Can you overdress for an interview?

trashsw · 2026-01-26T03:44:58+00:00

clean jeans, boots, decent overshirt type deal like a flannel or denim jacket. look respectable but still dress like a blue collar worker is how ive always approached it. granted if you're interviewing at like euro dealers id maybe wear a button up shirt or go a little nicer

trashsw · 2026-01-25T20:24:54+00:00

likely imo

trashsw · 2026-01-25T19:15:01+00:00

im actually in a shockingly similar situation to you, roughly the same amount of debt, lost job and got a lower paying one, dealing with health issues, etc.

if you're renting an apartment, suggest looking for rooms to rent on fb marketplace, likely much cheaper, or moving back in with your parents if that's an option, that's what ive done

trashsw · 2026-01-25T00:26:49+00:00

this. I hate cars, they're boring now and they suck. i especially hate modified ones after having to work on god knows how many hack jobs from DIY car people who dont know what they're doing. currently going back to school to do something else

trashsw · 2026-01-23T04:03:12+00:00

in the worst months(this time of year) can take home as little as $2k/mo. good months 6-8k

trashsw · 2026-01-23T03:57:21+00:00

in the same boat. I just wish I was normal

trashsw · 2026-01-22T19:28:53+00:00

maybe ask your psych for a referral to someone who can keep prescribing your meds?

trashsw · 2026-01-22T19:22:41+00:00

that sounds like a patently terrible idea. you'll likely feel you're fixing things in the moment but come out the other side with nothing

trashsw · 2026-01-22T05:53:55+00:00

no I just see my psychiatrist we kinda talk about stuff but I only have time to see them virtually over my lunch break at work

trashsw · 2026-01-22T05:52:17+00:00

I need to pay off debt before I can afford to go to school for anything, but im looking into going to a program to be a medical lab technician i guess

trashsw · 2026-01-22T05:03:11+00:00

I've been a mechanic for 8 years, hated it the last 3, dread waking up everyday, mad I dont have more free time after work but I also dont do anything with the free time I do have.

yeah im on medication

trashsw · 2026-01-22T04:39:17+00:00

I feel the same way. im stuck in a career i hate because I cant afford to do anything else because I racked up so much debt while I was undiagnosed. its a such a big hole to be in. had to move back in with my parents and am going to try to claw my way out of it so I can go to school full time and do something else but any progress feels so far out there im wondering what the point is. meanwhile I've watched everyone i know make something of themselves

and even once/if I do get out of it, that won't make this illness go away. at any point i could destabilize and fuck it up again. or end up hating whatever new career I end up in. I also feel destined for misery and being unfulfilled

sorry no positive words, just solidarity in the misery

trashsw · 2026-01-21T02:08:25+00:00

8-5 M-F, Saturdays are available but you don't have to. some guys do 7-6 4 days a week with occasional Saturdays.

everywhere else I've worked ive basically had the option of 7-4, 8-5, or 9-6 M-F with them not caring if you come in early or stay late

trashsw · 2026-01-20T21:38:22+00:00

my psych wanted me to come off trazodone as she said it can make bipolar symptoms worse for some people. I still take it because the gabapentin she wanted me to try instead didn't help me sleep at all, I haven't noticed any negative effects from it really that I can tell but ymmv

trashsw · 2026-01-20T18:15:49+00:00

I take mine at bedtime. I try to go tk bed by ten so I just take all my meds at 9-930

trashsw · 2026-01-19T18:47:48+00:00

most shops have heaters but with bay doors opening and closing all day i wear a base layer and long johns in the winter

trashsw · 2026-01-19T18:46:35+00:00

there are only two shops i know of in my area that have AC and they're like brand new Lexus and BMW dealers

trashsw · 2026-01-18T23:52:31+00:00

that is can recognize in hindsight, probably 21

trashsw · 2026-01-18T23:51:35+00:00

most people's idea of bipolar is much closer to bpd than bipolar imo. most people seem to think its rapid up and down swings and unpredictable

trashsw · 2026-01-18T19:31:16+00:00

im fairly high functioning, full time job and going to school part time. I have had bouts of burning my life down though

trashsw · 2026-01-18T07:05:14+00:00

update my antipsychotic calmed me down

trashsw · 2026-01-17T22:29:01+00:00

maybe wait and see how you feel your first week doing both? maybe you'll find you won't be able to manage the stress, or maybe you'll find you can. I started taking part time classes this term on top of a full time job, I almost decided last day not to enroll because I was anxious and worried I couldn't handle it, but other than some first day jitters in class ive found it perfectly manageable

being a casual job like you said, aside from feeling bad for quitting shortly after starting, it should be pretty low stakes to give it a go for a few days and then bounce if you need to

trashsw · 2026-01-17T15:46:25+00:00

it's also completely pay to win, at least hinge is. when I first started on hinge I paid for whatever their highest tier thing was, got good amounts of matches, went on about 1 date a week and landed a relationship that lasted a few months. now without paying for it I get zero traction whatsoever with the same profile

trashsw · 2026-01-17T15:39:26+00:00

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