Idk if this is the right comm, if not, please do not hesitate to beat me over the head with a large stick.

Necessary background: without doxxing myself, I'm 21, I live in the US, in a red state, and I have hella ADHD. I've only ever had two jobs in my life, one when I was sixteen, and one when I was nineteen, both in the food service industry. I live with my dad and stepmom but I've been paying for college with inheritance/social security money I saved up from my mom who passed away a bit ago. Anyways I'm taking this semester full time and I don't have enough in my bank account to pay for it and I REALLY don't want to take out a loan. My family is willing to help out this time but I need a job for future semesters. I have zero work skills and I don't want to get a job in the food industry again since last time was one of the worst periods of my life and I genuinely wanted to 300gorillion myself. Since I have ADHD my motivation and executive functioning are both pretty awful so I'm scared to get a job while I'm also taking a semester of college but it's looking like that's what I'm gonna have to do anyways.

What do I do? Does anybody have suggestions on what would be a good work environment that doesn't involve food but is still entry-level/wouldn't involve working for like Amazon or some shit (although monopolization will inevitably have every job mean working for Amazon so maybe that's not as worrisome as it seems).

Thank you in advance, sorry if it's wrong comm/dumb question.

  • crime [she/her, any]
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    2 years ago

    Can you get a job at your college? A lot of colleges have work-study programs for students, and having your work be on campus will make it easier to manage from an executive function standpoint, since you can schedule shifts near your class hours it can make you more likely to attend both. IIRC a lot of the jobs are like basic office jobs, or if they're servicey your main customers are your peers so they're somewhat more incentivized to treat you decently.

    If you're taking all your classes online, similarly try to get a remote job - call center stuff or support stuff is often remote. If you go this route, try to use a specific room for school+work vs sleep if you're able to help preserve the space as somewhere you ONLY do work, this way it's a little easier to stay focused there bc it's a focus space

    • GingusBingus [any, any]
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      2 years ago

      I'm pretty sure only one of my classes is remote but the rest are on campus. That said, my campus does have jobs but they're pretty limited and hardly pay anything, though they're a good option as a last resort. Thank you for the advice tho I've heard about the idea of separating your workspace from the rest of your activities and that really helped me last semester!