Keeping my head above water

The past two months have been pretty disheartening. I've sent out dozens upon dozens of applications, looking for work to keep up with rising bills. I've had one interview, one scam, and everything else has been rejections. Not every job has been a perfect fit, and I've had to get creative with marketing my skillset. (Spinning my 2-3 years of comic-making into skills for a position as a technical writer landed me that one interview, oddly enough.) And I'm often fighting hundreds of applicants.

But still, I've been at this since mid-February, and it's hard not to start taking it personally. I know I'm fully qualified for the majority of jobs I've applied for, but the day-to-day budget makes it hard to look at the situation with a level head. Either I come down on myself as useless or unhirable, or grow bitter at the world around me for not giving me a chance to stay under my roof.

A year ago, it would have been impossible for me to avoid either of those two and stay positive, but I'm quite a bit stronger I was. I'm glad I'm at least better-equipped to emotionally deal with the stress, and accept that I am in an ocean of people looking for work, and only so many ever get seen. Both my hobby and my last job have niche skillsets. Of course it's going to take time.

But I don't have much more. So um... yeeup.