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The blaming game is so vintage

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What I hate the most is people who think they know what they’re talking about. The blaming game is so vintage. Just because their life has turned into a fairytale, it doesn’t mean everyone else had got as lucky. You don’t anything about a person if you haven’t walked in their shoes. Then these people giving advice about how they have found that perfect partner or that great job. Sorry to disappoint you but just because it has happened to you, it doesn’t mean it will work for everyone.

The people who get the most blamed for their being are poor and the unemployed. It’s like it’s their fault they live on the street. Or it’s the unemployed fault no one wants to hire them. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. It’s so easy for those who have a job and lots of money to complain about the less fortunate. I would like them so struggle through life as the poor or unemployed do. The world doesn’t work that everyone who tries will get success. People who blame others for the societies problems are part of it themselves. At least here in Finland, the politicians think it’s the unemployed own fault they haven’t got a job. That’s why they make up this active model where they punish the unemployed if they don’t apply for jobs. The unemployed do that anyway but still, they can’t get hired. The attitude problems lay elsewhere.

I find it quite amusing when these unemployed are without work for a few months and then get hired again. Then they say other unemployed are lazy. Well, good for you who got a job that easily but everyone isn’t as lucky. If you have been unemployed for 10 years or more and then get a job, then come back and brag about it. Then I will be so happy for you. Before that, I’m just gonna laugh at you. Being without a job for a few months or even 2 year is nothing. Blaming others for being lazy is a bad explanation. You shouldn’t generalise. There can be some lazy unemployed who does nothing to get a job. They don’t educate themselves or anything. They want the easy way out by collecting unemployment benefits. It’s only a small part but not all unemployed have the same attitude. I admit I’m quite lazy too but I haven’t just sat around and done nothing. I don’t want to be jobless the rest of my life. But all that studying hasn’t paid off but at least I’ve learned something new. I’m not gonna sit down this time either. I have that graphic design course in 44 days. Luckily no one has said to me personally that I’m lazy or anything like that. Even if someone did, I would just say, talk to the hand.

The blaming game is so vintage. How about blaming those who assume things? People need to get their facts right before judging. Things are not always the way they seem. Remember that.

Fact worse than fiction

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any questionsIf things would be so much easier, I could actually get something done. But the fact is worse than fiction. It doesn’t matter what you do. Things are always made complicated. Then again if it was easy everybody could do it.

I’m on a course about entrepreneurship. It mostly happens online. There already been two meetings with the group of 25. There will be 3 more. It’s always nice to meet new people but most of the time it’s not my cup of tea. Everyone else seems to be bonding so easily. It feels like my introductions put people off. I absolutely hate speaking in front of strangers. I always forget to say things I’ve thought about it. After my introduction, no one asks me anything. Maybe it’s just a Finnish thing. Maybe people just don’t think I’m interested enough. I don’t look for friendship but I wish there would be some connection where I feel comfortable. I’m like a fish out of the water. I’m not sure if I really belong to this course. Especially when networking is so important if you want to have your own business.

Speaking of that. In entrepreneurship there’s so much you have to do. About taxes and all that. If you’re unemployed and start your own, you’re in the hands of the job centre. They’re the ones who decide if you’re a part-time or full-time entrepreneur. It would be much easier if you weren’t signed to their books. But if you’re not, you won’t get unemployment benefits. You don’t get success overnights so you have to live on welfare for a while. If things were fiction, you could just start your business and clients will roll in. But the fact is, it’s not that simple. You have to work on it so maybe working for someone else would be better. But what can you do when you can’t find anything. It’s either entrepreneurship or falling down the society crack.

You probably don’t understand what I write but I just write what I think. It doesn’t have to make sense. If it does, then it’s alright. Sometimes I doubt my writing is confusing and the subject change too quickly in one post. But that’s how my mind works. Blogging won’t save my life but that’s not the point. It’s a hobby and that fact will always be better than fiction.

Cavity of employment

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cavity in a treeThe endless talk about unemployment. It’s the same everywhere. There are jobs but not the right ones. It’s the cavity of employment. It’s like a cavity in a tooth. When a hole is small, it’s easier to fix. But if you let it be, small things become bigger. When people say you can find a job if you really want to, they probably can do any work they can. But if you have restrictions, like allergies, there are jobs you can’t do. In some occupations, there are limited jobs and they don’t appear like a package on a conveyor belt. You can’t risk your own health in a workplace that isn’t good for you. They say you should study to an occupation where there are jobs. Yeah, like a nurse rolls eyes Sorry but not everyone is suitable for that job.

I don’t how many degrees you need to have to get a job. If you apply to study, nothing is certain if you even get in. All these job search courses are useless. It employs other people who have the courses but not the unemployed who take part in them. The Internet is full of information about job search so you don’t need to get it from a course. The problem in a job search is that no matter what you do, no one still don’t find interest in you because there’s always someone better. More social or a lot more job experience.  You need a lot of luck in job search and the bigger your social circle is, the better. But what if you have none of that, what then?

Not everyone has relatives or friends who could help you get a job. You can’t really go to LinkedIn and add random people to your list. It’s not Twitter. How can you make contact with anybody if you never been lucky enough to meet people? You might meet people and talk to them but that’s about it. Especially if you’re socially awkward or are not good with people. It seems the only way to get a job is with connections. It’s easier to put the blame on the unemployed. Some people think it’s their own fault they don’t have a job. The person who looks for a job can’t choose who gets it. All they can is to do is trying their best. There will always be people without jobs but the attitudes must change. Everyone who can work should have the same opportunities to get a job. It shouldn’t matter if they’re young, experienced or with a disability. Most people want a job but they can’t get one because they don’t suit the companies image. Or some other excuse. Unemployed only want someone to believe in them. If only employers would think less about money and more about hiring people without a job. Maybe that’s too much to ask.