Crisis of faith

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Hi Lessian,

Sorry about that! I failed to recognize that you are in Australia. Wagglepop is open to sellers in the US, Canada, and UK. We can sell to several other countries (including Australia), but people can not sell from Australia. I asked about it and was told that the site will probably not be open to Australian sellers in the future, BUT a country-specific sister site is likely to happen. That could be very cool.

I also tried to find out which site would be best to try given that you are in Australia, and eBid is what was recommended to me. I was told that it is free to use.

http://au.ebid.net/

Anyway, I'll try to get back on track. Your main problem seems to be not really feeling as though your life has a purpose / not seeing what your life's purpose is. I have an idea that might help you. You may not like this idea, but I'll post it anyway. There is a book by Rick Warren called "The Purpose Driven Life". It was written to answer the 'What on Earth am I here for?' question. Even if you don't believe in the Christian way of looking at life (as I do), it still could be interesting for you to read the book and see someone else's perspective on the issue. I have the book and am not using it, so I'd be happy to send it to you if you can PM me your mailing address.

Thanks all for your support and responses. I do appreciate it and also realise that I am wallowing a bit. Sometimes during my darkest hours, I cant do anything but wallow.
I do have job skills and experience, but none of it seems to matter. I have registered with countless temp agencies, and every single time a job comes up (even the lower level ones), there always seems to be someone better suited.
The only reason why I have my current job is because it is the parent organisation that owns the employment agency that my case officer works for. basically, he pulled strings to get it for me. and also the fact that it is a charity org for disabled people, which means that they need the bonus money the gov gives them for hiring a disabled person. I am not knocking the job or the people, merely pointing out that it was not through my skills or experience that I got the job, but chance and luck.
It is only a temp job with a neutral maybe on being kept after the contract runs out.
But its not even the current employment status that is getting me. its the lack of any kind of purpose to my existance. I am not doing anything that in any way helps to improve myself or those around me. Nor am I in a position to do so unless someone or something relents and helps me out a little bit. I have the dream, the ambition, the determination, but not the resources. and I cant get the resources until I can sort myself out with a good job to pay off my debts etc.
My dream is to have my own retail business selling things like arts, crafts, music, natural and herbal health and beauty etc. the focus will be on helping the little people get themselves into the world and give them an opportunity to get started. Kind of like a jamie oliver for the art world.