I lost my canvasing job because I could not convince people directly complicit in genocide living extremely wealthy lives to donate $20 a month to feed the children their government is bombing.

I want to give up. I am about to run out of rent and bill money, all my savings and meager inheritance from my dead grandmother is gone. I gave almost all of it away, then I lost my job.

I don't know what to do now, my mind wanders to adventurism.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I did this once and second the idea. I specifically worked in aquatics, public pools need more people during the summer for obvious reasons, if you can swim and are fit enough for lifeguarding then all the better but I wasn't and it still helped me fill a gap in my life.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Our local recreation department, the ones who manage pools, seems like a great place to work. They also manage the concert halls, museums, and spots like the community farms within parks. There's so much diversity and once you're in with the city you can easily transfer wherever. I'd totally apply there if I wasn't specialised in plants.