Sunday, May 10
I was cleaning out my wallet, and came across the debit card from unemployment. During the time off, that piece of plastic was so representative of the situation. Every 2 weeks, a sum of money not nearly enough to sustain a family of 3 was deposited. Every 10 days, I would be checking the balance on line, and taking care to only buy what I absolutely needed - one day work of food, 10 bucks in gas, whatever I absolutely needed. The card was like an admission ticket to Wal Mart - it gave me something to do, and a means to go and buy an item and kill 15 minutes of a long day. That little piece of plastic.......
Makes you realize the only thing between being relatively comfortable and in financial distress is the day to day security of having a job. Each day you work is one more day you have held your own with the bills and the finanacial drain. Having been off 6 months has set us back, but I know we arent the only ones. To paraphrase an old joke, "I was off for 6 months and burned through my savings, but I made up for it by having my 401k lose 50% of its value". You have to laugh or else you'd cry, right?
Makes you realize the only thing between being relatively comfortable and in financial distress is the day to day security of having a job. Each day you work is one more day you have held your own with the bills and the finanacial drain. Having been off 6 months has set us back, but I know we arent the only ones. To paraphrase an old joke, "I was off for 6 months and burned through my savings, but I made up for it by having my 401k lose 50% of its value". You have to laugh or else you'd cry, right?
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