Dear mage:

I can see how getting rejected and working in a job where you are “very underemployed and bored” is wearing you down, robbing you of energy. In addition, having a general degree is making it difficult to proceed in a job market that is very specific- this factor needs to be confronted and dealt with. Maybe there is a way for you to get trained in something very specific that will make it possible for you to get a job where you feel challenged.

“how to feel energetic again”?-

– here are a few quotes that may help you in this regard:

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm”- Winston Churchill.

“I have not failed. I’ve found 10,000 ways that won’t work”- Thomas Edison.

“Two roads diverge in a wood and I took the one less traveled by, and that made all the difference”- Robert Frost.

There is another quote that I don’t have with me, it is about a caterpillar who is a caterpillar for a long time, including while living in a cocoon, not knowing it will ever be any different, then one day, surprise:  a butterfly!

anita