

 

This is complete crap.

 

Why the fudge should I have to pay the same price for transport as a professional who earns twice as much as me when I am doing minimum wage jobs and will be working literally flat out with my two jobs?

15 dollars per DAY just to travel to my minimum wage job! It's bullcrap! Business men who travel by train (and there are many of them), pay the same as me to travel to work, yet other students doing the SAME course load as me get half price transport!

 

2 hours daily commute plus a 2.5 hour shift isn't worth the lousy 35 dollars I will earn out of it.

 

Why the heck is it so damn expensive to travel to a bloody job?

 

I am literally about to work FULL TIME, from dawn until dusk (since I will work during the day) for a lousy 500 - 600 TOPS per week.

 

If I work long shifts on weekends It will be worth the ridiculous price of transport.

 

You are so behind the times over there to not provide - or be responsible for your own transportation and to worry about 'concession passes' for transport.

 

I purchased my own car when I was 18 and got a job.

Edited May 30, 2014 by UpwardForward

[Leigh 87]

You are so behind the times over there to not provide - or be responsible for your own transportation and to worry about 'concession passes' for transport.

 

I purchased my own car when I was 18 and got a job.

 

 

I had anorexia and nearly died. I had it for years so I was too mentally ill to function.

 

My parents had to take care of me until I was well.

 

I also have a form of Autism which then made it doubly hard to do basic things like get a job, even a basic one.

 

I have legitimate reasons as to WHY I am so "behind".

 

What was your college entrance score?

 

Mine was 93% . So yeah, I have just as much going for myself as most people, it just took me ten extra years to get there.

[Leigh 87]

Not true Leigh, I am 22 and got my first reception job at 17 straight out of highschool as an "entry level" job which did not require experience (this is in Australia). It wasn't very good pay but I stayed there a year and then got a higher paying reception/administration job which I stayed at for another couple of years. There are a lot of jobs out there that doesn't require a lot of experience and if I stayed at my old job long enough I could of worked my way up to an office manager or something.

 

 

Good for you.

 

Sadly, not everyone can just get a reception job.

 

Trust me I have tried. I have gotten my resume professionally done. I dress well. I don't sound low class or uneducated.

 

I am just not very conventionally good looking and I am a little strange, something I cannot help. I manage to make friends and get dates and have a very normal life, but it has taken me YEARS to get to this stage where I can come across as somewhat normal.

 

I would have killed to have just gotten a basic reception job full time and studied full time on the side. After 4 years of trying, I have had to resort to a more difficult route, including moving, to find work.

 

Stop acting like it is that easy for all of us, you really don't know whether or not other individuals can easily get a job easily.

[Eclypse]

If I were you Leigh I personally would have stayed with my parents and tried to get a higher paying job. Not paying rent is really convenient and helps you save. Especially if the house is empty as you mentioned! I'm 23 and living with my parents still. Working my ass off and saving up for a house of my own. I don't see any issue with living at your parents placed. You didn't seem to happy with it though.

 

Your job with these people sounds like you'll have hardly any free time. Just don't burn out. I know I'm knackered when I get home from work, but it's nice knowing I can just relax and not have to worry about anything else.

[Leigh 87]

You are so behind the times over there to not provide - or be responsible for your own transportation and to worry about 'concession passes' for transport.

 

I purchased my own car when I was 18 and got a job.

 

 

 

 

Do you have a child that is/was mentally ill?

 

Do you have any idea how debilitating mental illness can be?

 

Have you ever had a child/sister/friend with serious mental issues that hindered them from even getting out of bed in the morning?

 

I am doing the best I can with the cards I have been delt. I could have chosen to stay in my parents huge flat and live in luxury for free. My parents wanted me to stay in the nice flat with their nice car they have given me (they live overseas), in order to study and then get a proper job.

 

Instead, I have chosen to work full time while I study so that I can save towards my future.

 

Do you have any idea how it feels to be 27 and only JUST be at a point where you can function NORMALLY?

 

All my friends from high school are in well paying professional jobs now, and my intellect is the same as many of them.

 

I am sure you have no idea how it feels to be stunted in your professional development due to mental illness.

 

Once you have walked a mile in my shoes, THEN you can report back to me that I am "so far behind" what I should have been by now.

 

I have to get intensive therapy simply because I find it so hard to deal with the fact I was an intelligent child and did well at school, and yet am so far behind in my life, career wise and in terms of being independent.....

 

My life is great NOW, as in I have really high quality, decent friends, I don't have trouble making friends and in fact, I do it with ease... I got plenty of dates with professional, high income earners, one of which well in love with me, crazily so.

 

I also never have to worry about starving or etc since my parents earn good money and insist on supporting me if I am out of money.

 

But I have fought very hard just to be normal and get friends/dates, and function normally. I have a form of autism that was officially diagnosed.

 

Thankfully I am a very positive person and have great family and friends and I know the field I want to work in and I will work in it once I do the relevant study.

 

It is very difficult for me to have to do the jobs that teenagers do, at cafes etc, just because I long to be independent from my parents. I do it because I love my parents and I want them to be free of having to put me up in their lovely flat and let me use their nice car.

[Leigh 87]

If I were you Leigh I personally would have stayed with my parents and tried to get a higher paying job. Not paying rent is really convenient and helps you save. Especially if the house is empty as you mentioned! I'm 23 and living with my parents still. Working my ass off and saving up for a house of my own. I don't see any issue with living at your parents placed. You didn't seem to happy with it though.

 

Your job with these people sounds like you'll have hardly any free time. Just don't burn out. I know I'm knackered when I get home from work, but it's nice knowing I can just relax and not have to worry about anything else.

 

 

 

You seem to have done very well for yourself with your efforts in college and your resulting job...

 

I hope you are proud of what you have achieved. I would be. I will be beyond thrilled once I graduate....

 

It reminds me of when I was a child. I was always very ambitious and being a little weird and having only a few friends at a time, didn't alert my parents that anything was wrong with me. But I wanted to be a lawyer or something, I was so ambitious.

 

I took pride when I got put in the top group in my year for math or spelling.

 

Then sadly, I had a few things wrong with me and went through a bit of a difficult time, both my parents are mentally stable so I have no idea when I inherited it from. Perhaps it is just an unfortunate turn of events that wasn't hereditary.

 

I will earn over twice as much working, albeit in minimum wage jobs, than I would earn from just sitting on my bottom at home, earning nothing bar the student benefits. I will earn enough to travel overseas yearly OR to save for a mortgage together with my boyfriend. He has saved nearly 30K already.

 

I am studying towards the area I am passionate about and I guess I am just hell bent on earning some extra money while I get there.

 

I could die tomorrow, so I aim to travel early next year again... since I will have THEN been to everywhere (my parents sent me overseas MANY times over.....)

[littleplanet]

Do you have a child that is/was mentally ill?

 

Do you have any idea how debilitating mental illness can be?

 

Have you ever had a child/sister/friend with serious mental issues that hindered them from even getting out of bed in the morning?

 

I am doing the best I can with the cards I have been delt. I could have chosen to stay in my parents huge flat and live in luxury for free. My parents wanted me to stay in the nice flat with their nice car they have given me (they live overseas), in order to study and then get a proper job.

 

Instead, I have chosen to work full time while I study so that I can save towards my future.

 

Do you have any idea how it feels to be 27 and only JUST be at a point where you can function NORMALLY?

 

All my friends from high school are in well paying professional jobs now, and my intellect is the same as many of them.

 

I am sure you have no idea how it feels to be stunted in your professional development due to mental illness.

 

Once you have walked a mile in my shoes, THEN you can report back to me that I am "so far behind" what I should have been by now.

 

I have to get intensive therapy simply because I find it so hard to deal with the fact I was an intelligent child and did well at school, and yet am so far behind in my life, career wise and in terms of being independent.....

 

My life is great NOW, as in I have really high quality, decent friends, I don't have trouble making friends and in fact, I do it with ease... I got plenty of dates with professional, high income earners, one of which well in love with me, crazily so.

 

I also never have to worry about starving or etc since my parents earn good money and insist on supporting me if I am out of money.

 

But I have fought very hard just to be normal and get friends/dates, and function normally. I have a form of autism that was officially diagnosed.

 

Thankfully I am a very positive person and have great family and friends and I know the field I want to work in and I will work in it once I do the relevant study.

 

It is very difficult for me to have to do the jobs that teenagers do, at cafes etc, just because I long to be independent from my parents. I do it because I love my parents and I want them to be free of having to put me up in their lovely flat and let me use their nice car.

 

Quite the adventure going on here, Leigh.

I commend you for your ambition, determination, motivation.

 

You're sort of going from zero to sixty in short order. That takes really disciplined organization skills (knowing how to pace yourself.)

But it can be done.

 

The whole issue of perfectly correct, impeccably chosen course of study often misses an important element:

An education is an education. Many people wind up working in fields that they weren't university trained for. (with enormous student debt!)

The problem is not necessarily the chosen course of study.

The problem is the job market.

(and there are socio-economic and highly political reasons why!)

 

So go for the thing you know in your heart you want to do, are good at, and can excell in a meaningful career. Even if the money isn't great - that isn't always the most important thing.

You research the job market in that chosen field as best you can. But there is never an absolute guarantee.

 

I can tell you - if you wind up working in Child Protective Services - be prepared for some real grief. It is an industry that needs very dedicated and ethical people - who truly love kids.

 

I'm impressed by your determination to be independent

(and the fight you've had to become so)

That in itself can be a huge asset and take you far.....

 

When my son got his own wakeup call and burned through the work schedule from hell while completing his degree (finally!) he came to that conclusion all on his own. (He knew that's what he had to do, if it was ever going to get done.)

That in itself impressed me more than just the academic achievement.

(And he still got free tuition by attending the university I work in.)

 

Sounds to me like you've been waiting a long time to go down this road.

Pace yourself well. Enjoy the journey.

Best of luck to you!

Edited May 30, 2014 by littleplanet

[Els]

Do you have a contract with these people or can you quit at any time?

 

And do you have a backup plan if things don't turn out the way you expect and you end up needing to quit?

[Eternal Sunshine]

Agreed! I am Australian and I have been to the USA a few times and love it there. Much friendly people and atmosphere. I might consider moving there when I finish university

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Edited May 30, 2014 by Eternal Sunshine

[clia]

I am about to start a full time online degree and they don't give students concession passes for transport. Where as other full time students get half price transport.

 

You don't get student passes for transport because an online course doesn't require transport. Doesn't that make sense to you?

 

2 hours daily commute plus a 2.5 hour shift isn't worth the lousy 35 dollars I will earn out of it.

 

I completely agree. Even aside from the money, a two hour commute to work a 2.5 hour shift is kind of silly. Can't you find a job in Sydney? This seems like a lot of hassle for not much reward.

 

Why the heck is it so damn expensive to travel to a bloody job?

 

Would it be cheaper to use your parents' car? You said you have access to it.

 

It seems straight forward to me. They have the money to live in the world's most expensive city in a massive 3 story house. They can afford to pay me 150 to 180 a week to live there and be available to drop the kids at school and day care.

 

180 a week for working 7 or 8 hours a day with kids is not much money even bearing in mind they pay for my food and living expense.

 

To live in Sydney in a nice area and a nice house like this, it could cost me probably 400 to 500 in rent per week plus 100 food and transport.

 

You're kind of talking out of both sides of your mouth.

 

On the one hand, you talk about the beautiful, 3 story, huge house you get to live in that's in a great location in Sydney. On the other hand, you seem to think that you aren't really getting paid that much for the living expenses and food portion of the deal.

 

You say outside of this arrangement, living in a place like that would cost you $400-500 a week in rent, plus $100 in food and transport. So, let's say it would cost you $500 per week.

 

That's $2,000 per month, plus the $180 per week they are paying you, which is $2,720 per month, which is $32,640 per year. That is essentially what they are paying you, if your estimates of cost are correct.

 

BUT, does your estimate of $400-500 per week for rent include all living expenses -- rent, utilities (gas, electric, water, cable TV, phone, cell phone, Internet), insurance, etc.)? They are covering all of that for you? (What about your cell phone -- will you cover that bill?) Does the $100 per week of food and transport include your toiletries or other personal items?

 

In other words, I think you might be underestimating the living costs, and as a result, underestimating the value of what you are actually getting paid for the nanny gig, albeit money that is not going into your pocket.

[Leigh 87]

I am under my parents insurance card but the point of me moving out is for me to take charge and be a normal adult. I will be paying insurance myself as soon as I start working. Thanks for reminding me, I had a lot on my mind.

 

I will get my own Medicare card.

 

I am going to only do the patisserie job on weekends when I can do long shifts so it is worth the transit. I am not going to work during the week. They said they are cool with that. I will work the first week since I am on their roster though. Then weekends only.

 

I feel really relaxed about only working weekends at the patisserie. It makes me feel at ease and not stressed as I will have ample time to study during the day. I want to get good grades so I can do a masters in 2.5 years.

 

I suppose I am getting a good deal since it is a nice house in a nice area. I could NEVER afford to live in Sydney, even if I got 60K a year it is still too expensive for people with average jobs.

 

I certainly wont be buying in Sydney. Me and my bf plan to buy on the an hour away from the CBD as we don't mind the commute to work, we both love reading/he loves playing word games on his phone a lot.

 

The aim of this job whilst studying is, while living at home was great fun, I can save towards a house deposit if I work there for 3 years; travel and nose job in year one, then everything will go towards a house.

[Leigh 87]

Do you have a contract with these people or can you quit at any time?

 

And do you have a backup plan if things don't turn out the way you expect and you end up needing to quit?

 

 

 

My parents are always there if I am broke and have no where to go. I am always welcome to move back into their flat, as they are not there most of the time.

 

I am good with kids so I doubt there will be a problem living there. I keep to myself and don't annoy people I live with. I will study in my spare time anyways.

[anne1707]

You didn't answer the first question Leigh. Do you have a contract of employment?

[Conners]

Good for you.

 

Sadly, not everyone can just get a reception job.

 

Trust me I have tried. I have gotten my resume professionally done. I dress well. I don't sound low class or uneducated.

 

I am just not very conventionally good looking and I am a little strange, something I cannot help. I manage to make friends and get dates and have a very normal life, but it has taken me YEARS to get to this stage where I can come across as somewhat normal.

 

I would have killed to have just gotten a basic reception job full time and studied full time on the side. After 4 years of trying, I have had to resort to a more difficult route, including moving, to find work.

 

Stop acting like it is that easy for all of us, you really don't know whether or not other individuals can easily get a job easily.

 

Leigh, I wasn't acting like it's easy for everyone to get an office job with no qualifications. I was applying for jobs daily, probably up to 100 before I got at least a couple of interviews. I am also not a bubbly person like a typical receptionist should be and I'm quite introverted so it was difficult for me. I was just responding to your comment that it's almost impossible to get an administration job without university qualifications. Out of everyone I know that has an office job, most of them do not have qualifications. A few maybe have basic TAFE qualifications. It's quite easy to work your way up.

 

However I think your right that it would be hard to find part time reception/administration work. There's a lot less demand for casual/part time administration staff. When I started uni, I was looking for admin jobs for casual hours and there wasn't much available.

 

I would prefer your nanny job rather than working administration while at uni though

[Conners]

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Not sure if disagreeing with me

[UpwardForward]

Leigh, I wasn't acting like it's easy for everyone to get an office job with no qualifications. I was applying for jobs daily, probably up to 100 before I got at least a couple of interviews. I am also not a bubbly person like a typical receptionist should be and I'm quite introverted so it was difficult for me. I was just responding to your comment that it's almost impossible to get an administration job without university qualifications. Out of everyone I know that has an office job, most of them do not have qualifications. A few maybe have basic TAFE qualifications. It's quite easy to work your way up.

 

However I think your right that it would be hard to find part time reception/administration work. There's a lot less demand for casual/part time administration staff. When I started uni, I was looking for admin jobs for casual hours and there wasn't much available.

 

I would prefer your nanny job rather than working administration while at uni though

 

I would think having either a part time or even a full time job - along with the one on-line course would be more feasible if living at home.

 

She also had the use of a family car - so no time lost with buses/trains.

Edited May 31, 2014 by UpwardForward

[Eternal Sunshine]

Not sure if disagreeing with me

 

I went a bit too far with US vs Australia thing and didn't have the desire to fight with other posters so I deleted it

[Eternal Sunshine]

I would think having either a part time or even a full time job - along with the one on-line course would be more feasible if living at home.

 

She also had the use of a family car - so no time lost with buses/trains.

 

Moving out of home and being independent has a huge emotional impact. It's not all about money.

[UpwardForward]

Moving out of home and being independent has a huge emotional impact. It's not all about money.

 

Half her income will be govt subsidized regardless. And moving in with another family? I'm not seeing much independence gained between the mother's helper job, and living at home seeking outside employment.

[anne1707]

Half her income will be govt subsidized regardless. And moving in with another family? I'm not seeing much independence gained between the mother's helper job, and living at home seeking outside employment.

 

Agreed. There is no pressure here regarding paying rent, utilities, car finance etc or even having to go and shop for food. This is not independent living by any stretch of the imagination.

[Leigh 87]

But this is the best I can do.

 

And I AM working for rent and food; I will be dropping kids off to school and picking them up, getting then up in the morning and helping look after them in the evening.

 

I get government help because all full time students who do not earn the Aussie minimum wage get it.

 

I am literally doing the best I can with the qqualifications I have. I did personal training before I fell I'll but my certificates are no longer relevant unless I spend hundreds to update them. Plus I would have to do some study to brush up on skills. Plus the fitness industry is disgusting- you have to pay the gym 200 a week the rent the gym space to train your clients. You have to be very very good at what you do and be able to get clients immediately in order to make any money.

 

I have looked for reception, food serving, waitress jobs and retail work for 4 year but II have asperges and so no one liked me enough to give me a chance to earn money.

 

Therefore my best option is to throw myself into study towards a more stable office ttype career while I work in the process.

 

Can't you see that this is the only job I can get and I now reside in a VERY comfortable, very spacious house and in a very very nice area. This is a 2 million plus dollar lifesstyle and I really love my new home. I am 300 + dollars a week better off living here than I was at home.

 

I have had LEGITIMATE problems that have set me back in life despite me having the intelligence to have a degree and a career by now.

 

The comments about how far behind Iin life I am are totally disgusting.

 

I studying full time and working while I do it.

 

I have done my own damn food shopping for the last 10 years thanks and I also did all the shopping for my ex so it's no big deal that I no longer have to food shop.

[Haydn]

I do not think you are far behind in life. Have you tried temp agencies? I get a few people who work for me from temps. I do not know about `Stralia`, but here i can pay them higher then min wage which is around £6.50, i can always go to £15-30 hourly. Mainly admin. Have you thought about this? Most give me 25 hours a week. This gives them plenty of time to do other things, education, applying for FT positions etc..

[Leigh 87]

Agreed. There is no pressure here regarding paying rent, utilities, car finance etc or even having to go and shop for food. This is not independent living by any stretch of the imagination.

 

 

 

Well I have had a mental illness and uunfortunately that set me back nearly ten years in life.

 

Instead of living aat my parents flat rent free while I study i am opting to work full time as a nanny in someone else's house and get to live a very nice lifestyle whilst doing it.

 

i think this is a very smart thing to do. I get to feel more self worth through working full time while i also get a very nice house in a lovely area that only millionaires can afford to live in.

 

i also get to earn my own money whilst my parents don't have to support me bar the fact I am on their medical insurance which I am going to qquit in order to pay for my own health insurance.

 

I have even taken a second job that I am embarrassed working in just to earn more money whilst I study full time.

 

And do you want to talk about being independent? My parents have lived overseas since I was TEN.

 

I have lived with family friends and lived alone since age 18 without my parents in the same country. Sure they supported me financially and let me reside in their various homes but since age 18 I have dome my own shopping and llived in a home doing everything myself.

 

Now i am at least working full time while i study.

 

i am very against renting and this lifestyle where I am a full time nanny is MUCH MUCH better than renting a flat with 3 other students and working to just pay the rent while i study full time. If i paid rent, studied full time and refused government assistance I would be working 40 hours a week to just pay for my lliving expenses. I wwould not save a penny. I would work full time just to survive.

 

Since I am already behind in life for reasons that were not my fault (in fact I have fought tooth and nail just to be somewhat NORMAL) I have decided to avoid renting and Iinstead, put myself in a position of being able to make money and save for a house ddeposit.

 

Sure I could go out on mmy own. But I have NEVER heard of a full time student that REFUSED their government assistance because they would RATHER work full time whilst they study just to feed themselves and get shelter. With absolutely no savings despite their full time work.

 

Believe it or not being totally independent of government and parental help isn't the be all or end all to me. I have professional friends and decent people who I am close to. In my opinion I am a lovely and kind person. I don't feel any lesser than my professional mates just because they are independent whilst I need government assistance.

 

I can achieve my career goals in a much better way than declining government assistance which ALL full time students claim and working full time, just to share a small flat with 2 or 3 other people.

 

My way is comfortable, I will still have dignity since I am choosing to work (opposed to living at home rent free) and I will achieve my degree and hopefully a better life.

[Leigh 87]

I do not think you are far behind in life. Have you tried temp agencies? I get a few people who work for me from temps. I do not know about `Stralia`, but here i can pay them higher then min wage which is around £6.50, i can always go to £15-30 hourly. Mainly admin. Have you thought about this? Most give me 25 hours a week. This gives them plenty of time to do other things, education, applying for FT positions etc..

 

 

 

I have tried everything. It has taken my years of therapy just to learn how to act normal and it is only since age 26 that I have had friends.

 

life is very good for me now but sadly, in the past I have always been to ......afflicted by the asperges to get jobs. Of course I have tried for years and I have worked at numerous cafes bars rrestaurants and even a good retail outlets. I held some jobs for months but I always proved too phobic of working in publicto hold the jobs Iin spite of my best efforts.

 

I have tried very hard for years to get work. It is only now after a lot of hard work that I am at a stage where I am desirable enough to other people to secure employment.

 

Trust me when I say that people who have asperges or autism cannot get even the most low paid jobs because they often have trouble working in very public settings and don't look favorable to other people in terms of their behavior.

 

Fortunately I have really decent friends now and a wonderful boyfriend and my life is actually really good. The missing piece of the puzzle that my professional mates enjoy is total financial independence. Which takes a while to aquire when you have no skills besides experience in retail and hospitality. ..

 

Therefore studying is my only option and something I personally insist on doing since I want a career in my preferred field. As everyone knows it is very difficult to be totally financially independent whilst studying full time when retail and hospitality are your only options.

 

SO i am opting for a much more comfortable lifestyle than full time students who insist on doing it tough. I feel great about myself that I have managed to find find a full time position albeit a very comfortable one.

 

I am happier working than living rent free in my parents flat. Being the nanny of children is a great job too, if you fit in well with the family. An ideal job in which to study full time in my case.