From the eyes of a newbie tightening up.
I never lived in the depression, but I saw my great grandmother rinse and refold aluminum foil, I also watched her eat everything from her fridge even when it had little specks of mold on it. Stale crackers would get crumbled into her soup, nothing was wasted. I always thought that was silly.
Now that I am living on my own with a full time job/ benefits I always assumed all my bills would be covered because that is how the world works. Well, I have come to find out unlike the 1930's when only the men worked to support a whole family, the women have to work as well, with multiple jobs. How is this possible? How can one job not support your life?
Now I catch myself shutting lights off as I leave the room, rationing my food, thinking about items I can buy that will compliment the few other items I have in the fridge. I don't just drive around but make one trip to as many places as I can to save gas. Life takes a lot more planning and my mom was right, the older you get the more stressed you are.
So today is another day where I am still in the job hunt, the average weekly hours I will have to work to support myself: 78. A part time weekend job, if you know of any in the Indianapolis area let me know, I will again be a "newbie" on the weekends, hopefully very very soon.
Hailey
I never lived in the depression, but I saw my great grandmother rinse and refold aluminum foil, I also watched her eat everything from her fridge even when it had little specks of mold on it. Stale crackers would get crumbled into her soup, nothing was wasted. I always thought that was silly.
Now that I am living on my own with a full time job/ benefits I always assumed all my bills would be covered because that is how the world works. Well, I have come to find out unlike the 1930's when only the men worked to support a whole family, the women have to work as well, with multiple jobs. How is this possible? How can one job not support your life?
Now I catch myself shutting lights off as I leave the room, rationing my food, thinking about items I can buy that will compliment the few other items I have in the fridge. I don't just drive around but make one trip to as many places as I can to save gas. Life takes a lot more planning and my mom was right, the older you get the more stressed you are.
So today is another day where I am still in the job hunt, the average weekly hours I will have to work to support myself: 78. A part time weekend job, if you know of any in the Indianapolis area let me know, I will again be a "newbie" on the weekends, hopefully very very soon.
Hailey
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