Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Am I the only one who TOTALLY stresses out over the future? Me and my spuose are moving in about a year to Portland, OR. And this is REALLY freaking me out... the whole:
Will I find a Job?
Will we like it?
Will we end up homeless on the street?
Will an earthquake come and kill us both?
Will one of us die before we can even move??
The last ones are a tad extreme, but they really do cross my mind sometimes. I guess my biggest worry now is the job thing. I CANNOT seem to decide what I want to do, and it is really freaking me out. MFA or MBA... or maybe neither. I just don't know...
Anyway have any suggestions how I can just relax? Or even how I can narrow down what I want to do for a career?
Thanks :)
Will I find a Job?
Will we like it?
Will we end up homeless on the street?
Will an earthquake come and kill us both?
Will one of us die before we can even move??
The last ones are a tad extreme, but they really do cross my mind sometimes. I guess my biggest worry now is the job thing. I CANNOT seem to decide what I want to do, and it is really freaking me out. MFA or MBA... or maybe neither. I just don't know...
Anyway have any suggestions how I can just relax? Or even how I can narrow down what I want to do for a career?
Thanks :)
LOL! I hear you. The future can be a scary place. You can project all of your fears into the far-flung unknown and worry over it... OR...
You can be Pro-Active and do a little research now.
Housing? Jump online and look up apartments and houses in Portland. Choose and area and check it out. NOTHING is more fun than virtual tours of other people's homes online! (ooops, I gave myself away there)
As for your job... since you're in school right now, why not hit your teachers up for advice? Someone might have a Portland contact that can hook you up! Ask around... are they aware of a place out there that you can check into? Do they know of a web site that can give you some direction? You'd be amazed at the networking opportunities that might be right under your nose!
Contact one of the art schools in Portland. Do they have advice? Can they recommend a web site to check out?
What you are looking for is control over the situation. Don't throw the seeds in the air and try to find them after they land. Plant the seeds and watch them grow!
You've got a year to really do your homework and be pro-active and a full participant in the planning of your future. You go for it!
I wish you SO much success.
HUGS