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  • Okay.

  • Yeah.

  • Mhm, mm hmm.

  • Mhm.

  • I lost my job in May after dealing with an abusive erratic and racist manager.

  • It's been a struggle of tears and failed interview since my savings have slowly depleted.

  • I lost my job making 50K.

  • A year and had to start over at an hourly pay of $17.

  • I'm now paying for health care out of pocket and it's put a real strain on my finances.

  • Nothing too significant.

  • But working remotely has saved me a tremendous amount of money.

  • Yeah.

  • I have changed my job title three times and I've had to find so many new and inventive ways to make money.

  • It has been a journey.

  • I've had some wiggle room with my student loan payments on pause but I had to make some adjustments to rent increase.

  • After pandemic discount pricing ended, I changed jobs and make significantly more now than I did before.

  • Mhm.

  • Mhm.

  • I wound up paying off several deaths that otherwise would have taken years.

  • I do feel a little guilty coming out of the pandemic slightly better off than I started.

  • I've seen a decline in income.

  • They have increased, luckily I was unemployed for eight months and after temping for a few months I just went full time with benefits in september and not rebuilding my savings and emergency funding.

  • Mhm.

  • I was unemployed for a bit maxed out my cards and took out a $38,000 economic injury, disaster loan going further into debt.

  • Yeah.

  • Yeah.

  • I save more money with less travel and entertainment.

Okay.

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