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Detour Ahead
… Use disruptions (like moving or getting married) to practice the five steps. Incorporate what you learn about earning into whatever situations arise. … —Barbara Huson (formerly Stanny)Overcoming Underearning p. 65 My story this time recounts when my remembering this tip about recovering from underearning and applying it to a less-than-ideal situation turned complications into…
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Great Resignation Bonanza
Sometimes I wonder whether my financial survival up to a 2010 layoff had been possible simply because I hadn’t yet seen a raw enough economy. Somehow I had blundered into work where an employer needed workers badly enough that there was little competitive screening for hiring. Going forward from 2010, I quite possibly completed more…
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Flooded Self-Questioning, Parched Self-Confidence
Dumped from my to-then best-paid work shortly after having used its income to qualify for a mortgage and buy two homes, I faced a local job market where official figures had unemployment at 18 percent. I needed self-confidence right now, but like a chronic stray dog, mine wasn’t answering. That’s what lead me to write…