Serious Business Meeting...About Cats.

(Author's note: My "p" key is a bit stuck, so any words missing the aforementioned letter were not typed wrong intentionally or without vehement beating of the keyboard. Thank you.)

Earlier this evening I overheard my mother discussing with my grandfather all the work I was doing searching for work. Everyone, including said grandfather, had an opinion of what I was supposed to do in order to correctly establish myself in the workplace. I will list the advice accordingly:

a.) Send your resume/cover letter to every single job that catches your fancy...and even the stuff that doesn't.
b.) Offer to work for free as a slave to a local rag to get "experience".
c.) Keep trying until someone gives you an interview or you're hired...and even then, KEEP SEARCHING!
d.) Childcare (what I'm good at) and bar tending are not viable forms of "experience" (AN: They are the best experience. Try dealing with an irate child at 10am who won't get into the swimming pool for his lesson. The coaxing and persuasional tactics that come with the experience can help in the future when dealing with a coworker, or perhaps an errant copy machine).

While I value the effort on their parts, and some of this info is viable and true, I still feel pressured and stupid. There are moments where I find I just do not want to put forth the time and work because so many expect it of me. That's gonna hook me a 401K for sure...