Ok,
So we just got the news...as a State Employee in California I will be forced to take 2 days off each month starting in February. Sounds great, right? Well it would I guess if it was paid time off...or if the stock market didn't just completely tank...or if the housing market weren't falling out from under us...or if the unemployment rate weren't rising to ridiculous levels...or any of a million other things that means that taking a 10% pay decrease means tightening the belt more during an already uncertain economic time.
So here I am facing the prospect of having two days off work each month and 10% less income. Now the question becomes...what do I do with that time and how do I make up 10% of my income? I know there are a lot of people out there going through this same situation...not even all of them are State Workers...some are city or county workers. Even private companies are doing this...or worse layoffs.
In this blog I will detail my efforts to figure out how best to address this situation...my ideas, my fears, my struggles and hopefully my successes. If anybody out there reads this and is either touched by or has suggestions for anything on here, please comment.
For all those out there in the same or similar situation...good luck.
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