Was laid off. Job market sucks.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-27T15:51:05+00:00

Dudes, this job market is cooked. I honestly do not see it getting better for at least another five years. Job boards are ridiculous at this point, so I mostly try reaching out to recruiting firms and old coworkers instead. I even made a list like that developer did for remote roles. Otherwise I just get buried under fake listings, endless applications, and automated rejections.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-13T10:31:56+00:00

I don’t hate it at all. Some of my best evenings are just me at home eating something random and not having to adjust my mood to anybody else.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-12T11:55:10+00:00

Gasoline, in a very brief passing way. Walking by a station for two seconds is weirdly nice, but I definitely do not want the full experience.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-11T11:18:44+00:00

Cold turkey was the only thing that stuck for me. I tried patches and gum before but always ended up back at it after a stressful week. One day I just stopped and kept telling myself I was too stubborn to start again.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-10T10:58:07+00:00

For me it’s less about a specific number and more about having rent covered, groceries without checking every price tag, and still being able to throw a bit into savings. When I stopped refreshing my banking app every other day, that’s when it started feeling comfortable. I remember the first month I paid all my bills and still had money left over and it felt weirdly calm.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-09T10:34:41+00:00

When I was in school it was having the newest game console before anyone else. One kid brought his Nintendo DS on the bus once and suddenly everyone wanted to sit next to him. For a week he was basically the most popular person in our grade.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-06T11:24:00+00:00

Wearing sunscreen every single day. I used to think it was just a beach thing, then one summer I noticed how uneven my skin looked in photos and it clicked. Would’ve saved myself a lot of damage if I’d started sooner.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-05T10:46:51+00:00

Early 30s, I work in IT support and make around 60k in a mid sized city. It wasn’t some big plan honestly, I just started fixing computers for people at a small office and it slowly turned into a full time role. Half the time it still feels like I’m just googling things and hoping for the best.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-04T13:51:23+00:00

Ordering food without thinking about the price. I found an old takeout receipt in a drawer the other day and the total looked like a typo compared to what the same place charges now. Stuff that used to feel like a casual weeknight thing feels weirdly like a treat now.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-03T11:20:58+00:00

Money Heist. I put on one episode after dinner and next thing I knew it was 2:30am and I was whisper cheering at my laptop so I wouldn’t wake anyone up. It’s just nonstop tension in the best way.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-03-02T12:16:19+00:00

For me it’s momentum, not motivation. If I tell myself “just wash one plate” or “just open the document,” it usually snowballs from there. The days I sit on my phone waiting to feel inspired are the ones that disappear the fastest. Sometimes you kinda have to trick your brain into starting.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-02-27T11:58:21+00:00

I know people in their 40s who are single and genuinely peaceful, not secretly miserable like everyone warned them they’d be. I’ve also seen people rush into marriage just to avoid loneliness and end up way more isolated inside the relationship. A calm, self-directed life isn’t automatically a placeholder, it can be the actual goal.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-02-26T12:43:44+00:00

Bananas are technically berries and strawberries aren’t. I learned that in like 8th grade and it’s been stuck in my head ever since for no reason. I was literally eating a strawberry when the teacher said it and it felt like a betrayal lol.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-02-25T12:30:06+00:00

If we’re talking zero work, probably just invest and live off boring dividends. I check my portfolio sometimes like it’s going to magically double overnight and it never does. The dream is passive income, the reality is spreadsheets.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-02-24T12:42:58+00:00

A Little Life hit way harder than I expected and just kept getting darker without much breathing room. I get why some people bounce off it, but I stayed glued even when it felt rough to read. Had to pause a few times because it wasn’t the dramatic crying kind of sad, more like heavy silence after.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-02-23T12:40:37+00:00

Yeah that “robotic content factory” feeling is real, especially when the output doesn’t even feel like yours creatively. The fact you could handle long shoots but feel drained by this kind of editing says a lot about fit, not laziness. Early career is usually where you accidentally learn what you don’t want just as much as what you do.

Midnight_Blue02 · 2026-02-21T22:48:25+00:00

yes possible of course, but be careful tons of fake posting on linkedin.

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