"The night before the Thanksgiving holiday, I received a message that I was being let go from my job, leaving me reeling in shock and tears, as I faced a holiday season with five kids and no stable income. As a freelancer, I'm somewhat used to instability in my work, but as my writing jobs have slowly vanished over the course of the past year, having my last contract gig taken away really stung."
"I will admit that I'm panicked and feeling all the emotions from embarrassment to fear to depression over being an almost 40-year-old woman with no real prospects or plans for the future, but I'm also trying to reframe being let go positively. My family has always relied on my income My husband and I have five children - three of whom are now teenagers - and while my family has always relied on my income to make ends meet, life feels more expensive than ever."
A nearly 40-year-old freelance writer lost her last contract the night before Thanksgiving, triggering shock, tears, and panic. The work had been shrinking over the past year, and the sudden loss intensified fears about financial stability. Her family of seven depends on her income while her husband works as a public school teacher in a rural district and the household has even qualified for free lunches. Financial pressures include college costs, a teen about to drive, travel sports, groceries, and home upkeep. She feels emotions from embarrassment to depression, and she is weighing immediate stable employment against exploring new, joyful paths. The job loss coincided with a shift in her motherhood.
Read at Business Insider
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]