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Extreme Discomfort

You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable. -Deepak Chopra You don’t realize how the lack of basic supplies can change your mood until your quality of life becomes very poor.  Of course you know positive attitudes help to bring about change but no matter how hard you try to stay calm and full of hope, there comes a time when you just feel helpless letting despair run your life. When you get up you sure need certain supplies if you want to enjoy healthy life:  You need water, soap, toothpaste, toilet paper and of course food.  So unless  you are Mother Teresa of Calcutta or you are planning to become a Saint there’s no way you can enjoy life if you are unemployed and you are about to become homeless every month. Your will becomes weaker because you can no longer choose what to eat or what to do.  You just eat what you can get or what people share with you;...

Getting a job when you are more than 40

I am good at many things: translating, book keeping, data entering, filing, communication, writing, dealing with human resources, leading teams, training people and a full list which is included in my CV.  I've worked for Multinational Companies, for small and large companies, for radio stations, government offices and so many others. Why can I do so many things?  Just because I became a mother when I was very young and I had to raise my three children without any aid or help so I learnt to be creative and to adapt myself to any job I could get.  Therefore, if any recruiter asked: "can you do this?"; I always replied "I can learn very fast so I am sure I will be able to do it well in a week and very well in a month".   I am 47 years old and that seems to be out of any normal range for getting a job now.   Last year, I was able to work on a project together with a 21-year-old undergraduate student from MTU; we built a water treatment plant which demanded t...