How about I move into a monastery?
 

A monastery? I didn't even know that was a realistic option.

You've got a BA & MA (Right?), you should be able to find something...anything...that bridge the gap between jobs. Starbucks? Tutoring? (Even Ben finds people to pay him to do this?)

If you move to your mother's it'll make finding a job more difficult.

SlowwHand, I can't pay for an apartment after the end of July (my lease though, is on month-by-month basis so I can move out).

So yes, there is a sense of urgency in my situation right now.

You're going to have to move home.

I forgot to mention something else. During my last appointment with my counselor, he said that as a very last resort, he could get me hospitalized for mental health reasons if I choose go that route. I'm not going to consider that though.

Wouldn't this be expensive?

One of the reasons why I would not consider that option.

sexsomniac, aren't you?

Okay, MrFun, really? If you're not going to school, just work 2-3 jobs. With your education, they'll hire you. It'll suck but realistically, you can work 16 hours a day and still get enough sleep.

If it helps, when I was going to school, I worked two jobs. I would total 50 hours a week and had a number of 4.0 semesters and made the dean's list every semester of my college career except 2 semesters (I was actually unemployed one of those semesters so go figure!). Honestly, because of it, I scoff at the idea that it's too hard to go to school and work full-time.

Don't be weak, MrFun. You can do it. And if you're not in school, you have even more time and ability to work multiple jobs.

Hell, the less time you're in the house and more time working, the less your utilities will cost cause you'll never be in the house except to sleep!

Aren't you also unemployed, Alby?

Well given your earlier thread, I'd suggest moving home for awhile.

It's not much of a life to spend most of it working two jobs. I'd rather find some way to buy more time to look for more gainful employment, where I could possibly be happier and have a life of my own outside of work.

I have done something like what you've described before. I worked in retail part-time, while teaching community college part-time, while working on my thesis.

Much more recently, I worked full-time, while going to school full-time, taking three online non-credit graduate courses. The only reason I was able to take those Library Science courses, is because the Papers of Abraham Lincoln job benefits included full tuition waiver.

I had considered moving to a monastery. The life of self sufficient labour and scholarly reflection had a great appeal. My dream was dashed when it was pointed out that I would probably not be allowed to keep my widescreen and xbox

Just paint your skin black and live in the ghetto for a couple of years until you get back on your feet. I did that with a friend of mine. It was like Bosom Buddies except with bros.

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I have looked for office positions, DanS. Many of them require minimum one or two years of experience.

I also applied for several Illinois state jobs in office positions but then when I went to a local center to take the required exam, I got a grade "B" and the exam giver said that I should wait a month, then retake it to try to get it up to an "A" because getting a position that I applied for with "B" is much less likely.

Can't you live in a cheaper place?

Here (Argentina) students from the countryside and provinces don't live in a College Campus (they just don't exist here) what they do is live in rooms that families rent, often those rooms have wi fi, cable tv, sometimes private bathroom, and the people in the house share the kitchen.

My mother who now lives alone, gets a quite interesting income from the students who now live in the ex rooms of me and my siblings

Something like that should be cheaper than an apartment

I e-mailed my friends and family pretty much the same thing I wrote in my OP here. One of those people is a pastor at the local Metropolitan Community Church here in Springfield, Illinois. He personally has come to know me and said he would see about contacting a couple of people who might be open to letting me board at their place for free until I get my next job or figure what I will do next.

He could have his own room, his interactions with other people at worst would be waiting to be able to take a shower, or waiting to be able to cook something.

The six thousand dollars will not last very long if I rely on it for too long of a period of time.

Move in with BenK and then call Hollywood for the newest reality TV show- the Odd Gay Couple.