Please, a simple answer to a simple question

I’m feeling a bit stuck, these days. First of all, Saturday was my last day of employment; the contract was temporary and it is over. I have a part-time gig in an office, but nothing that can sustain us, and certainly not a career. Here I sit a man in search of a career. Simon and Garfunkle’s song comes to mind: "Seeking only workman’s wages/I come looking for a job/but I get no offers…" The next line certainly does not apply (you’ll have to look it up, the song is The Boxer), but I really would like a career that would pay a bill or two, and be somewhat satisfying, and allow me to continue to write.

Speaking of which, the second reason I am stuck is that I am working on a story and just wrote myself into an emotional spot. The main character, Ryan, has to tell his new girlfriend that her best friend and first lover (you’ll have to read the whole story to realize it is not as weird as it sounds) was just murdered. I stopped writing at that point. She still doesn’t know Matt has been killed. I just don’t have the courage to tell her. I really don’t know how she’ll react, so I stopped writing...

And lay on the couch in our study and read a book, avoiding the inevitable. I’ll write that later. So I read. A safe escape. Safer than internet porn, or stupid TV. I between pages, I lifted my eyes to the framed degree on the wall. Words like "hereto" and "bestowed" or it is "conferred", I forget. Anyway, there it was on the wall, my degree: Master of Theological Studies. This leads me to the third reason I am stuck. When I enrolled in graduate school, I thought it was the ticket. I wasn’t sure to where, but it certainly was the ticket. I read the last line of the certificate "…and all the Rights and Privileges pertaining thereto…" Could someone pleas tell me exactly what my Rights and Privileges are?

So here I sit: under-employed, over-educated, avoiding fictional characters because I am afraid of their reactions to the bad news I have to give, and wondering what my rights in fact are. Would someone please help?
I’d be most obliged.