37M, unemployed, stuck in life
Wow y’all, I’m really stuck here.
I’ve worked food service for over 19 years and I was a full-time employee and they treated me very well, but one day, I just couldn’t do it anymore. I’ve grown tired and weak of it and also have health issues too that helped with wanting to quit. Standing on my feet for 9 hours a day became too much. So I’ve been unemployed for 2 months and a half and I’ve been very lucky to have such a sweet and loving mother, she’s the best. And I just want to do better in my life career wise and show her that I am capable of finding a career and standing on my own independently so she doesn’t have to worry before she kicks the clock someday. The job market is bad these days but I won’t give up.
I’m an introvert, and I don’t do well around others and feel like I don’t belong in the 9am-5pm job world, because of my anxiety and no social intelligence in-person, I’ve always done better writing on text/email/etc. I’ve always been a huge introvert and a homebody all my life.
I see a lot of people these days getting work from home jobs, including a cousin of mine, and I’ve been thinking that I want this as well.
Look, I know it’s hard to find anything work from home really. But if there’s a chance someone reads this post and knows of anything that would help me be set for life and work from home, I’d do it. I don’t care about be lonely for the rest of my life (if that happens) because I’ve been completely fine with loneliness, all I care about is getting myself set for life and not homeless when the time comes that my mother kick the bucket.
At this point, I really don’t care which career I get that I can find working from home. Because I just need anything to help me get on my feet that will help me aim towards something I REALLY want to do.
Right now, currently, I’m looking into Technical writing if you know anything about that? I’ve done very little research on Technical Writing but so far looks good to me! But please, shoot me lots of more ideas for a guy like me with no experience in much of anything or no certifications or degrees. Another thing about me being an introvert is that I’m deaf in one ear and hard of hearing on another. So I’d want asynchronous work with no phone calls/live meetings/etc.
And no, my health issues are not enough to get SSI. I’ve already tried talking to doctors about it and gotten lab results and testings done, but not enough to get SSI. It was worth a shot!
I appreciate you for taking the time to read this and hopefully responding to a very eager man looking to set a path forward with his life and hopefully be okay in his future. I type this with a lot of emotion and tears. And whatever it is that you do or are going through, bless you and I wish you the very best.
I hope I’ve added enough context about me and shown enough of what I want.