-
Recent Posts
- Feel Like I Have Nothing Significant to Share Right Now
- 13 Days Into the New Year
- It’s Another New Year & I’m Feeling Hopeful
- Psoriosis is Consuming Me
- Psoriosis Update: December 2022
- It’s So Easy to Fall Out of a Routine of Good Habits
- Psoriosis November Update
- Thankful for My Anxiety for One Reason
- Been Almost 7 Years Since that Cancer Diagnosis in 2016
- Confused & Conflicted (Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder)
- Curious about Natural Menopause
- Have Not Been Writing
I Talk About
Archives
Love Your Comments
- Boiling Wok on Psoriosis is Consuming Me
- bookjunkie on Psoriosis is Consuming Me
- bookjunkie on Psoriosis is Consuming Me
- bookjunkie on Psoriosis Update: December 2022
Meta
Copyright
Unless otherwise indicated, all photos featured on the blog were taken by me. All Rights Reserved Singapore Actually 2022
Tag Archives: jobless
Video: Dr Ang of SDP Talks about the 2009 Recession, Job Loss & Stress
I can so relate to this. A job is so much part of your identity and it can be devastating to be unemployed. The worries can be intense. Dr Ang also talks about job pay cuts and how this affects … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 2009, anxiety, depression, Dr Ang, Dr Ang Yong Guan, income, job loss, jobless, retrenchment, Singapore, Singaporeans, stigma, suicide, unemployed
2 Comments
My Confession: I Should Not be Ashamed of This, But I Am
I don’t know why it’s so hard for me to put this out there, but ok here goes – I am unemployed. I am jobless and very ashamed, guilt ridden, and embarrassed about it. The thing is, I wasn’t retrenched, … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged Ashamed, bad, bad co-worker, books, bully, Confession, depression, expectations, fear, fears, guilt, hermit, Identity, interviews, job, jobless, Life, Living, mean, office, Office Politics, personal, Phobia, quit, sad, society, Toxic, unemployed, Unemployment, work, workplace, writer
16 Comments
Facing the Demons of Unemployment (A Post I Love via The Odyssey)
Another post I could not resist reblogging. I’m so glad WordPress introduced this new feature today. Jon captures the agony of being jobless so well. I can attest that it is truly soul sucking. There is definitely something to be … Continue reading
Finding a Nice Boss is Like Winning the Lottery
Why are mean bosses a dime a dozen, while the nice ones are as rare as diamonds? It seems that only the aggressive power hungry individuals get to the top while the nice guys finish last. The board doesn’t give … Continue reading
Don’t Let Your Job Define You
You’ve probably met them. The executive who brags about their job. The great company they work for. Every conversation revolves around how hard they are working and even though they secretly relish how indispensible they are. Sadly, I used to … Continue reading
Posted in When Work Sucks
Tagged corporate, death, define, family, hell, job, jobless, Life, passion, retirement, retrenchment, work
6 Comments
Attempting Fiction (The Interview)
Mila wiped her clammy hands on her new charcoal skirt and adjusted her white blouse. Willing herself not to loose her balance she walked into the room. It had been months since she had worn proper shoes. The new shoes … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged anxiety, failure, interview, jobless, story, unemployed
Leave a comment
