Recently, I did some artwork and writing on a Sunday afternoon (8/12/07). I was feeling under the weather despite the sunny weather outside. I felt weary from trying to figure out how to find a better paying job. Like others who have Asperger's Syndrome, I also find that job hunting is difficult. The day before, I bought these magic markers. So, I started drawing pictures on blank paper in my idea notebook the following afternoon. I also wrote something down after I finished drawing.
The result was 9 pieces of artwork and two essays. Nice output of creativity that afternoon.
Here's the first essay:
Some Artwork
I did some artwork today 8/12/07. Will it help me find my better paying job? I just want to do work that I love and get the salary I want in return. Why is it so hard for employers to understand? Why do they make such a big deal about experience? Someone has to hire me so that I can get the experience.
Nice Catch-22!
Here's the second essay:
Relate to Others
How can I relate to others when I didn't know how back in 1987? I was out of college and on my own. Trying to succeed was difficult I know what I wanted to do and could do it, but others said I lacked experience. There's that word again. I was just out of my teens seeking employment to financially support myself. How could volunteering and networking be of help careerwise?
Why can't they prove they are right? They felt they didn't have to.
What do you think of the results?
P.S. I call what I wrote essays because I don't see myself as a poet.
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Comments: 5
I deal with a page full of health issues and know how frustrating it was for me to fill like I was useless. I am blessed to have a hardworking husband who has a job that keeps food on our table, a roof over our head and opportunities to add positive to the world.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/asperger/detail_asperger.htm <-- cut and paste to browser.
Yvonne-hang in there.
Pamela
I love your artwork. It it absolutely beautiful and I like the first two the most. They reflect a full and happy life to me with the abundant use of the entire spectrum of primary colors of celebration.
Another school I went to from 1998-1999 called Katharine Gibbs School has a job placement office, but that place wasn't helpful either. They kept on testing my computer skills and they told me that I was excellent at them. However, they only sent me only to one job interview and the job was totally uninteresting.
Mass Rehab has been somewhat helpful. They are a social services agency that help people with disabilities and medical problems in Massachusetts. Their counselor helped me find my current job, but this job is financially unrewarding. It's bothersome for me to ask my parents who are elderly and have their own medical problems for money to help me pay my bills.
Once again, I am back to square one with job hunting on my own.