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cjsmith ([personal profile] cjsmith) wrote2008-09-29 05:57 pm
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Financial news

Wow, this was a bad time to ditch a secure comfortable income, huh?

I'm not frantic, as I know I can weather a short- to medium-term financial storm, but I continue to be impressed with my lifelong knack for pessimal timing.
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[identity profile] allanh.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's OK. Come sit next to me, the just-bought-a-first-home-two-years-ago guy.

[identity profile] quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Try selling your house.

[identity profile] wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Me too. I quit a job with great co-workers and good pay. (But a hellish commute and insane bosses.) It's going to be a fun winter.
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[identity profile] vito-excalibur.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Eh, it turns out, if you're going to go back to school, during a time when you might not be working anyway is not the worst timing in the world. And, because a lot of people think "huh...can't get a job...guess it's time to go back to school for a while..." it's not bad to get in right before the economy tanks and admissions gets competitive.

[identity profile] ladyqkat.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, in the weird way things occur, you just might be better off having made your choice and following your heart. Despite the fact that I am unemployed (and have been since mid-2004) and we are living on [livejournal.com profile] sordak's SSDI and Vet Disability (just over $1400/mo), we seem to be doing better than people who are scrabbling to maintain their lifestyles. If I were still working we might still be trying to keep up our bad spending habits. It has been tough adjusting to our current income, but I am learning things I probably should have learned in my 20's and didn't because credit (and credit cards) were too easy to get.

[identity profile] jb98.livejournal.com 2008-09-30 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, I think my timing is great for doing just that. I think it's better leaving a job to follow my dreams, than to lose one and not have a clue what to do about it. At least I have a plan and know I'm going into debt for a very good reason instead of finding I don't have a job because the whole thing tanked.
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