#i'm tired of being reliant on my parent at the age of 30

[thewanderingace]

Because I like to torture myself, I just searched for new museum job listings in my area (the field i have two degrees in but can't find a job) and I found the PERFECT job listing. And I mean PERFECT. It's everything I've been looking for in a job for ages and I want to cry. I fit all of the requirements (the education, the years of experience (they are one museum who actually considers internships and volunteer work as work experience!), even down to having photoshop and website editing experience), the salary is better than all of my previous jobs, the job requirements are actually reasonable (instead of being 6 different jobs combined into one super job that would kill a normal person) and are all things I both know how to do and love to do and are exactly what I got my degrees in, and it's a great museum with a good reputation. But there's no point in applying. Why? The museum is over 3 hours away from me. I can't commute 3+ hours for a part time job and I can't just up and move to that area right now for a variety of personal reasons most importantly the fact that I am dirt poor and this job doesn't pay that well enough for me to be able to afford a place of my own. I have other personal reasons for staying where I am now as well. So it's just not an option for me at this moment in time. And that depresses the hell out of me because I know I could get this job and I'd love this job and it'd be the perfect way to finally kickstart my career BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR AWAY! I HATE EVERYTHING!