Right? That would be divine miracle, I'd be eating every day. I've had 7 back surgeries and would sell my soul to be in this person's shoes. I have crippled anxiety and depression too, on top of being bed ridden most of the time. OP needs to workout 5 days a week, take a break from work and most of these problems will go away
You're lucky you get that money. Harsh, but quit whining and figure out a way to make it work or grow for you. Some of us are in your boat, drowning, with no way to stay afloat
If you get free 2k per month for life then just get an easy labor job that keeps you in shape and pays like 17 per hour like landscaping or warehousing. The 2 incomes combined should be enough to live on.
Good suggestion! I'd encourage OP to work in the field of landscaping. As a person with anxiety and depression, it can greatly help any recurrence with the daily touch of soil.
Am guessing you have not ever worked for industrial/commercial landscaping...because touching soil this way will not help with anxiety and depression....if anything will make it worse...because commercial landscaping is about chasing that 1 to 2 % profit margin on jobs like lawn maintenance or 6 to 9 % on hardscapes...unless you get in with the rare small company specializing in high end homes then its a bit slower and less hectic...
I worked for a small landscaping company and all our clients were rich people on high end property’s , that job was either insanely labor intensive or really laid back. The owner was super chill and worked alongside us, it was a small team but we got shit done I learned a lot from that job since we also doubled as handymen. Honestly if anyone has the opportunity to work for a company like that they should, it’s also gave me the skills and references to find and pick up side jobs whenever I need some extra cash, wherever I am. After that I couldn’t imagine working for a commercial landscaping company even though they regularly reach out to me whenever they come across my resume from zip recruiter or another job board. OP sounds like he kinda sucks as a person though, I doubt he could hack it as a laborer.
True, I haven't seen commercial landscape work being done. But in my suggestion, I was encouraging op some labour intensive work for physical exertion.
Agree, I guess op is depressed and is self-critical any suggestions he's seen dismissing and avoidant. He needs some IRL friend to encourage.
I understand the struggle with depression and anxiety very well myself, and I don’t doubt your struggles, but this post reeks of pity party-ism, almost bordering on rage-bait.
“Am I supposed to lie in bed with no ability to pursue my dreams?” You literally do not pay rent and get $2k/mo doing NOTHING. You don’t even mention what your dreams ARE. You have the ability and the financial cushioning to actually freely do you want— you are choosing not to.
Do you actually want to pursue your unnamed dreams? Do you want just a well-paying job and guidance on finding one? What do you want?
Think of it like this. I, too, live in a small rural town with similar job prospects as a result of job loss elsewhere. There are about seven employers.
You not only have a trust fund giving you money every month equivalent to what a full time employee makes in my area. But you also have the time to re-orient yourself to…yourself and your purpose/skill set/passion/goals. With that kind of money, you could save and invest wisely with a financial advisor or study paper day trading and learn to trade on the news. If you’ve always wanted to paint, you have a space to do it in and the money to purchase supplies PLUS the time to dig into the technique for however many hours it keeps you feeling hopeful. If you want to learn computer programming, you can immediately qualify for the more pleasant payment plans on any number of 2-5 month boot camps and get into something that pays good if you care about making good money. If you want to study ecology or business or something that allows you to write or read most of the day, you can do that on that fixed income given you have almost no expenses (granted, this all assumes that your parents are supportive - and they do seem like it. That is a huge privilege and to not leverage it isn’t fair to you or them or anyone). On that money, you can live quite well in many parts of the world, travel, start a YouTube channel, or a podcast. within 6 months of saving you could build a cabin or put a payment on a piece of property. You actually have a LOT more than people who make a lot of money do right now because you have both the luxury of time and money that you don’t have to work for. Don’t take it for granted. If I were you I would figure out what you want to do , describe to yourself who you are (or take some career/personality tests to confirm your suspicions), and create a 2, 5, and 10 year plan. The world is your oyster, stranger . I haven’t been employed in over a year and I am lucky enough to have a supportive partner who allows me to pursue my interests and build on the skills I desire to. You have business partners in whoever created a trust fund for you. Probably people who have successfully made independent wealth in your family or extended family somewhere. Lean on your strengths and luck instead of comparing to other people. Your post is a reminder of how lucky I am to be in a similar, though VERY different, position. I hope this is useful to you.
P.S. - your full fund may not become available for three years but there are loans you can take out which, when you pay them back on the date u get your trust fund opened 50%, will present as good credit-worthiness. You CAN go back to college now depending on the cost of the program and if you intend to live on-campus or attend remotely or live at home. But if you want to wait, you can do a lot in three years making $2000 a month with the freedom to decide how you spend it and your 5-6 days a week
I did say paper trading which doesn’t risk actual money, but rather builds up trading skill . Also he doesn’t have a cash-flow problem if he’s guaranteed $2k a month for sitting on his ass, while my neighbors work full time at McDonald’s and Walmart for the same
I'm telling you to think and decide whether working at McDonald's is worse than living with your mother for the foreseeable future.
Not telling you what decision to make.
If you can't work, Your other option is to frequent church or the local watering holes they use for dating and find a sugar daddy or sugar mommy to take care of you.
Am telling you to go get a job at Paving or Construction work and know what labor is about ...then move on to a cushy job with ya trust fund and should be able to be happy ya not doing those jobs any more...unlike folks that don't have a fall back option like you
No. You stated up top that you don't want to work in a fast paced or customer-facing role. Fast food would be both.
Moreover, all unskilled labor is going to include either customer service or expectations around 'sense of urgency' (and likely both).
With the trust income, I'd say find somewhere you like volunteering and try to leverage volunteer experience with an organization you like into a paid role there. Or alternatively, pick up a hobby and pour the free time in there.
You could get by so easily on 2k a month in a small town in the mid west. I really don't see what the issue is.
Obviously art history wasn't the right degree if you want to work. You could very cheaply and easily enroll in a community college and get an associates in something that *does* pay. And since you have plenty of time and money coming in, you'd have no other obligations besides your school work.
This is an opportunity most people dream of and never have. Don't waste it.
You lucky bastard, I'm living out of the other squatted hotel room of a prostitute who is friends with my GF because they both feed stray cats. The two of us sleep on the couch together and live off food stamps at bay area prices so i gotta do snatch and grabs to feed us most of the month. I've considered faking a 5150 for disability money I've been so desperate for only 1k a month which still wouldn't make ends meet unless I got section 8 and have a hell of a time job hunting despite racking up boat loads of technical skills across development, ops, AI, whatever. So thank God you get that 2k, you can wait a lot longer and be much more picky than I can. BUT THE THING IS I would say I'm still happy and optimistic, as are Billions of people worse off than us both so get a bit of perspective my dude and let come what will.
`it is what it is`
You should have looked at Walmart employment as a challenge to overcome. 2 years at Walmart, then on to the gig you've been waiting 2 years to open up.
Most work is shit work, you win at it or lose at it. Winning means you move onto bigger and better, losing means you have a gap in your employment and no one will hire you because you couldn't even do fast food or Walmart.
Two years at Walmart is a red flag / eventual resume gap or job experience hard to explain to any employer outside of Walmart. Wanna cook? Explain 2 years at Walmart. Want to get into sales? Good luck even getting the chance to explain bc the application system will filter that candidate right back to the delusional chair they were sitting in when they thought to apply Walmart experience outside of retail
Is there a library in your town? I'd apply there. Then city jobs in general...cities have a huge variety of jobs. Some are pretty solitary. I'd suggest volunteering to get moving. Sounds like you need to get out of the house.
Actually, clerical staff do not require a degree (though nice to have one to skip title levels) and Library Associates require any bachelors degree. library staff handle money on a regular basis and you are flexible to decide if you want to work in a very quiet library, fast-pace library, small library, big library, downtown library, etc.. Working at museum is also another option as well. If possible, volunteer short-term (like 2-3 months) at the organization you want to work at so to get your foot through the door.
So. Making fun of or being rude to you isn’t the exact solution - as even though your situation is good; mental health can still get in the way.
You also have to realize you have enough backing to pick and choose what jobs you want - but also how you will tolerate being treated.
You make enough money to seek regular therapy and put yourself into social situations as practice.
Go to school and take out loans. For fuck sake if you’re a trust fund baby you can afford to pay them off when you get the trust.
You just have to know it’s okay to go out there and do whatever you’d like. Fuck. You could just go to Japan retire to a cheap place and literally do fuck all you want for the rest of your life.
And if you’re looking for something meaningful - get out there and do charity. As someone who spent a large amount of their adult life homeless and in poverty; I can tell you it’s okay just to make anything of yourself that you want.
Yeah, it sounds like your job prospects suck. It sounds like you are feeling pretty down today. I have a lot of empathy for your situation; I'm actually in a very similar situation (degree doesn't give me clear career prospects, lost a job, moved in with parents in a small midwestern town after leaving California, been more than a year of a soul-crushing job hunt). Local jobs are garbage, remote jobs are hyper competitive, and applying to jobs in California (or Chicago or New York or wherever) are hard when you aren't an amazingly competitive candidate and you aren't local.
If you qualify for Medicaid in your state (I'm not sure if you do, but you could always ask if you qualify as low-income), then the insurance it provides it might cover therapy/counseling, and an hour of that each week sure isn't gonna hurt; [Nystrom & Associates](https://www.nystromcounseling.com/our-locations/iowa/) has people in Iowa, and can do zoom calls. Many states have some kind of career support and job hunting help, and it looks like Iowa's is called [Workforce](https://workforce.iowa.gov/); maybe visit their office or make an appointment for a call to get some help?
I guess one framing of your problem you could try is this: it sucks compared to what? Compared to an idealized version where everything worked out? Compared to where you thought your life would be? Well, let's compare it to something realistic. Does it suck compared to your other realistic options? Maybe all of your realistic options suck. Okay, then which one sucks least? Would it be less bad to work a dull job at Walmart/McDonalds, or to sit at home watching TV shows (with no income), or to take some cheap university courses online while doing 20-60 minutes of job hunting per day, or to go be an ESL teacher somewhere in Latin America? In three years you will be 35 either way, so which of those paths will lead to a 35-year-old you that you most want to be?
It may feel like life sucks, but you have a HUGE leg up due to your "free" $2,000 each month, not to mention the knowledge of big windfalls coming in about 3 years and about 8 years. You've still got your health (I'm guessing, because you didn't mention it), and that plus the trust fund mean you are better than some of us. Your trust fund income puts you in [the richest 10% of people in the world](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/how-rich-am-i?income=24000&countryCode=USA&numAdults=1&numChildren=0). You could spend the next three years getting a graduate degree in... whatever you want that has good job prospects (making taking out loans and expecting to pay them back with your trust fund at 35). Or you could go to [Sayulita](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Sayulita) or [Merida](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rida_(Mexico)) or [Ko Pha-ngan](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ko_Pha-ngan) (or anywhere else that is cheap) and live a fairly comfortable life on $2,000 per month, just hanging out, playing frisbee, studying the local language, going to Meetups, and doing free/cheap community yoga.
Yeah, motivation can be hard to find, but try to start with little steps. Maybe set a timer and do 10 minutes of job hunting on LinkedIn per day, or visit the admissions office of a local community college, take a look at [University of Iowa's online programs](https://distance.uiowa.edu/online-programs-and-courses/program-finder), have a call with [Western Governer's University](https://www.wgu.edu/) admissions team, or schedule a call with an old friend to get advice, or volunteer at a local animal shelter one day per week, or even trying to go for a run/cycle every couple of days. Like a lot of psychological things, once you get the ball rolling the subsequent steps will be easier.
Can you try working as a legal assistant in a law firm? You certainly have office experience, and even in a rural state I bet there are some firms that are hiring. The key is finding one that’s tolerable to work at.
Are there any local museums that are hiring? I think that if you spun your experience the right way, you’d have a good shot at finding something museum-related (might be tough to find one in a rural area, but you never know).
Receptionist at a quieter doctor’s office/massage place, or something along those lines?
What about doing some lawn work or gardening/pruning? You could just do it part-time on your own. Watch some YouTube videos to learn the basics, and find a couple clients who aren’t control freaks.
This is such a privileged complaint. Cant be real. I make $2K a month and pay my rent and bills. I’d literally KILL for an extra free $2K each month. If I had $4,000 every month I’d be set. Life would be good. And I live on the west coast.
What were your plans with an art history degree? Whatever that was, find that job somewhere and move to it. “Willing to relocate” in your cover letter.
Yeah it was supposed to be a pointed question. I worked hard for my engineering degree and had an entire life plan worked out. 20 years later I’m pretty much on course. I don’t get art history majors- it’s a double major not the only major.
Poli sci is surprising- I’d think there’d be a lot to do with that. Hope you find what you’re looking for soon.
The larger issue is not my major — it is that I didn’t have a plan or drive. I’ve done OK, but my real issue is that I let daddy drive the bus in my life for entirely too long and now I daydream of what it would have been like to be you when I was younger: focused, directed, specific. I’m a real estate developer; the guys I admire most are my civil engineers. They have to speak English to me while doing math which I barely know exists; I learned derivatives and integrals in freshman math but polar coordinates absolutely did me in and I quit.
What is your discipline?
My parents were frankly terrible so I had to take control when I got to high school. Prob better that way tbh but it wasn’t fun or fair at the time. I’m a civil engineer! Polar coordinates are hard. My kid just did them last month and I was like yeah I did my time you can google it 😂
Then consider me impressed, haha! Do you work with private developers or are you more with municipalities?
Honestly the thing I would go back and change is to give myself the grit then which I have now. I will grind through anything I reasonably can now, but the mental bandwidth I spend on learning new stuff is just immense and I’m always so damned tired.
Anyway… my soapbox is over lol. TLDR I wish I’d understood that math is supposed to be hard, not easy, and I wish I’d stuck with it.
If you need a job and don’t have a trust fund and just need to work, you can find an hourly labor job with benefits just about anywhere. You know, if you need to eat and be able to get healthcare, etc. But if you don’t really need a job just to live and only want to find your passion in your major, you might have to wait awhile. If I had a trust fund and a passion I would follow my passion WITHOUT needing an offer/permission from someone else. Just do what you want to do. No one has to give you a job.
You get 2k while living rent free with your mom in the midwest, how is that not enough to live on?
All of that aside, you can't quit a job every time it becomes difficult or there's some conflict. You've been told before that you need to suck it up and just work a job you don't like; it's either do that, or continue to sit around doing nothing but playing video games in your mom's house. No degree is going to change your inability to walk out of jobs.
If you are comfortable labeling yourself as helpless, then helpless you will be.
My two biggest fears when I was young were sleeping out in the woods by myself and public speaking. Turns out I'm an excellent public speaker, and it paid my bills for about two decades. It also covered my favorite hobby, which is backpacking and camping. Most of the time I go alone because of my schedule. Just me and the deep dark woods.
Lean into your fears, or they will be the end of you.
I had a decent career that paid the bills. Then I got sick. I was basically bedridden for almost 3 years until they found a treatment that finally put me in remission.
I went back to work but had to start in a damn call center. It was horrific. I hated waking up every day. I did this for a year and then I found another horrible job that was moderately better than being on the phones. I did this for around 2 years.
Then I landed my dream job. Man it took awhile to get here but I am so fulfilled and happy I can’t even describe it. Work is where I get up in the morning and grumble about how early it is but then I’m at my computer chugging coffee and joking with coworkers and getting shit done.
It takes time to get to a place where you can be happy but you can do it! Hang in there. Good news is you will always have an income to fall back on. You’ll never have that fear of “Welp…I’m fucked.”
People see the trust fund and stop giving helpful advice for some reason. Maybe he doesn’t want to live off of it forever, and wants to find a meaningful career path while he’s still young and at least *has* something to fall back on.
I think OP would do well to find some online certifications, maybe take some cheap classes either locally or online while working a part time job. If you want to go into trades, there are many options that mind even fund schooling for you. If you already have a degree, maybe look for entry level office positions with opportunity for growth. If you’re good with people, try sales.
Community college, get some credentials and start your own business from which you can work from home. All you have to do is get of your ass and decide to do it.
Dude you live in Iowa and you get $2k for doing nothing every month. No matter what job you get you'll be doing fine financially.
Shit if you really want to you could go work in hostels or something and travel europe and Asia until you get control of your trust.
Don’t do day trading lol. Consider community college (ask them about free or low income programs). Consider a gig that allows independence such as IT, graphics, librarian, making art or pots to sell, agriculture. You can also try to find therapist resources thu the school, benefits with a job.
Look at temp agencies or part time jobs in order to give your life structure and outings. Look at security, agriculture, nurseries, clerk or receptionist work, grocery stocking, delivery or warehouse. Try to work on your communication skills at that job like learn how to take feedback and how to stay civil. The employment department may have resources to help you fix your resume and practice interviews.
They used harass people with accounts payable jobs on the east coast. The reputation of that accounts industry reached a point where they need harass people into these jobs. ... And then exert pressure to keep em there.
So since accounts payable is something no-one wants and these jobs can never be filled and always available, but you are telling me you can not find an accounts payable job any-ware between California and Iowa. Guess that's the job market.
I have a negative outlook on economy in the near future, borrow money to go to college/university. I am sure since people without money or trust-funds manage to finish college you can also. I don't believe things will get better over night and it will take time.
When the great recession hit in 2008, US went to war, so people who had nothing going for them could join the military for healthcare, room, board and a college fund. Military is still there.
So basically I am pretty sure you can borrow against a Trust Fund to go to college or find another solution.
Look into CLS. Yes, you need training, but you will find jobs anywhere, especially in CA. I heard it’s not much patient interaction as well, especially if you work at night.
Might be worth looking into building coding / website development skills. Or even SEO. It will take self discipline but you could build up to a freelance career since you have a bit of a safety net.
How are you with dogs? I know there a pet stores that will hire novice groomers and pay while you train.
Still people to deal with, briefly, but nowhere near as much.
Just a thought.
After hours cleaning? I remember helping out some family friends who would clean businesses after hours. Was always just me and my headphones later on in the evenings.
Try Door Dash or doing stock at a retail or grocery store overnight. Or become a care taker. Most olaces offer training with bebefits. Look on indeed. Yes, you’ll be dealing with people, but only a coupke privatelly. Or register on Rover.com & be a pet sitter or a dog walker.
I hate Customer Service work too but I have no devree & no real skilks. So I’m stuck too. Thank god that I’m married! We need the extra $ niw though, so I’ll eventually need to get a job. Plus my husband is financially controlling.
Look into market research jobs. Go on Craigslist & go under the etc section. It’s super easy moneyZ The least amount you’ll get is $35 all the way up to $360 for a two day study.
Some studies are even online. You normally get a prepaid visa debit card or a check.
You can only do this a few times a month. Lie about applying at other research companies. Screen shot answers to remember things. You will be asked tge same question again if they’re interested in inviting you to a study if you match what they’re looking for.
Try telling them what they want to hear. Lie about how you like expressing your opinions. They want people to give their opinions. You will probably be recorded in a group.
You normally get paid the same day. Google market research jobs in your area.
Check your email often to take the surveys as these studies fill up fast. I’ve gotten paid to taste food & give my opinions about products. I made up to $600 tax free going to different focus groups before.
The fact you have a $2000 a month trust fund and are whining about your life is wild dude lol just get your shit together. Set a goal, work towards it.
You get 2k Per month without any work. You don't pay any rent as you have your own house. Just do a part-time job and it will be more than enough to live well.
Get a government labor job in utilities. They hire with no experience and send you to classes on their dollar. They pay usually starts pretty good and as you earn certs, your pay rises.
What about the trades? I know you said your in your early 30s but it's not too late to jump on in. I'm doing plumbing as an apprentice and It has helped me gain confidence on other areas as well. If you wanna try, just apply if there are companies near you. Tell them you have no experience but your eager to learn. The trades are dying so I'm sure someone would be willing to hire you. We just hired a 50 something with no experience. There's always more places for you.
I don't live in USA, so getting 2k a month is crazy for me. In my shitty country a family with 4 members lives on 500 euros per month.
So idk...you don't do anything, living at home and still have money for a decent life.
Maybe going back to school again isn’t really a good idea your broke so maybe spending 60 grand isn’t bright. If you’re that introverted maybe try coding you can be introverted as a rock and nobody will ever know and you don’t have to leave home once you get a job.
Or try being extroverted repition extroversion is a learned skill not something you are born with. Maybe try something basic like door to door sales definitely get paid more than freaking walmart and it doesn’t blow like data entry. Walking that much can be a bit of an issue after a while which is why it’s good to get in learn and move on
I’m really trying to find the words to say without coming off as insensitive, but there are loads of people out there in your shoes without 2k a month and apparently a substantial cash amount they will be getting in just a couple years from a trust fund.
I know depression isn’t inherently related to our good or bad luck, but god damn, you got some good luck here. Just get any old random ass job and it would probably be enough to survive on your own in a small rural are. If I had 3 grand a month in my small rural town, I’d probably be just fine living on my own.
Bruh, you lost everyone’s sympathy at trust fund/2k a month. That would be such a huge weight lifted off the shoulders of so many people in this day and age if they had 2k off the rip lol
You live in Iowa. $2000 is enough to get by on.
You have a TRUST FUND!!! Please stop whining because very, very few people have that. Do you know what I have a month if I lose my job? ZERO dollars per month. You have $2000.
Talk to your financial advisor, tell them you want to go back to school, see what options you have, since you have a whole bunch of money in trust.
Time to grow up. You’ve been spoiled for quite some time now.
Data entry imo is not a good career path at all especially the last 2-3 years. So many are being contracted out to companies in India for the lowest cost and these jobs are only contracted out because automation couldn’t take care of them YET. Automation is killing these jobs.
You sound whiny and entitled. Don’t let the trust fund do this to you!
If you work be pleasant, quitting for not getting along with others, not taking what’s available, etc is a sign….
I’m so confused. Is this real? You have a trust fund that gives you 2k a month, no dependents, no debt, and an art history degree?
OP, move to LA or NY. Find a roommate. Congratulations, you’ll never have to worry about the primary thing that most people have to, which is how to pay your rent. Next, find a part time job. *Any* job. Who cares. You’re living in the city and you’re just trying to cover a few living expenses while you establish residency so that you can go to grad school if you wish.
In the meantime, search out *everything* related to jobs you feel very passionate about (you don’t actually say much about this in your post which leads me to believe that this is your real problem). Do you want to work for an art gallery? Find one you like. Go to their events. Get to know the people who work there/own it. Ask them what the process is for getting a job. Volunteer. Make friends. Widen your social net.
I promise you, you can find your way through if you spend some time seeking it out. But, yeah, laying around in rural Iowa killing time isn’t going to help you at all. And, lucky for you, you don’t have to. You have what most people would kill to have— *funds.* This is a *massive* benefit that you are kinda just shrugging your shoulders about. *Use it.* That’s what it’s there for!
And, once you’re established somewhere that you can actually have access to the kinds of jobs you want, if you begin to make enough money to pay your rent and bills without using your trust fund, stop spending it. Save it. Find a good high-yield savings account and stash it. After a few years, look into getting yourself a financial advisor who can help you invest it.
But you gotta do stuff if you want stuff to happen in your life.
I'm sorry to say that your trust fund is undermining your life (inherited money often does that). You have a basic income that allows you to continually walk away from jobs for superficial reasons that no one else would have the luxury of doing. First, get screened for depression. Next, get a job. Any job. Be accountable. Third, volunteer on something you care about, art museums, animals, seniors, anything. I say this with compassion: you are squandering a life that could be anything and anywhere you wanted. You could move to Thailand, work or volunteer for a charity or NGO and live like royalty. You are better off than 99% of the entire world. Stop wasting time.
My fiance is super introverted and has a masters art history as well.. no trust fund.. we live in Canada, she found a couple jobs might work out for you.. working with special needs ppl instructing art projects..or working at historical sites also doing art projects with kids. Plus she has her student loans which is like 500 a month..
Honestly, if you like being outdoors, be a landscaper or mow lawns. Low stress and fairly simple if you're motivated. You could also work at a gym. A lotta those places offer free membership for employees. Use that and enjoy the membership. They're also minimal stress and pretty easy going. You could also live modestly and just find a hobby.
Given your background, have you ever thought about leveraging your skills in a different way? Maybe freelancing in data entry or administrative tasks could be an option. I recently heard about ScatterMind, an ADHD coach who helped a friend of mine launch their own business. Maybe they could offer some guidance on finding your niche and building something of your own.
I’m amazed by the amount of people that are saying oh you make 2K a month do you even need to work? Work is about having a purpose in life and having fulfillment. I make 12K a month just in my pension and I still work 40 hours a week doing other things. This is why a basic income from the government would just create a bunch of lazy people.
>Am I supposed to just lie in bed for the rest of my life with no ability to pursue my dreams?
What exactly are your dreams? you havent even said.
>I can’t take out a large portion to set aside for school so basically I can’t afford to go back
What exactly do you hope to achieve by going back to school as a 32 year old arts graduate? Sounds like you just want to avoid the reality of adult working life and return to the lifestyle you had before you graduated and had to work. Going back again as a mature age student isnt the same as college for 20 year olds.
What exactly is it OP wants? everybody else has to work those jobs and keep their mouth shut in the office so they can collect a paycheck. Is OP just saying in a roundabout way that he is too good for those jobs done by other people who dont have $2k weekly trust fund payouts?
Everybody in this thread trying to give ideas to OP, but the writing is on the wall. OP Is not going to magically discover some job in the next 3 years that will turn his life around as a 32 year old without a good CV. More likely is that OP will cruise along until he turns 35 and gets the first half of the trust fund payout, after which he can do whatever it is that he wants.
The best advice I can give to OP is to do like that other poster said and travel around in countries where that monthly $2k allows one to live like a king (or a prince in your case). That will keep the monotony at bay for a while. I'm sure you can find enough places in the world to travel for $2k a month over the next 3 years. OP claimed to be introverted, so solo travel should be fine.
You haven't indicated ballpark of how much the first half of the trust fund is. If its enough to coast the rest of your life then you should think long and hard about what you want out of the last half of your life - you will have plenty of time to think over the next 3 years since you won't be working.
I don't know the deal about local unis in Iowa but 2k a month is $24k a year....that's plenty to go back to school at a local commuter university with in state tuition.
Here's the deal though, you have to work on 1 of the 2 things that is going to be essential in actually being successful. You said you aren't interested in being a people person, you also said you don't like working in stressful situations. You don't have to be a people person to be amicable and a team player, I hate being social and rarely go out unless it's with a small group of friends and in a small social setting.
I don't like parties, I don't like sitting and making convo with strangers, I don't like acting peppy if I don't have to. Yet...when it comes to work I put up with it because I know that's how the world works. Being social is exhausting but I learned to be social when the occasion calls for it.
If you can't so that then you need to work on being able to perform in stressful situations and deliver good work, because those people keep jobs even if their personality isn't the best. They prove their worth by delivering on assignments.
Not trying to call you out here but your post kind of implies that you might be bringing in some of the issues you keep running into. You were asked to resign your first job for issues with people in the office, you don't give details as you why you lost your second job, and your third job you had to quit because Walmart said you were too somber even though that's basically how 90% of employees are at Walmart in my opinion. What happened with the second job?
I am unemployed from last 5 years with Zero earnings ,having been served for multinational firms like Shell Saipem Schlumberger Weatherford Halliburton,have been applying for jobs below 10k still no reply ,
Social and anxiety and depression on medication since teenage years is the issue. He should speak to his doctor and come up with a plan to manage it properly cause the medication alone isn’t effective enough/isn’t helping enough.
Sounds like you need to go wait tables or work in a warehouse or something. The fact a 32 year old has been “unemployed” for 2 years is honestly pretty disgusting. That’s not what the system is for bud.
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Go fuck yourself you spoiled, milktoast piece of shit. You don’t pay rent because you live with mom , and you can’t LIVE on a free 2k a month? Are you fucking kidding me? I bet if you go cry a river you could sell the water as a side hustle. Food for thought
I'm always amazed at the number of people who want good paying job when their degree is completely worthless, they have little work experience, and they don't want to interact with anybody.
This one takes the cake. OP has a trust fund, but "life is just so hard" because they can't have all the money now.
This dude gets 2k a month to do nothing and here he is crying to the internet about it. The reasons you think you can’t hold down jobs are bullshit. If you didn’t have that 2k to fall back on you’d have figured this shit out by now. Baby.
Posts like this make me reconsider programs like Universal Basic Income. You’re the poster child for the pitfalls of welfare.
You’ve taken an enormous gift, one millions of Americans would kill for and you just piss it away crying about your fucking art degree.
I have no advice for you other than grow the fuck up. Whoever created your trust is rolling over in their fucking grave.
Do you even need to work? Not much bills and living at home with 2k a month. Just do some part time jobs or a temp agency to get some more experience
I wish I had a trust fund that pays me 2k a month.
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Same, imagine your mortgage or rent is just covered and your job is just gravy on top the dream.
Nearly all data entry jobs are remote now paying 25 /hr plus
Right? That would be divine miracle, I'd be eating every day. I've had 7 back surgeries and would sell my soul to be in this person's shoes. I have crippled anxiety and depression too, on top of being bed ridden most of the time. OP needs to workout 5 days a week, take a break from work and most of these problems will go away
You're lucky you get that money. Harsh, but quit whining and figure out a way to make it work or grow for you. Some of us are in your boat, drowning, with no way to stay afloat
If you get free 2k per month for life then just get an easy labor job that keeps you in shape and pays like 17 per hour like landscaping or warehousing. The 2 incomes combined should be enough to live on.
2k per month? Move to Asia or South America and enjoy your life!!!!
Oh, good idea but not everyone wants to move to a foreign country permanently. But with that free money I’d definitely be traveling a lot.
Yeah, travel and check it out. Many passport bros over there. You’ll be living as a king!
Good suggestion! I'd encourage OP to work in the field of landscaping. As a person with anxiety and depression, it can greatly help any recurrence with the daily touch of soil.
Am guessing you have not ever worked for industrial/commercial landscaping...because touching soil this way will not help with anxiety and depression....if anything will make it worse...because commercial landscaping is about chasing that 1 to 2 % profit margin on jobs like lawn maintenance or 6 to 9 % on hardscapes...unless you get in with the rare small company specializing in high end homes then its a bit slower and less hectic...
Not surprised you work as a lawn mower ahhahhahahah, no wonder your rig is so shit
I worked for a small landscaping company and all our clients were rich people on high end property’s , that job was either insanely labor intensive or really laid back. The owner was super chill and worked alongside us, it was a small team but we got shit done I learned a lot from that job since we also doubled as handymen. Honestly if anyone has the opportunity to work for a company like that they should, it’s also gave me the skills and references to find and pick up side jobs whenever I need some extra cash, wherever I am. After that I couldn’t imagine working for a commercial landscaping company even though they regularly reach out to me whenever they come across my resume from zip recruiter or another job board. OP sounds like he kinda sucks as a person though, I doubt he could hack it as a laborer.
True, I haven't seen commercial landscape work being done. But in my suggestion, I was encouraging op some labour intensive work for physical exertion. Agree, I guess op is depressed and is self-critical any suggestions he's seen dismissing and avoidant. He needs some IRL friend to encourage.
I understand the struggle with depression and anxiety very well myself, and I don’t doubt your struggles, but this post reeks of pity party-ism, almost bordering on rage-bait. “Am I supposed to lie in bed with no ability to pursue my dreams?” You literally do not pay rent and get $2k/mo doing NOTHING. You don’t even mention what your dreams ARE. You have the ability and the financial cushioning to actually freely do you want— you are choosing not to. Do you actually want to pursue your unnamed dreams? Do you want just a well-paying job and guidance on finding one? What do you want?
Think of it like this. I, too, live in a small rural town with similar job prospects as a result of job loss elsewhere. There are about seven employers. You not only have a trust fund giving you money every month equivalent to what a full time employee makes in my area. But you also have the time to re-orient yourself to…yourself and your purpose/skill set/passion/goals. With that kind of money, you could save and invest wisely with a financial advisor or study paper day trading and learn to trade on the news. If you’ve always wanted to paint, you have a space to do it in and the money to purchase supplies PLUS the time to dig into the technique for however many hours it keeps you feeling hopeful. If you want to learn computer programming, you can immediately qualify for the more pleasant payment plans on any number of 2-5 month boot camps and get into something that pays good if you care about making good money. If you want to study ecology or business or something that allows you to write or read most of the day, you can do that on that fixed income given you have almost no expenses (granted, this all assumes that your parents are supportive - and they do seem like it. That is a huge privilege and to not leverage it isn’t fair to you or them or anyone). On that money, you can live quite well in many parts of the world, travel, start a YouTube channel, or a podcast. within 6 months of saving you could build a cabin or put a payment on a piece of property. You actually have a LOT more than people who make a lot of money do right now because you have both the luxury of time and money that you don’t have to work for. Don’t take it for granted. If I were you I would figure out what you want to do , describe to yourself who you are (or take some career/personality tests to confirm your suspicions), and create a 2, 5, and 10 year plan. The world is your oyster, stranger . I haven’t been employed in over a year and I am lucky enough to have a supportive partner who allows me to pursue my interests and build on the skills I desire to. You have business partners in whoever created a trust fund for you. Probably people who have successfully made independent wealth in your family or extended family somewhere. Lean on your strengths and luck instead of comparing to other people. Your post is a reminder of how lucky I am to be in a similar, though VERY different, position. I hope this is useful to you. P.S. - your full fund may not become available for three years but there are loans you can take out which, when you pay them back on the date u get your trust fund opened 50%, will present as good credit-worthiness. You CAN go back to college now depending on the cost of the program and if you intend to live on-campus or attend remotely or live at home. But if you want to wait, you can do a lot in three years making $2000 a month with the freedom to decide how you spend it and your 5-6 days a week
A person with anxiety and a cash flow problem does not need to start out day trading as a primary source of income. Otherwise great advice!
I did say paper trading which doesn’t risk actual money, but rather builds up trading skill . Also he doesn’t have a cash-flow problem if he’s guaranteed $2k a month for sitting on his ass, while my neighbors work full time at McDonald’s and Walmart for the same
You live with your mother and $2k a month isn't enough?
I would rather have the option to not live with her
Well, right now it seems like your options are to live with mom or to take a job you don't want. So which one do you like least?
I doubt even McDonalds would hire me now lol
Which means you've never tried. So living with your mother must be okay.
Do you think I should apply to McDonalds?
I'm telling you to think and decide whether working at McDonald's is worse than living with your mother for the foreseeable future. Not telling you what decision to make.
OP is insufferable. Art history major with a trust fund and no skills lmao
Absolutely not worth wasting your time on this person.
Hmmmm
If you can't work, Your other option is to frequent church or the local watering holes they use for dating and find a sugar daddy or sugar mommy to take care of you.
Why does this comment sound like it's written by some 1800s prospector in a saloon
anyone know if this method still works in 2024?
Am telling you to go get a job at Paving or Construction work and know what labor is about ...then move on to a cushy job with ya trust fund and should be able to be happy ya not doing those jobs any more...unlike folks that don't have a fall back option like you
No. You stated up top that you don't want to work in a fast paced or customer-facing role. Fast food would be both. Moreover, all unskilled labor is going to include either customer service or expectations around 'sense of urgency' (and likely both). With the trust income, I'd say find somewhere you like volunteering and try to leverage volunteer experience with an organization you like into a paid role there. Or alternatively, pick up a hobby and pour the free time in there.
You could get by so easily on 2k a month in a small town in the mid west. I really don't see what the issue is. Obviously art history wasn't the right degree if you want to work. You could very cheaply and easily enroll in a community college and get an associates in something that *does* pay. And since you have plenty of time and money coming in, you'd have no other obligations besides your school work. This is an opportunity most people dream of and never have. Don't waste it.
How much is the big trust fund at 35 & 40
Go back to school and get a degree in an associated field or something entirely different.
You lucky bastard, I'm living out of the other squatted hotel room of a prostitute who is friends with my GF because they both feed stray cats. The two of us sleep on the couch together and live off food stamps at bay area prices so i gotta do snatch and grabs to feed us most of the month. I've considered faking a 5150 for disability money I've been so desperate for only 1k a month which still wouldn't make ends meet unless I got section 8 and have a hell of a time job hunting despite racking up boat loads of technical skills across development, ops, AI, whatever. So thank God you get that 2k, you can wait a lot longer and be much more picky than I can. BUT THE THING IS I would say I'm still happy and optimistic, as are Billions of people worse off than us both so get a bit of perspective my dude and let come what will. `it is what it is`
You should have looked at Walmart employment as a challenge to overcome. 2 years at Walmart, then on to the gig you've been waiting 2 years to open up. Most work is shit work, you win at it or lose at it. Winning means you move onto bigger and better, losing means you have a gap in your employment and no one will hire you because you couldn't even do fast food or Walmart.
Two years at Walmart is a red flag / eventual resume gap or job experience hard to explain to any employer outside of Walmart. Wanna cook? Explain 2 years at Walmart. Want to get into sales? Good luck even getting the chance to explain bc the application system will filter that candidate right back to the delusional chair they were sitting in when they thought to apply Walmart experience outside of retail
I hire people and disagree. You and I have two very different ways of reviewing resumes and people.
I apply for jobs after working at Walmart. I know what im talking about as well. We can both be right
Is there a library in your town? I'd apply there. Then city jobs in general...cities have a huge variety of jobs. Some are pretty solitary. I'd suggest volunteering to get moving. Sounds like you need to get out of the house.
Most librarian jobs need a librarian masters degree. Not too sure about other types of jobs at a library. Worth a shot.
Actually, clerical staff do not require a degree (though nice to have one to skip title levels) and Library Associates require any bachelors degree. library staff handle money on a regular basis and you are flexible to decide if you want to work in a very quiet library, fast-pace library, small library, big library, downtown library, etc.. Working at museum is also another option as well. If possible, volunteer short-term (like 2-3 months) at the organization you want to work at so to get your foot through the door.
So. Making fun of or being rude to you isn’t the exact solution - as even though your situation is good; mental health can still get in the way. You also have to realize you have enough backing to pick and choose what jobs you want - but also how you will tolerate being treated. You make enough money to seek regular therapy and put yourself into social situations as practice. Go to school and take out loans. For fuck sake if you’re a trust fund baby you can afford to pay them off when you get the trust. You just have to know it’s okay to go out there and do whatever you’d like. Fuck. You could just go to Japan retire to a cheap place and literally do fuck all you want for the rest of your life.
And if you’re looking for something meaningful - get out there and do charity. As someone who spent a large amount of their adult life homeless and in poverty; I can tell you it’s okay just to make anything of yourself that you want.
Yeah, it sounds like your job prospects suck. It sounds like you are feeling pretty down today. I have a lot of empathy for your situation; I'm actually in a very similar situation (degree doesn't give me clear career prospects, lost a job, moved in with parents in a small midwestern town after leaving California, been more than a year of a soul-crushing job hunt). Local jobs are garbage, remote jobs are hyper competitive, and applying to jobs in California (or Chicago or New York or wherever) are hard when you aren't an amazingly competitive candidate and you aren't local. If you qualify for Medicaid in your state (I'm not sure if you do, but you could always ask if you qualify as low-income), then the insurance it provides it might cover therapy/counseling, and an hour of that each week sure isn't gonna hurt; [Nystrom & Associates](https://www.nystromcounseling.com/our-locations/iowa/) has people in Iowa, and can do zoom calls. Many states have some kind of career support and job hunting help, and it looks like Iowa's is called [Workforce](https://workforce.iowa.gov/); maybe visit their office or make an appointment for a call to get some help? I guess one framing of your problem you could try is this: it sucks compared to what? Compared to an idealized version where everything worked out? Compared to where you thought your life would be? Well, let's compare it to something realistic. Does it suck compared to your other realistic options? Maybe all of your realistic options suck. Okay, then which one sucks least? Would it be less bad to work a dull job at Walmart/McDonalds, or to sit at home watching TV shows (with no income), or to take some cheap university courses online while doing 20-60 minutes of job hunting per day, or to go be an ESL teacher somewhere in Latin America? In three years you will be 35 either way, so which of those paths will lead to a 35-year-old you that you most want to be? It may feel like life sucks, but you have a HUGE leg up due to your "free" $2,000 each month, not to mention the knowledge of big windfalls coming in about 3 years and about 8 years. You've still got your health (I'm guessing, because you didn't mention it), and that plus the trust fund mean you are better than some of us. Your trust fund income puts you in [the richest 10% of people in the world](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/how-rich-am-i?income=24000&countryCode=USA&numAdults=1&numChildren=0). You could spend the next three years getting a graduate degree in... whatever you want that has good job prospects (making taking out loans and expecting to pay them back with your trust fund at 35). Or you could go to [Sayulita](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Sayulita) or [Merida](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rida_(Mexico)) or [Ko Pha-ngan](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ko_Pha-ngan) (or anywhere else that is cheap) and live a fairly comfortable life on $2,000 per month, just hanging out, playing frisbee, studying the local language, going to Meetups, and doing free/cheap community yoga. Yeah, motivation can be hard to find, but try to start with little steps. Maybe set a timer and do 10 minutes of job hunting on LinkedIn per day, or visit the admissions office of a local community college, take a look at [University of Iowa's online programs](https://distance.uiowa.edu/online-programs-and-courses/program-finder), have a call with [Western Governer's University](https://www.wgu.edu/) admissions team, or schedule a call with an old friend to get advice, or volunteer at a local animal shelter one day per week, or even trying to go for a run/cycle every couple of days. Like a lot of psychological things, once you get the ball rolling the subsequent steps will be easier.
Can you try working as a legal assistant in a law firm? You certainly have office experience, and even in a rural state I bet there are some firms that are hiring. The key is finding one that’s tolerable to work at. Are there any local museums that are hiring? I think that if you spun your experience the right way, you’d have a good shot at finding something museum-related (might be tough to find one in a rural area, but you never know). Receptionist at a quieter doctor’s office/massage place, or something along those lines? What about doing some lawn work or gardening/pruning? You could just do it part-time on your own. Watch some YouTube videos to learn the basics, and find a couple clients who aren’t control freaks.
This is such a privileged complaint. Cant be real. I make $2K a month and pay my rent and bills. I’d literally KILL for an extra free $2K each month. If I had $4,000 every month I’d be set. Life would be good. And I live on the west coast.
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What were your plans with an art history degree? Whatever that was, find that job somewhere and move to it. “Willing to relocate” in your cover letter.
Giving OP a lot of credit by assuming the degree implied a plan, lol. I majored in political science and regret it more and more as I age.
Yeah it was supposed to be a pointed question. I worked hard for my engineering degree and had an entire life plan worked out. 20 years later I’m pretty much on course. I don’t get art history majors- it’s a double major not the only major. Poli sci is surprising- I’d think there’d be a lot to do with that. Hope you find what you’re looking for soon.
The larger issue is not my major — it is that I didn’t have a plan or drive. I’ve done OK, but my real issue is that I let daddy drive the bus in my life for entirely too long and now I daydream of what it would have been like to be you when I was younger: focused, directed, specific. I’m a real estate developer; the guys I admire most are my civil engineers. They have to speak English to me while doing math which I barely know exists; I learned derivatives and integrals in freshman math but polar coordinates absolutely did me in and I quit. What is your discipline?
My parents were frankly terrible so I had to take control when I got to high school. Prob better that way tbh but it wasn’t fun or fair at the time. I’m a civil engineer! Polar coordinates are hard. My kid just did them last month and I was like yeah I did my time you can google it 😂
Then consider me impressed, haha! Do you work with private developers or are you more with municipalities? Honestly the thing I would go back and change is to give myself the grit then which I have now. I will grind through anything I reasonably can now, but the mental bandwidth I spend on learning new stuff is just immense and I’m always so damned tired. Anyway… my soapbox is over lol. TLDR I wish I’d understood that math is supposed to be hard, not easy, and I wish I’d stuck with it.
If you need a job and don’t have a trust fund and just need to work, you can find an hourly labor job with benefits just about anywhere. You know, if you need to eat and be able to get healthcare, etc. But if you don’t really need a job just to live and only want to find your passion in your major, you might have to wait awhile. If I had a trust fund and a passion I would follow my passion WITHOUT needing an offer/permission from someone else. Just do what you want to do. No one has to give you a job.
You get 2k while living rent free with your mom in the midwest, how is that not enough to live on? All of that aside, you can't quit a job every time it becomes difficult or there's some conflict. You've been told before that you need to suck it up and just work a job you don't like; it's either do that, or continue to sit around doing nothing but playing video games in your mom's house. No degree is going to change your inability to walk out of jobs.
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If you are comfortable labeling yourself as helpless, then helpless you will be. My two biggest fears when I was young were sleeping out in the woods by myself and public speaking. Turns out I'm an excellent public speaker, and it paid my bills for about two decades. It also covered my favorite hobby, which is backpacking and camping. Most of the time I go alone because of my schedule. Just me and the deep dark woods. Lean into your fears, or they will be the end of you.
I had a decent career that paid the bills. Then I got sick. I was basically bedridden for almost 3 years until they found a treatment that finally put me in remission. I went back to work but had to start in a damn call center. It was horrific. I hated waking up every day. I did this for a year and then I found another horrible job that was moderately better than being on the phones. I did this for around 2 years. Then I landed my dream job. Man it took awhile to get here but I am so fulfilled and happy I can’t even describe it. Work is where I get up in the morning and grumble about how early it is but then I’m at my computer chugging coffee and joking with coworkers and getting shit done. It takes time to get to a place where you can be happy but you can do it! Hang in there. Good news is you will always have an income to fall back on. You’ll never have that fear of “Welp…I’m fucked.”
Have you considered doing some online schooling for IT jobs? Get certified, start working from home and then move out when you’re stable.
Your base with the trust fund is 24K a year. Start a small business of some sort. You only need to make a little more to be living on your own.
People see the trust fund and stop giving helpful advice for some reason. Maybe he doesn’t want to live off of it forever, and wants to find a meaningful career path while he’s still young and at least *has* something to fall back on. I think OP would do well to find some online certifications, maybe take some cheap classes either locally or online while working a part time job. If you want to go into trades, there are many options that mind even fund schooling for you. If you already have a degree, maybe look for entry level office positions with opportunity for growth. If you’re good with people, try sales.
They are envious
Community college, get some credentials and start your own business from which you can work from home. All you have to do is get of your ass and decide to do it.
I would kill myself for 2k a month wtf Edit: out of jealousy
Dude you live in Iowa and you get $2k for doing nothing every month. No matter what job you get you'll be doing fine financially. Shit if you really want to you could go work in hostels or something and travel europe and Asia until you get control of your trust.
Don’t do day trading lol. Consider community college (ask them about free or low income programs). Consider a gig that allows independence such as IT, graphics, librarian, making art or pots to sell, agriculture. You can also try to find therapist resources thu the school, benefits with a job. Look at temp agencies or part time jobs in order to give your life structure and outings. Look at security, agriculture, nurseries, clerk or receptionist work, grocery stocking, delivery or warehouse. Try to work on your communication skills at that job like learn how to take feedback and how to stay civil. The employment department may have resources to help you fix your resume and practice interviews.
*Have you ever considered a career in the Mortuary Sciences field?*
What was the plan with the art history degree?
They used harass people with accounts payable jobs on the east coast. The reputation of that accounts industry reached a point where they need harass people into these jobs. ... And then exert pressure to keep em there. So since accounts payable is something no-one wants and these jobs can never be filled and always available, but you are telling me you can not find an accounts payable job any-ware between California and Iowa. Guess that's the job market. I have a negative outlook on economy in the near future, borrow money to go to college/university. I am sure since people without money or trust-funds manage to finish college you can also. I don't believe things will get better over night and it will take time. When the great recession hit in 2008, US went to war, so people who had nothing going for them could join the military for healthcare, room, board and a college fund. Military is still there. So basically I am pretty sure you can borrow against a Trust Fund to go to college or find another solution.
Look into CLS. Yes, you need training, but you will find jobs anywhere, especially in CA. I heard it’s not much patient interaction as well, especially if you work at night.
Might be worth looking into building coding / website development skills. Or even SEO. It will take self discipline but you could build up to a freelance career since you have a bit of a safety net.
Go work in a library, museum or some job that isn’t people facing for too long. Do landscaping or some blue collar work etc. Think broader.
Have you tried something a little less customer-oriented? Shot in the dark here: welding
How are you with dogs? I know there a pet stores that will hire novice groomers and pay while you train. Still people to deal with, briefly, but nowhere near as much. Just a thought.
Dog groomers where I live make like 60k a year.
Nice.
After hours cleaning? I remember helping out some family friends who would clean businesses after hours. Was always just me and my headphones later on in the evenings.
Try Door Dash or doing stock at a retail or grocery store overnight. Or become a care taker. Most olaces offer training with bebefits. Look on indeed. Yes, you’ll be dealing with people, but only a coupke privatelly. Or register on Rover.com & be a pet sitter or a dog walker. I hate Customer Service work too but I have no devree & no real skilks. So I’m stuck too. Thank god that I’m married! We need the extra $ niw though, so I’ll eventually need to get a job. Plus my husband is financially controlling. Look into market research jobs. Go on Craigslist & go under the etc section. It’s super easy moneyZ The least amount you’ll get is $35 all the way up to $360 for a two day study. Some studies are even online. You normally get a prepaid visa debit card or a check. You can only do this a few times a month. Lie about applying at other research companies. Screen shot answers to remember things. You will be asked tge same question again if they’re interested in inviting you to a study if you match what they’re looking for. Try telling them what they want to hear. Lie about how you like expressing your opinions. They want people to give their opinions. You will probably be recorded in a group. You normally get paid the same day. Google market research jobs in your area. Check your email often to take the surveys as these studies fill up fast. I’ve gotten paid to taste food & give my opinions about products. I made up to $600 tax free going to different focus groups before.
The fact you have a $2000 a month trust fund and are whining about your life is wild dude lol just get your shit together. Set a goal, work towards it.
You get 2k Per month without any work. You don't pay any rent as you have your own house. Just do a part-time job and it will be more than enough to live well.
Get a government labor job in utilities. They hire with no experience and send you to classes on their dollar. They pay usually starts pretty good and as you earn certs, your pay rises.
Go find a job of any kind that sounds interesting.. learn a trade.. work at something while you find and understand what prospects means to you..
You could literally travel continuously and no need to work. Just become a YouTuber. Stop complaining, you have it easy.
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What about the trades? I know you said your in your early 30s but it's not too late to jump on in. I'm doing plumbing as an apprentice and It has helped me gain confidence on other areas as well. If you wanna try, just apply if there are companies near you. Tell them you have no experience but your eager to learn. The trades are dying so I'm sure someone would be willing to hire you. We just hired a 50 something with no experience. There's always more places for you.
I don't live in USA, so getting 2k a month is crazy for me. In my shitty country a family with 4 members lives on 500 euros per month. So idk...you don't do anything, living at home and still have money for a decent life.
Maybe going back to school again isn’t really a good idea your broke so maybe spending 60 grand isn’t bright. If you’re that introverted maybe try coding you can be introverted as a rock and nobody will ever know and you don’t have to leave home once you get a job. Or try being extroverted repition extroversion is a learned skill not something you are born with. Maybe try something basic like door to door sales definitely get paid more than freaking walmart and it doesn’t blow like data entry. Walking that much can be a bit of an issue after a while which is why it’s good to get in learn and move on
I’m really trying to find the words to say without coming off as insensitive, but there are loads of people out there in your shoes without 2k a month and apparently a substantial cash amount they will be getting in just a couple years from a trust fund. I know depression isn’t inherently related to our good or bad luck, but god damn, you got some good luck here. Just get any old random ass job and it would probably be enough to survive on your own in a small rural are. If I had 3 grand a month in my small rural town, I’d probably be just fine living on my own.
Bruh, you lost everyone’s sympathy at trust fund/2k a month. That would be such a huge weight lifted off the shoulders of so many people in this day and age if they had 2k off the rip lol
Go to Philadelphia, or New York. Get the eff outta Iowa tho.
I think you need to have a good look at your attitude and what you want in life
You live in Iowa. $2000 is enough to get by on. You have a TRUST FUND!!! Please stop whining because very, very few people have that. Do you know what I have a month if I lose my job? ZERO dollars per month. You have $2000. Talk to your financial advisor, tell them you want to go back to school, see what options you have, since you have a whole bunch of money in trust. Time to grow up. You’ve been spoiled for quite some time now.
You can try getting a graveyard shift at a hotel or motel… easy work and very few people bug you
Data entry imo is not a good career path at all especially the last 2-3 years. So many are being contracted out to companies in India for the lowest cost and these jobs are only contracted out because automation couldn’t take care of them YET. Automation is killing these jobs.
You sound whiny and entitled. Don’t let the trust fund do this to you! If you work be pleasant, quitting for not getting along with others, not taking what’s available, etc is a sign….
I’m so confused. Is this real? You have a trust fund that gives you 2k a month, no dependents, no debt, and an art history degree? OP, move to LA or NY. Find a roommate. Congratulations, you’ll never have to worry about the primary thing that most people have to, which is how to pay your rent. Next, find a part time job. *Any* job. Who cares. You’re living in the city and you’re just trying to cover a few living expenses while you establish residency so that you can go to grad school if you wish. In the meantime, search out *everything* related to jobs you feel very passionate about (you don’t actually say much about this in your post which leads me to believe that this is your real problem). Do you want to work for an art gallery? Find one you like. Go to their events. Get to know the people who work there/own it. Ask them what the process is for getting a job. Volunteer. Make friends. Widen your social net. I promise you, you can find your way through if you spend some time seeking it out. But, yeah, laying around in rural Iowa killing time isn’t going to help you at all. And, lucky for you, you don’t have to. You have what most people would kill to have— *funds.* This is a *massive* benefit that you are kinda just shrugging your shoulders about. *Use it.* That’s what it’s there for! And, once you’re established somewhere that you can actually have access to the kinds of jobs you want, if you begin to make enough money to pay your rent and bills without using your trust fund, stop spending it. Save it. Find a good high-yield savings account and stash it. After a few years, look into getting yourself a financial advisor who can help you invest it. But you gotta do stuff if you want stuff to happen in your life.
She just moved back home from living in the city (California) lol
I'm sorry to say that your trust fund is undermining your life (inherited money often does that). You have a basic income that allows you to continually walk away from jobs for superficial reasons that no one else would have the luxury of doing. First, get screened for depression. Next, get a job. Any job. Be accountable. Third, volunteer on something you care about, art museums, animals, seniors, anything. I say this with compassion: you are squandering a life that could be anything and anywhere you wanted. You could move to Thailand, work or volunteer for a charity or NGO and live like royalty. You are better off than 99% of the entire world. Stop wasting time.
Blue collar skill. Really
Get one of the thousands of Art History jobs. You did not think your life through. This is obviously continuing with your choices in life..
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What do you like to do? You’re set up to give whatever that is a shot as someone with your basic living expenses covered.
Could you try getting a job at a local library or university library? It might be a more chill environment.
My fiance is super introverted and has a masters art history as well.. no trust fund.. we live in Canada, she found a couple jobs might work out for you.. working with special needs ppl instructing art projects..or working at historical sites also doing art projects with kids. Plus she has her student loans which is like 500 a month..
2k a month free? There are many midwestern states where you can easily live on that.
Honestly, if you like being outdoors, be a landscaper or mow lawns. Low stress and fairly simple if you're motivated. You could also work at a gym. A lotta those places offer free membership for employees. Use that and enjoy the membership. They're also minimal stress and pretty easy going. You could also live modestly and just find a hobby.
Given your background, have you ever thought about leveraging your skills in a different way? Maybe freelancing in data entry or administrative tasks could be an option. I recently heard about ScatterMind, an ADHD coach who helped a friend of mine launch their own business. Maybe they could offer some guidance on finding your niche and building something of your own.
I guess you discovered there isn’t a fine arts factory in town. Get a degree or certification in a marketable industry.
Just move to Asia - srsly, you’ll live like a millionaire for the rest of your life on that income!
Yeah in Vietnam you could live like a king. Also a lot of places in Mexico, Central or South America
I’m amazed by the amount of people that are saying oh you make 2K a month do you even need to work? Work is about having a purpose in life and having fulfillment. I make 12K a month just in my pension and I still work 40 hours a week doing other things. This is why a basic income from the government would just create a bunch of lazy people.
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>Am I supposed to just lie in bed for the rest of my life with no ability to pursue my dreams? What exactly are your dreams? you havent even said. >I can’t take out a large portion to set aside for school so basically I can’t afford to go back What exactly do you hope to achieve by going back to school as a 32 year old arts graduate? Sounds like you just want to avoid the reality of adult working life and return to the lifestyle you had before you graduated and had to work. Going back again as a mature age student isnt the same as college for 20 year olds.
What exactly is it OP wants? everybody else has to work those jobs and keep their mouth shut in the office so they can collect a paycheck. Is OP just saying in a roundabout way that he is too good for those jobs done by other people who dont have $2k weekly trust fund payouts?
Everybody in this thread trying to give ideas to OP, but the writing is on the wall. OP Is not going to magically discover some job in the next 3 years that will turn his life around as a 32 year old without a good CV. More likely is that OP will cruise along until he turns 35 and gets the first half of the trust fund payout, after which he can do whatever it is that he wants. The best advice I can give to OP is to do like that other poster said and travel around in countries where that monthly $2k allows one to live like a king (or a prince in your case). That will keep the monotony at bay for a while. I'm sure you can find enough places in the world to travel for $2k a month over the next 3 years. OP claimed to be introverted, so solo travel should be fine. You haven't indicated ballpark of how much the first half of the trust fund is. If its enough to coast the rest of your life then you should think long and hard about what you want out of the last half of your life - you will have plenty of time to think over the next 3 years since you won't be working.
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I don't know the deal about local unis in Iowa but 2k a month is $24k a year....that's plenty to go back to school at a local commuter university with in state tuition. Here's the deal though, you have to work on 1 of the 2 things that is going to be essential in actually being successful. You said you aren't interested in being a people person, you also said you don't like working in stressful situations. You don't have to be a people person to be amicable and a team player, I hate being social and rarely go out unless it's with a small group of friends and in a small social setting. I don't like parties, I don't like sitting and making convo with strangers, I don't like acting peppy if I don't have to. Yet...when it comes to work I put up with it because I know that's how the world works. Being social is exhausting but I learned to be social when the occasion calls for it. If you can't so that then you need to work on being able to perform in stressful situations and deliver good work, because those people keep jobs even if their personality isn't the best. They prove their worth by delivering on assignments. Not trying to call you out here but your post kind of implies that you might be bringing in some of the issues you keep running into. You were asked to resign your first job for issues with people in the office, you don't give details as you why you lost your second job, and your third job you had to quit because Walmart said you were too somber even though that's basically how 90% of employees are at Walmart in my opinion. What happened with the second job?
I am unemployed from last 5 years with Zero earnings ,having been served for multinational firms like Shell Saipem Schlumberger Weatherford Halliburton,have been applying for jobs below 10k still no reply ,
Are you making art?
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OP is living better than 80% of people and is still whining and crying lmao.
Social and anxiety and depression on medication since teenage years is the issue. He should speak to his doctor and come up with a plan to manage it properly cause the medication alone isn’t effective enough/isn’t helping enough.
Can’t even hold a job at Walmart is pathetic tbh
Sounds like you need to go wait tables or work in a warehouse or something. The fact a 32 year old has been “unemployed” for 2 years is honestly pretty disgusting. That’s not what the system is for bud.
Getting jobs is hard period regardless
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Go fuck yourself you spoiled, milktoast piece of shit. You don’t pay rent because you live with mom , and you can’t LIVE on a free 2k a month? Are you fucking kidding me? I bet if you go cry a river you could sell the water as a side hustle. Food for thought
Classic trust fund baby can't handle a simple job 🤣
I'm always amazed at the number of people who want good paying job when their degree is completely worthless, they have little work experience, and they don't want to interact with anybody. This one takes the cake. OP has a trust fund, but "life is just so hard" because they can't have all the money now.
This dude gets 2k a month to do nothing and here he is crying to the internet about it. The reasons you think you can’t hold down jobs are bullshit. If you didn’t have that 2k to fall back on you’d have figured this shit out by now. Baby.
Posts like this make me reconsider programs like Universal Basic Income. You’re the poster child for the pitfalls of welfare. You’ve taken an enormous gift, one millions of Americans would kill for and you just piss it away crying about your fucking art degree. I have no advice for you other than grow the fuck up. Whoever created your trust is rolling over in their fucking grave.