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I have usually resigned before getting fired. I took the failure on myself just the same, though, with all the guilt and damage to self-esteem. I felt like a failure AND a quitter. I resigned from a job teaching high school English, then a job teaching middle school (thought it would be better, it was worse – what a fool I was) and a job at Books-a-Million after about two hours. (You mean I have to stand here and be quiet and just wait for people to come up and check out books? And I have to ask them to try a magazine subscription? Ugh. No. Gotta get outta HERE right now!) I believe (not officially diagnosed) I have ADD, and social anxiety (diagnosed). Also, under those circumstances, lol, a hefty does of depression.
Teaching was not the job for me. Right now, I’m waitressing. It allows me to run around in circles and expend energy, it’s relatively easy, and I can leave work at work. It’s a little stressful because I’m so forgetfull and get anxious, but it’s okay. I’d like to do something that better meets my intelligence level, but hopefully that will come down the line.
At work waitressing, I got my nickname, “Squirrel.”
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