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I Got Fired & Am Terrified of the Future!
8 years ago
UPDATE: I just got off the phone with my mom and she assures me that even if I can't make the car payments right now, I won't lose the car. However, it's still a small comfort. I plan to be hitting possible jobs left and right in an attempt to get a second part time job, even if just as a cashier or stocker, at least until I can get bumped up to full time at the first one. Nevertheless, I am still in crisis mode because with the way my budget is, I don't even think I'll be able to afford phone service. Internet will be limited to wifi hotspots that I can access, but that just means I won't be on at night anymore. Any entertainment I have will be stuff I do offline, reading, or probably dusting off my old Wii. I plan to sell a majority of everything I own for as much as I can get for them. Once my current month of phone service is up, I'm gonna have to drop it or it'll get shut off anyway due to nonpayment.
It's exactly as the title says. I lost my job yesterday and my whole world has come crashing down on me. :(
Now I will say that I miraculously managed to land another job literally in less than 24 hours, by the grace of God. However, the position I asked for wasn't offered. Instead, I was offered a position that wasn't as high up on the pay scale and is only part time. This means as it stands, I won't be able to afford both rent and my car payment, which means I'll probably end up losing the car...which is needed for this job! And that's to say nothing about stuff like food, electric, etc.
Right now, I am utterly terrified of the future and what might happen. I do have a vested 401k balance I can draw from. But I have to wait at least two weeks before it's possibly available to me.
I am really scared right now. I had my life in order and losing my job completely unraveled it. I don't know what to do. I can do story commissions on the side, but it's hard for me to be in the frame of mind for creating content on here. I'll probably end up posting all the remaining chapters of that dino story and that'll likely have to be it for the foreseeable future as far as personal stories go. Now granted I have the rest of July and possibly August. After that, I don't know. I just don't know.
More than anything, I need a different place to live, somewhere with a roommate. But I don't really know anybody because I've always kept to myself. I might end up having to live with my mom, but it won't be pleasant at all. I could end up being homeless. I don't know.
Bottom line...I'm scared. While I managed to get a replacement job, it's of little comfort.
I don't know what to do. I need help, badly.
For the moment, the only thing I can do is put my Paypal email address up, if anyone is able to send a donation. Beyond that...I don't know what to do right now. My world has just fallen apart.
If you're able to send a donation through Paypal, then click this link. I'd be grateful for any amount: http://tinyurl.com/l82mnb8
Even if you only signal boost this journal, it would be most appreciated.
It's exactly as the title says. I lost my job yesterday and my whole world has come crashing down on me. :(
Now I will say that I miraculously managed to land another job literally in less than 24 hours, by the grace of God. However, the position I asked for wasn't offered. Instead, I was offered a position that wasn't as high up on the pay scale and is only part time. This means as it stands, I won't be able to afford both rent and my car payment, which means I'll probably end up losing the car...which is needed for this job! And that's to say nothing about stuff like food, electric, etc.
Right now, I am utterly terrified of the future and what might happen. I do have a vested 401k balance I can draw from. But I have to wait at least two weeks before it's possibly available to me.
I am really scared right now. I had my life in order and losing my job completely unraveled it. I don't know what to do. I can do story commissions on the side, but it's hard for me to be in the frame of mind for creating content on here. I'll probably end up posting all the remaining chapters of that dino story and that'll likely have to be it for the foreseeable future as far as personal stories go. Now granted I have the rest of July and possibly August. After that, I don't know. I just don't know.
More than anything, I need a different place to live, somewhere with a roommate. But I don't really know anybody because I've always kept to myself. I might end up having to live with my mom, but it won't be pleasant at all. I could end up being homeless. I don't know.
Bottom line...I'm scared. While I managed to get a replacement job, it's of little comfort.
I don't know what to do. I need help, badly.
For the moment, the only thing I can do is put my Paypal email address up, if anyone is able to send a donation. Beyond that...I don't know what to do right now. My world has just fallen apart.
If you're able to send a donation through Paypal, then click this link. I'd be grateful for any amount: http://tinyurl.com/l82mnb8
Even if you only signal boost this journal, it would be most appreciated.
It's mantra I'm fond of when I'm feeling insure about life. To repeating it a couple of times to yourself.
I know your terrified. But you're taking this better than you're giving your self credit for. You immediately went looking for a new job and got one. You're thinking logically about what to do and weighing your options. Good.
If you need your car for your job abut can't afford it and your home then you have two options 1: Get a better job. Well I'm sure if you could you would have, so there's not much to explore there. 2: Get a cheaper place. Obviously that's not easy. But it might be the easier of the two. If you can find a cheaper place where you can live on your own that's great. But I can't help you there. So let's talk about the other two options.
Would moving back in with your mother be so bad? Do you not get along? I can see that it could be a bit embarrassing. But a small blow to ones pride isn't the worst thing ever. You could make yourself useful by helping around the house and going out to do thing your mum might have trouble with.
As for living with a roommate, I'd suggest atleast looking into it. You need to fight your shyness sometime. And while it might be preferable to do so when things are going well for you, but we don't always get what we want. You could even turn this crisis into an opportunity. Expand your circle of friends in the real world and come out of your shell.
Failing that as long as you can find someone who you don't mind and doesn't mind you so you could just co-exist is still set-up many would kill for. So I'd suggest at least thinking it through and meeting some people.
Listen. I'm not really qualified to give advice here. I've never struggled for money or shelter and I don't want to say to much incase I say something dumb. Tomorrow I'll talk to some of my family members who know more about life than I do. They might have some ideas.
But for now I'll say it's good you're moving forwards rather than focusing on the past. I know it must seem like the end of the world. But you will manage, My sister was let go by her law firm for stupid reasons earlier this year. She got really upset. She was pretty hard to handle. But she got her act together pretty soon, got a new job and moved in with her boyfriend. She's fine now. If she could recover from it then I believe you can too.
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