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[quote=Anonymous]This is OP again. I am definitely not proud and have applied for entry level jobs, including things like data entry for college applications (I thought maybe formerly being in academia might be a plus for that so I left the PhD on those resumes). I didn’t hear back from any of those places, either.

While getting my PhD and working as a post-doc I published, but as many pointed out that was a long time ago. After my first was born I started a blog related to my profession in hopes of using that to remain relevant but I wasn’t able to generate readership.

I know I sound like a bit of a sad sack but I am trying to stay positive. I did sign up for “Volunteer Match” and have reached out to several organizations.

There is actually an organization dedicated to invisible disabilities and I reached out to them twice a while back and they didn’t get back to me 😬.

I have to rally and just keep trying. While the kids were home I could feel ok about my self-worth; now that they are all in school it is harder to. We *could* get by without my extra income but anything would help in terms of saving for college tuitions. But to be honest — and sorry if this sounds self-indulgent — I want to work to feel better about myself and I really do want to make a contribution to society. Even if it is something small, I would feel like I had purpose. Volunteering is great and I am into that BUT my husband, as great as he is, would not consider that as important as a job that brings in money. He would never outright say that. But I could see him getting a bit annoyed if things at the house fell behind due to some “hobby” as opposed to “real work.” Thank goodness this forum is anonymous because I feel terrible admitting that and would never verbalize that to anyone.

I was diagnosed with my illnesses while in HS and to those of you who think I do not have gumption or grit: It was hard to make it through but I graduated with honors, went to college and made it through that (though it took me an extra year because I was sick so much of one year and in and out of the hospital). I then made it all the way through graduate school which was also not easy but I was able to preserve largely thanks to an understanding mentor. I’m not tooting my own horn, I just want people to understand I’m not someone who just snivels and doesn’t try.

I have reached out to my PhD advisor and asked her for help. She said she is keeping her eyes out but agrees part-time, remote work greatly limits me. She said she would offer me a position herself except she is now retired.

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