I’m a week late on rent due, I only paid half, I had to call all my credit card companies and utilities to tell them what’s going on. And now my check engine light turned on because the bastard is misfiring. My wife lost her dad which fucked us both up due to missing a ton of work, and I don’t know what to do. I’m tired of asking my family for help, the for bank is only available while I’m working, I work 2 jobs. My wife is working too and we’re even took in a person to live in our spare room.
How in the world do people survive in this world when they don’t even have time to be happy? I use upside for gas and shopping I’m enrolled in every stores rewards program, I make my own cleaning supplies to save money and cook from scratch. What else could I do to save money? Also with the looming government shutdown I’m going to be furloughed for however long that is. Also what are some apps you guys use to help save money? I guess this is a lot of questions.
There are safety nets. Contact a bankruptcy lawyer. Filling got bankruptcy can put your creditors on hold. Food banks are happy to keep you fed.
Fortunes change on a dime. You never know what tomorrow will bring. Just make it through today.
Be present. Focus on where you are and what you’re doing in the moment. Depression is fixating on the past. Anxiety is fixating on the future. Happiness is finding the joy in the now.
My life is full of stressful things. I probably have more student loan debt than anyone you’ll ever meet. I’m divorced. I got laid off a few weeks ago.
I’m also a really happy person.
Hard times come and go. So do good times. Just do the best with where you’re at.
True, I speak to a counselor every two weeks and I’m doing my best consolidating my stress. Getting to the food bank isn’t easy for me at the moment with hours it operates in my area.