Helplessness is unhelpful

There are many times that i guess every individual goes through where they feel completely helpless. At the moment I have this feeling for two reasons:

1. My own job- im waiting to hear back about a possible promotion-making training
2. My girlfriends job - she should have started it a couple of weeks ago but her recruitment department keeps loosing her details

However, i feel as per normal for me I feel more compelled to try and help out with everyone elses problems first before my own, but i realise theres not a lot i can do for either my girlfriend or myself this time. It just annoys me that to get ahead in life it takes someone you dont even know to make a decision (or as i call it to 'switch an invisible switch') or otherwise your stuck in a situation that you shouldnt be anymore.

Anyway to try and take my mind off these problems i decided to go birdwatching yesterday instead of keeping fit and managed to get some pictures of some birds (pictures above) ive not seen before: red-throated divers, teal and snipe (and all basically on my doorstep)

Ian A