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Nikia

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6. I don't think that truck driving is for me

Reply to Lick the Toad (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 11:31 AM

Jan 2012

The reason that possibly having an hour commute or more bothers me isn't just because it takes up time and gas. I have anxiety about driving, especially in heavy traffic. I also have below average backing and parking skills in a car. I'm not really sure what areas that I should consider other than what I've been doing but that isn't it.
Yes, I should have been looking more seriously for jobs months ago. Probably September was when I got the hint that I did not have much of a future there and that things were going to just keep on getting worse. It wasn't like I could have had any time to go to any interviews though. I was working around 60 hours per week and needed to give a couple of weeks advance noticed to get any time off.

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Decisions about job search [View all] Nikia Dec 2011 OP

Be open to new opportunities Loge23 Dec 2011 #1

I pursue my passion regardless DaveJ Dec 2011 #2

I would not call food manufacturing my passion exactly Nikia Dec 2011 #3

I struggle with the distance factor too DaveJ Dec 2011 #4

The world has really changed, hasen't it? Lick the Toad Jan 2012 #5

I don't think that truck driving is for me Nikia Jan 2012 #6