I'm definitely getting better at self care. I've started working out, and I got to go shopping for a bit with one of my co-workers, something I haven't done in a while. I feel really good and less drained, but it's still frustrating to help the same people week after week look for jobs with no improvement. I know it's not their fault, and especially when a client has experience in a certain field, it can be really hard finding them a job, like fi they are a registered nurse, but there its hard to find open positions. One of my clients is mostly blind and it is so frustrating because it is almost impossible for him to find a job and he keeps wanting to apply at the same places. It really shows me the actual effects of the economy. Last week, a woman came in looking for a job after she was laid off from a job she had for twenty years. She wants to find another professional long-term job, but I'm not sure how easy it will be for her. She's really nice and has a family and it really saddens me to see her need our help. I'm also frustrated because often the clients don't show up, either because they forgot or some other reason. Today, twice I spent time before a meeting looking for jobs to apply to for my client, just to have them not show up. This makes me sad because I think it really hurts their chances of getting a job, because I know at least one of them doesn't have access to a computer.
In other news, we finished part of our big project, which is to verify information about our resources and enter them into a excel sheet on google. As annoying as that was, we are not doing it with Housing, which means we need to call each housing authority to find out about them. This is going to be frustrating because often no one picks up. I'm not really looking forward to this, but it will give me a chance to learn more about housing and where they are and such.
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