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Going mental

Desmond79

After yesterday's job interview, on Zoom, my brain melted. Then I drove to Coalisland - a town ten miles from where I live - and was making an exhibition of myself with poor parking skills. Then, I got stinking thinking on the way home.

I slept fourteen hours, from seven yesterday evening to nine this morning. Then I was going for a drive, and pulled over to remove a black bin bag lying on the road. I could easily have been knocked dead.

I'm skating on thin ice.

Yesterday, I learned about the marshmallow experiment. I am far too impulsive, which has affected my adult life. While I have the intelligence, I don't have the common sense or patience to cope with grown up decisions.

I remember a Teacher telling me that I have so much knowledge, but little ability to apply it. On reflection, School wasn't the right environment for me. I never pulled my weight as a child. Now I have to deal with the consequences.

I plan a car-free weekend.

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  • Congratulations on doing a Zoom interview. I have always gave up the job application process at any sort of video interview stage even after passing the tests as I just can't cope with it.

    Sometimes parking can be awkward with not much space to move and trying to park with other cars moving around you so I wouldn't worry about it.

    I can relate to what you mention about lots of knowledge but unable to apply it. I stayed on at school, went to college for a year and then 5 years at uni to do a masters degree in engineering. I only had two short jobs that didn't last long due to social difficulties and no one giving me any training etc. I gave up on my engineering career for many reasons but how crazy is it, all that knowledge and no one would employ me and train me to apply it!

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  • Congratulations on doing a Zoom interview. I have always gave up the job application process at any sort of video interview stage even after passing the tests as I just can't cope with it.

    Sometimes parking can be awkward with not much space to move and trying to park with other cars moving around you so I wouldn't worry about it.

    I can relate to what you mention about lots of knowledge but unable to apply it. I stayed on at school, went to college for a year and then 5 years at uni to do a masters degree in engineering. I only had two short jobs that didn't last long due to social difficulties and no one giving me any training etc. I gave up on my engineering career for many reasons but how crazy is it, all that knowledge and no one would employ me and train me to apply it!

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