Life, but not as we know it .....

It has been a trying weekend, I am definitely technologically challenged . I am supposed to be an intelligent woman and should be able to perform the simplest of tasks; (how hard is it to install a scanner program?) But no, having spent too much time over the last couple of days going through the whole process in a logical way (well to me totally logical Captain) and I still haven't succeeded. The question is do I throw in the towel and just forget about the whole thing or do I follow my instinct and go back like a bad penny and try again before I ring a friend and ask for assistance? Who knows maybe I am just a sucker for punishment and will have one more try. What it has taught me is that I am not IT orientated and should just accept the fact that it is something that I should just use for pleasure and not try and earn a living in it. So that decision made for me, what do I do ? The increase it the retirement age will mean that we are going to have have to work longer and be equipped to support ourselves that much longer, but what about those of us who are struggling now to find something that we can do to support ourselves? Having raised a family and out of the job market for far too long has been a rude awakening and find myself marooned on a remote sandbank with no means of getting off. Yes, I can scrape enough money together to go and do a course, but what course? As money is already scarce I cannot afford to squander money on a course that is not going to provide me with an significant asset with which to find a job. There are far more qualified , experienced people out there already struggling to find a job, now must be one of the worst times to wake up and smell the coffee about the next step.

One thing is clear, I have to do something. I just wish I knew what it was.

This is life Jim, but not as we know it !!