Out of work - still, again & not liking it one little bit

This is a bit of a deep and meaningful post, as I try to work through my mixed feelings about being once again looking for work, with all the ongoing issues faced by a reasonably healthy, but older male in today's dog eat dog job hunting world.

Those who know me well, would be aware of the various jobs and roles I've had over a long period of my working life.

I will now attempt to list them in some kind of chronological order.

Left School
(Moved to Patea NZ)
Stock Clerk at a Abottior
Labourer in a Fellmongery
(Moved to Christchurch)
Costing Clerk at a Freezer Company office (Meat exporters)
(Redundant #1)
Trainee Computer Operator
Computer Operator
(Married, and first child (a beautiful daughter)
Senior Computer Operator
2nd Child (a son!...the Bohan name can continue)(built a house = mortgage)
COBOL Programmer
(Redundant #2)
(Dad dies)
Not looking for more Computer Work as industry was stuffed.
Insurance Salesman. (couldn't make it, struggled with cold calling)
Taxi Driver
(Seperated)
Taxi Driver (Night shift)
(quit) Crashed at brother's house for 6 months, working on the tan
PC Computer Consultant - Accounting Software
Senior Computer Consultant
(Meet 2nd wife)
(Married, new house/mortgage)
Barman as a 2nd job to pay mortgage
Resigned to come to Australia (NZ was stuffed. and I'd seen most of it by then)
(moved to Melbourne, Australia)
Computer Consultant for same global Accounting firm as in NZ
Barman for Catering company (Caulfield Horse racing and Sandown Motor Raceway (part-time)
Internal PC Support for same firm
(2nd beautiful daughter born)
Junior Manager PC Support
(3rd beautiful daughter born)
(Built a house in Melbourne)
Manager for special Telstra Share Float project
IT Manager for off-shoot company from project
State IT Manager for new business owners
(in 2000 looked into returning to PC Support)
Pizza Hut deliver man (to help pay the Mortgage)
State IT Operations Manager for Law firm
(redundant #3)- (New boss didn't like me, so THAT didn't help)
In the wilderness
Handyman for retirement home (Sisters of Good Shepherd)
Handyman for bricklayer (Neighbour)
Barman at MCG (part-time)and Australian Grand Prix
IT General Manager for small Accounting firm
(redundant #4)
(separated from 2nd wife)
(moved in with son)
(sold my beloved 4wd)
Retrained for my Heavy Rigid (HR) Truck driving license
Truck driving delivering tent equipment to the Melbourne Cup site
Marketing Sales role with a friend in Geelong
Returned to IT Manager Role (3 month Contract)
Made permanent as IT Manager - National Law Firm
Became Computer Consultant again for Legal Technology
(redundant #5)
Applied for permits required for bus driving (Police, Taxi Directorate, Working with Children)
Bus driver on set local bus routes
IT Manager (2 yr contract)
IT Business Analyst
(Out of work - again)

In summary, it looks like I've voluntarily left as many jobs as I have walked away without a choice.

I have always been a slave to the wage, I have always tried to be the 'bread-winner' and I have never, ever been completely independent of the need for money.

As that famous surfing company says, The search continues...

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