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Overwhelmed

RedemptionRedemption Community Connector Posts: 5,387 Part of The Furniture
in Health & Wellbeing
I’m struggling and feel so behind. I was just going to do the three-month course, but then this six-week one came up, and now I’m not fully sure what to do. I’ve been offered two different courses and I’m unsure which one to choose. I saw one course today and will start another one tomorrow. They both help people get into work, and I want to pick the one that’s most likely to help me get into work quicker. On the face of it, the six-week course seems quicker because it’s much shorter, but I don’t want to do it and end up thinking I should have done the three-month one. I’m maybe leaning towards the six-week one just because it’s much shorter, whereas the three-month course means being out of work for three months, but I don’t want to regret my choice. I’m not sure what to do; I want to do whatever gets me into work and is better for me overall. I’ve done different courses before, including confidence-boosting courses, and back in June I did a course similar to the three-month course but it was only a month long and didn’t include a residential trip. I don’t want to do anything that’s a waste. I feel so behind in life, struggling to sleep, and overwhelmed juggling everything. One of the courses came at a bit of short notice. There’s so much pressure with everything, and I’m really bugging out.

I feel so pressured, especially as I’ve done things before that haven’t worked out, and I don’t want to make any more wrong decisions, though I worry I will. Christmas is approaching, and it feels like I’ve failed another year. The six-week course will involve doing activities, and they said they work with an employer, which helps people get into work. The three-month course sounds interesting, will involve doing different activities, includes a two-week work experience placement, and has a residential trip. It also helps people get into work, but three months is a long time, and the residential trip has no Wi-Fi. I only have a few days to decide, and I’m going to the six-week course tomorrow. I think no one has any faith in me anymore.

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  • DonnerKebabDonnerKebab Posts: 2,032 Boards Champion
    @Redemption for what it's worth bro, i think you should do the 3 month one. A two week work placement will give you actual work experience along with a good reference at the end of it, which will go a huge way with future employers, and a residential trip will make a huge difference for developing independence and getting away from your family for a short while, which i know you've had issues with family before. It sounds like a good opportunity to move forward with. From what i can tell, you've mentioned the 6 weeks course has stated they'd work with an employer, but the important thing to note is by the sounds of it, they haven't promised work experience from it, and that's a key difference. So from that side of things, the 3 month course seems to be the best option for getting work experience, getting a good reference and developing independence which can be difficult to do in controlling families. And yes, 3 months is a long time, and is a fair bit longer than the 6 weeks, but it does seem more solid than the 6 week one.

    And for what it's worth bro, I have faith in you. You haven't given up, your still trying, and that's what counts.
  • RedemptionRedemption Community Connector Posts: 5,387 Part of The Furniture
    DonnerKebab wrote: »
    @Redemption for what it's worth bro, i think you should do the 3 month one. A two week work placement will give you actual work experience along with a good reference at the end of it, which will go a huge way with future employers, and a residential trip will make a huge difference for developing independence and getting away from your family for a short while, which i know you've had issues with family before. It sounds like a good opportunity to move forward with. From what i can tell, you've mentioned the 6 weeks course has stated they'd work with an employer, but the important thing to note is by the sounds of it, they haven't promised work experience from it, and that's a key difference. So from that side of things, the 3 month course seems to be the best option for getting work experience, getting a good reference and developing independence which can be difficult to do in controlling families. And yes, 3 months is a long time, and is a fair bit longer than the 6 weeks, but it does seem more solid than the 6 week one.

    And for what it's worth bro, I have faith in you. You haven't given up, your still trying, and that's what counts.

    Thank you @DonnerKebab bro, Ill talk about it later in chat
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