The grind...
Back from a rejuvinating "spring break" trip, and I'm back to feeling... frustrated, overwhelmed, and just plain tired. Unemployment is hard to deal with, especially since I had always just assumed that I would have some decent job that i enjoyed after I graduated college. REALITY CHECK! I really just want to find any sort of job in the art/design industry, but it seems like Des Moines is only looking for Healthcare/Accountants/Truck Drivers/"Work from Home!!" I should have been a biology major, or an economics major.
I think I need to lower my standards. Here's a question my friends and I have been debating recently: Do most people hate their jobs, or at least consider going to work a grind? I've always been an idealist about careers, but my experiences so far have been less than ideal. Most of my friends are unhappy with their jobs... is this reality??
Yes, you're having recent grad anxiety syndrome. Compounding that, your goals are to the left and you're in a community that tends toward the right.
My recommendation is that you start getting involved with some of the local art and design museums, find some design art cultures that are in the same vein as your interests and goals, get involved with an equity/waiver theatre or so and make certain you network your heart out. When you're among like-kind folk, you'll find out about the little niches where things pop up and get to know more of the subtle nuances of searching.