I spent this entire year, more or less, putting in for better work opportunities. I have an extremely varied skill set: everything from live sound to studio work to graphics design to programming. I also have BS, though it's done fuck all for me. I/my family hit a bad patch right after I graduated Uni, and long story short, I've been without steady work for going on 4 years now (just contract gigs here and there that don't pay much.) I have an up-to-date portfolio of work, but that doesn't seem to matter to all places.

I've been living back at home the entire time. In March I'm getting in my car and just going. Anywhere. I don't even care anymore. I have no prospects and no friends where I'll likely end up. I might fail and die out there but I just don't fucking care anymore. Anything is better then slowly dying here. I look at my situation and I read stuff from people like OP, and it really makes me wonder just how many people out there are being driven half fucking mad by not being able to bootstrap any kind of life in the "typical" ways.