Tenacious J posted:

2015 has been a year of waiting for registration, which never seems to come. Until I get registered, I'm unemployable as a psychologist. Luckily, the company I did an internship with has kept me on and will keep me as long as I need to get registered. During this time, however, I do not have a lot of work with them, nor am I paid well. I earn an income of about $1000/mo. Once registration happens, I can expect to start making about $40-$50k/yr, which will then go up the year after to 70-80. However, none of this is guaranteed, which worries me. My income is entirely dependent on clients booking appointments. If they don't book or show up, no income. Also, this shift towards 40k/yr won't happen quickly either - I will need to build a case load, which is full of question marks. So, overall, I have spent a long summer feeling awful and worrying about the future, and my best hopes along this path are still uncertain.

A lot of poo poo has happened too, while I've been waiting for registration. For example, this whole process was supposed to be complete way back in May. Instead, due in part to me and in part to departmental processes, many things happened to delay or cost more in this process. My graduation was delayed waiting for approval, caused me to miss a registration committee meeting, then another meeting was canceled, my application had two technical difficulties, I forgot to include vital information, part of my credentials were denied, I had to register for another course.. all of this stuff costing extra money I don't have. Nothing like that has happened to me in life before, and it really does feel like I'm trying to swim up stream. Does the universe not want me to do this as a career? Maybe this is some adjustment bureau stuff? Unless yet another thing happens, I should obtain registration in December.