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.