by Hope
On February 23, 2024, it will be an entire year since I had a full time job. And over a year and a half since I had a full time job with benefits.
I walked into work on January 9th ready to go heads down on tax work and anticipated getting fully caught up over the next couple of months.
And then the other shoe dropped. My boss let me go.
Her reasoning was that she was cutting down her accounting practice so she could handle it independently and she was no longer going to need me. She was kind enough to give me 2 months severance. But all my thoughts of catching up, out the door with no notice whatsoever.
I was shook again!
And with that, it has now been an entire year that I have less than full time income. A whole year of not having enough money to even cover my basic bills.
Holding My Breathe
I had a whole slew of posts planned talking about how my No Spend Month was going and what debts I was going to pay with the extra income I was making…But all I could do was turn inward again and start holding my breathe. I had literally just caught up. I came into the year so full of hope.
And then the cycle started all over again. I mean, seriously, how many times do I have to go through this. And why me?
And while I do not tend to be superstitious, I have definitely found that the hard things do come in three’s. First my heat went out, then I lost my job…
And within a couple of days, my glasses broke. Just fell to pieces. And no, I cannot function without them. I literally cannot see. It was a rough week.
Typical me, I turned inward and went silent. Licking my wounds and trying to figure out the reasoning behind this.
Hope is a creative, solutions-focused business manager helping clients grow their business and work more efficiently by leveraging expertise in project management, digital marketing, & tech solutions. She’s recently become an empty nester as her 5 foster/adoptive kids have spread their wings. She lives with her 5 dogs in a small town in NE Georgia and prefers the mountains to the beaches any day. She struggles with the travel bug and is doing her best to help each of her kids as their finish schooling and become independent (but it’s hard!) She has run her own consulting company for almost twenty years! Hope began sharing her journey with the BAD community in the Spring of 2015 and feels like she has finally in a place to really focus on making wise financial decisions.
were you ever able to start the new part time job?
Yes, update on that coming soon.
I am sorry you are having a hard week. There is no reason though Hope. Much of life is a game of chance…….and quite often it can suck( ask the young people who end up sick with heart problems or cancer or any other sucky thing or the people who work their whole life just to have it taken away by a hurricane. They did not do anything to deserve it, it just is ) Your job is to as best you can get the resources so that when it is your turn to weather a storm you can dance in the rain. I hope you are able to figure things out.
I’m so sorry Hope. You keep getting knocked down….I am praying for some good things headed your way soon
Hope, I am definitely not trying to come at you when you are down, but your part in all the things that “keep happening to you” is the biggest common denominator in all of it. I have been a broken record about looking back and reading your posts since day one-the patterns of poor choices, over indulging your children, spending money you don’t have, taking on more pets, making large purchases, etc is evident since you have started blogging. Nothing will change for you until you start taking accountability for your choices and then making a DIFFERENT choice the next time something similar comes up. You are clearly a kind hearted and generous person who loves her children deeply. However, you are doing them the biggest disservice you can imagine by putting them in the position that they will have no choice but to fully care for you as you age. They are old enough to see the writing on the wall already and it has to be extremely stressful for them to know what is inevitably coming. Set up your home for roommates and take in a few roommates for now to keep you above water. If Beauty isn’t paying rent, she needs to at least pay her part of the utilities, food, insurance, etc. I have always rooted for you, but I more and more think things will never change for the better for you long term because you have not changed your mindset at all since you started blogging. I do wish you well and I hope your new job is going to be the start of a better 2024 financially for you.