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Unemployed Once Again

As I believe I’ve mentioned briefly before, last December I scored a seasonal job in a tax office. Last Thursday was Tax Day in the US, so I worked a lot in the weeks leading up to it (which explains the lack of regular posting for the past few months). With Tax Day comes the end of the tax season, which means the end of my job, so I am unemployed again.

I have to say that at this point, I feel pretty good about it. Most of that is because I was so overworked the past few weeks that I need a little break. Also, I knew when this job would end when I took it, so I was mentally prepared for this (not at all like last summer when I suddenly lost my job).

Even though I wasn’t preparing taxes and I don’t see a future for myself in that industry, I learned a lot about personal finances and helping people. I plan to take those experiences and move forward, looking for new opportunities and ways to improve this blog and my own thrifty ways.

Being unemployed again will present new challenges in stretching my budget and finding creative ways to earn money, all things I will share here.

Mostly, the point of this post, is just to share a little optimism. I know a lot of other people out there are unemployed and have been for a long time. Things are not better yet, but they’re starting to get better. This is not the be all and end all. And things could certainly be much worse. So, let’s keep our chins up and be on the look out for our next opportunity.

Also, I’ll be a lot more active on this site with all this extra free time. So look forward to more fun and thrifty content.

Posted at 11:06 AM, April 19, 2010 by Tiffany

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