I guess I haven't been feeling very clever lately because it has been a while since I last posted.  I have been feeling a bit overwhelmed and stressed out this past week.  I don't feel like I should though.  I mean, I only work part time and even though I'm in school full time I usually have lots of time during the day to study or get things done.  Even so, with Relief Society and other church responsibilities, plus midterms coming up (I have one tonight), and just normal life, I feel a little crazy.  

I think a big part of the stress is coming from our upcoming move and the pressure I have been feeling to find a job. I have been job searching a lot lately and have come to a realization. Going to college has not prepared me in the least for a "real" job.  As I've read countless job descriptions in the past few weeks I seem to find one thing always in common: EXPERIENCE.  Most jobs want you to have a degree, but more than that they really want you to have experience; sometimes what seems to me like an outrageous amount of experience, like 10 years.  I have worked in a variety of jobs over the past few years, but mostly just part time and not really in a job that had opportunity for a lot of growth. Still, I feel like a have a lot of experience, just maybe not a very measurable amount. So, I guess I just haven't been feeling very confident.  I know I'm a hard worker, and I know I could be trained to do anything I didn't already know how to do, but I just feel worried that my "lack" of experience is preventing me from getting a job that I really want, and would really be good at. 

This post seems to have turned into a venting session so I think I'll stop there before I start feeling too sorry for myself.  I know everything will work out in the end, I just need to have faith. So, back to this crazy thing we call life.