This is probably the worst place in the world to ask, but fuck it. I don't have any friends anyway...

This is probably the worst place in the world to ask, but fuck it. I don't have any friends anyway, and no one else I can talk to.


I'm a 28 year old married father.
I am unemployed, and unemployable.
I made some mistakes when I was younger that fucked up my legal record, and I got my name put on blast for alleged wrongthink such that a prospective employer can easily just google me and write me off without even running a legit background check.

On top of this, I don't have a degree of any kind. I went to school for useless liberal arts degree in my late teens, and then dropped out to go travel and study up on my specialty (folklore and comparative religion).
I tried to go back to school for a trade last year, but had to drop out because my wife was carrying twins and needed my help so much of the time.
Now that my GPA has sank even further and my debt has only increased, I am actually not allowed to keep going back to school until I square all my debt, which I may never even be able to do.

Last month, I found a cheaper place than where I was at to move my family out to the middle of fucking nowhere to save money. The real hope was that I could get down to using the skills and knowledge I have to make some art and maybe write a book.


Increasingly, I am realizing that I wasted my entire life learning the things I learned and honing the skills I honed, as every time I have attempted to do something with them, some kind of absolute catastrophe happens to prevent me from even doing anything.


I guess what I'm asking Jow Forums is...

What the fuck do I do with my life as an almost-middle aged father of three who can't find employment anywhre, when the only skills I know and the knowledge I have is totally useless?

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Kill yourself nazi.

I'm literally not. My wife is half native, for god's sake. My kids are fuckin mixed race. lmao.

op ignore the cunt hes a closed minded loser. jk stop being gay

yo middle age is like 45-60
still young

Get better at your art so you could draw some huge anime titties or some landscape art and become a freelance writer, not just someone who writes books per se.
Since most people don't even read books now OP, your best shot is to write some self-help book about millenials or wait a little and then write for gen z as well or something.
But you better have rock solid knowledge on writing as if you were an English major who took those 4XX Advanced Grammar courses. Check out /lit/'s guide on the trivium.
Ladies first.

Are there any restaurants nearby where you live? Kitchens will hire pretty much anybody. It's shit pay, but it's a start.

For trades can't you start off as a helper of sorts? Such as in carpentry? You might have to look for work that's tough manual labour.

Also, what exact wrongthink did you engage in to mess your life up (can be vague about it to stay anonymous)?

Asking for a friend.

Focus not so much on yourself, but on your children. You are a father now and it is your duty to pass down your knowledge to your next of kin. If you cannot make use of your skills, perhaps you can take pride in seeing your children do so. Be a good father. You can do it!

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Like I mentioned before, my primary interest is in folklore and comparative religion. I've gotten the general feel for that sort of language, even if I'm not some kind of literary genius.

No restaurants, and no trades. I'm literally 50 miles from anything now.

As for the wrongthink, all I did was drunkenly suggest, in my early 20's, to a crowd of metalheads at a party that being okay with "Burn churches!" but not "Burn synagogues!" was a mite hypocritical.

Fast forward 10 years and these fuckers are all Antifa types looking for a witch to hunt.


This is an interesting perspective. One I hadn't considered, I guess.
Now, how the fuck do I use my skills to pay the bills until the kids are old enough to teach, I wonder?

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Trucking

A full time job would be a little more than half trucking pay, but you would get to go home.

Try to get into a medical assistant program like x-ray tech or something at a community college is an alternative

Just some ideas

I've never considered trucking.
As for the other thing, college of any kind is legit off the table until I pay back my loans.

But trucking. That is actually an interesting one. I'll look into that. Thank you!

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I just looked into it, and I wouldn't pass a background check for the CDL in my state.

> As for the wrongthink, all I did was drunkenly suggest, in my early 20's, to a crowd of metalheads at a party that being okay with "Burn churches!" but not "Burn synagogues!" was a mite hypocritical.
How does this appear on a background check? Seems like there should be ways to hide your history or at least make it hard to find.

Since you clearly have artistic ability, have you looked into learning 3d modelling? You could sell bespoke video game assets to game devs over the internet. People are willing to pay a high price for that if you're good.

>As for the wrongthink, all I did was drunkenly suggest, in my early 20's, to a crowd of metalheads at a party that being okay with "Burn churches!" but not "Burn synagogues!" was a mite hypocritical.

>Fast forward 10 years and these fuckers are all Antifa types looking for a witch to hunt.

That's such bullshit. I was wondering because I had a feeling that it would be something that I would say. Been drunk before and have said worse things but it was in a strip club over a year ago and haven't had anything happen to me, yet...

Trucking is another good one. I'm sure they'd be more forgiving when it comes to people having a criminal record.

Good luck.

user, based on the situation you're in, you should probably consider trying to use the skills you already have to do precisely what you said: write books and make art. Just try to pump out as much fucking material as you can as frequently as you can. If you have any talent whatsoever then you might manage to create something that will provide you with the means to make a living for yourself and your family.

Desperation breeds creativity and insight. Dostoyevsky knew this better than anyone else, and after each successful novel, he'd gamble everything he had away so that he had no choice but to write in order to stay alive. Another more modern example is Eminem. That fucker knew it was do or die for him, and so he did everything he could to succeed- and he did.

You studied these things with intent, and now that your life has taken such a dramatic turn, utilize the fucking skills that you have been honing. They aren't fucking useless- don't turn your back on the one good thing you managed to do for yourself growing up.

If you fail, you will fucking die. Keep that in mind, keep your mind focused, and start trying to create works that can be published. At the very least, you'll probably manage to live meagerly until you manage to achieve something of value.

If you're staying at home with the children to do this, then maybe your wife can do more practical work that was suggested in this thread, such as being a waitress and such. She may have to be the breadwinner for a time until you can manage to get your career off the ground.

God speed, user. I believe you can accomplish your goals with enough focused determination.

You could try just climbing the ladder on some low level job. If you can somehow manage to get a manager position at any fast food/restaurant/retail place, you're already doing good. After you get that status, start applying for manager positions to other jobs that will pay more than your current job.

I've seen it happen a ton of times where someone starts off as a Taco Bell manager, quits, then gets hired starting as a manager at a nicer place.

Getting doxed by Antifa shows up in a Google search, not a background check.

The legal problems and the Antifa problems are separate things, they just tend to complement each other when it comes time to show up for an interview.

3D modeling is definitely something I hadn't considered before either. Interesting. Will look into it.

Yeah dude it's fucking insanity, but it basically chased me out of my hometown.

Thank you for this. Just...thank you.
This is the kind of stuff I make, on the handcrafting side of things, if anyone is interested. Not trying to show off, I just know how many people claim to be able to do shit they totally can't do. dA mentality and whatnot.

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Holy shit, how the FUCK did you make that!?! Jesus Christ dude, that's legit the type of artisan shit you see that the Renaissance Festival that people buy for hundreds of dollars.

Don't sell yourself short you stupid bastard!! Fuck. Keep creating more and more and try to sell your work. Most people don't understand that it absolutely IS possible for someone to make a living as an artist because most people lack the skill to even consider it as possible.

You obviously have some skill. Put it to fucking use.

Look into the idea of search engine optimization. Most people aren't gonna scroll past the first few results when they google your name so if you flood the results with links to your art/linkedin/account/anything else that reflects positively on you then you can potentially bury the negative shit. Also, there's an online form you can fill out to request that Google take down links. It's a long shot but what do you have to lose by trying?

Your artistic ability already puts you head and shoulders above the masses of completely unskilled laborers. Keep trying, you should definitely be able to figure something out.

Also, keep having hope for the future. The longer the internet is a thing, the more dirt will exist on everyone. In 20 years or so it'll probably reach the point where almost everyone has said some dumb shit online and employers begin to realize they need to stop being so anal about holding past transgressions against people.

You wanna know something? I legit have no idea how to market my shit.

Like, actually. You're damn right about people paying hundreds of dollars for this shit at Ren Faires.
How the hell do people cough up the money for booths AND have the time/money to come up with inventory, WHILE marketing? Shit has always blown my mind. Beyond me.
All I know how to do is make the shit lol

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Give us your name we blast google with positive things about your art so the negative things will be hard to find

Haha. Funny.

So much strength in one post.

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This is something I can’t help you with because I have no idea how it works myself lol. I fancy myself a bit of an artist as well, but since I’ve lived an especially privileged life I’ve never tried to market any of my work.

Maybe try asking on other forums dedicated to this type of shit? Hell, I’m sure people on Reddit can help a whole hell of a lot more than Jow Forums. Just start digging as deep as you can online until you find something. Marketing yourself is, at this point, no different from a job hunt.

Speaking of which, did you say your wife can or can’t work? Considering the nature of your situation, she’s probably going to have to pull some extra weight as well.

I don't understand how you cant pass a background check. Greentext the full story OP

>Like I mentioned before, my primary interest is in folklore and comparative religion. I've gotten the general feel for that sort of language, even if I'm not some kind of literary genius.
Still, user.
Editors are kind of assholes and act like bitch tits sometimes, if they don't like your grammar they will drop out your project and you won't get your books published because of them.
Either way, I wish you good luck if you're going for this path!

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Call the Dept Education and get your loans out of default, get a payment plan, that way you can finish school. Since you're unemployed you won't have to pay anything for a while.

How about selling them online? Just beware of lowballers tho

>28
>almost middle-aged
Wut.

The obvious answer is you get whatever job you can to support your family, and in your downtime work on your book or skills to get a better job. However, with the info you've given I imagine you have no interest in getting an entry level job. So good luck to your kids. And no I don't buy your bullshit you feed to yourself and poor wife about how you shouldn't even try getting a job because they won't hire you cause blah blah blah. If you're in debt already and no job how do you even pay the bills?

>And no I don't buy your bullshit you feed to yourself and poor wife about how you shouldn't even try getting a job because they won't hire you cause blah blah blah


Where the hell did you get that idea?

I still actively seek employment, I just happen to now live literally 50 miles away from anything.
Before I moved out here, I was looking for a job for TWO YEARS without a lead.

She's currently finishing her degree, which is going about as well as my school career did due to the birth of the twins and all.

I have felonies. That simple, really.

Maybe I'm just being an emo fag about my age. Who knows?

At 28 a lot of people are still figuring out what to do as career. Focus on getting your shit back together like others have said. Find a way to finish your studies and get on a career path.

do porn since you don’t have friends

Ubereats or lyft. You wont have a career but you will get cash flow.