REAL TALK-Job Hunting
Let’s be real for a second. As much as I love staying home with my littles and being there for everything along their little lives, it’s not financially plausible. I just can’t understand how others are doing it.
We cut out all of the extra unnecessary spending. ❌No eating out,
❌limiting our streaming services to 2 instead of every single one of them.
❌I got rid of all of my subscription based items. No more extras just the basics.
❌We switched our boys to the cheap store brand pull-ups/diapers and wipes, and we stopped buying name brand anything.
We’ve made all the stops, started a budget and to no avail, we are still drowning. So I started job searching.
I have been searching for a month and have applied to 40 different places, and no luck. I have an associates degree, and have a solid work ethic based on my job history. NOTHING.
Why are we not talking about this? What is happening? Is it me? Is anyone else struggling to gain employment?
#embracevulnerability #unfiltered #jobsearch #budgeting #lifetips
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