I'm feeling better now.

[guanin]

I started googling 'historical consultants', which I can't believe I didn't do before, although Google is not very helpful, I must say. 95% of the results are people's CVs. I did like the first one I saw, though. The guy has an MA, but no PhD, like me, is a creative writer and specializes in Medieval, Tudor, and maritime history. If you change 'Medieval' for 'Aztec', that's me. So that helps. I am having an awful hard time finding firms, though. I've only found two that specialize for the media so far and one of them is exclusively military/WW I and II. Not my thing at all.

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[lotus0kid.livejournal.com]

You know, to be painfully honest, if you're just looking for a job, I'd try to find an office or retail place. With the economy in the state it's in, expecting to find work that uses your degree is pretty unrealistic- it's a sad fact, but true. I'd say, maybe, if there's a local college nearby you could see if you can do some administrative work in one of their offices.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

I haven't actually been looking for a job lately, but the lack of contact with people is driving me crazy. And working at an office is my nightmare job and I don't think I'd be able to deal with customers without having a breakdown. I do have plenty of savings left so it's not a pressing need. The thing is I have really bad depression and it's not something I can suck up or ignore and I really need something to go my way in my life right now because I keep getting worse. So I really, really need a job I like or at least get into an environment where I can get a job I like in the future. The other problem is that I don't even know what that is. I try not to think about the economy because that's a trigger for the depression by itself. Although this breakdown was brought on by my lack of social life, not the job situation, but I can't think of any other way to justify trekking up to Chicago with its horrendous parking rates.