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Share Your Story: Share Your Unemployment Story

From Not Homeless or Starving

The job I lost

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What it's like being unemployed

I never thought I would be unemployed for 1 1/2 years. The unemployment has kept me from being homeless and has provided food on the table. It is not the best food, but I am eating. Next week my unemployment runs out completely. If the extra extension does not pass, I am not sure what or how I will survive. No it is not much money, but I have learned to make it work for me.

Advice

  • I look at life as:
  • Tomorrow is a different day.
  • The World is my Oyster!
  • So, never take anything for granted!

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