Trying to be Optimistic

I took a job in 2023 that was a dream come true. Fully remote, $150k, great boss.

9 months later, it all fell apart and I found myself laid off for the 2nd time in 2 years.

I rebounded and found a job 2 months later. It was a nightmare in every way. The final straw was a RTO mandate that cost me 2 hours in traffic. I quit and took seasonal holiday jobs.

I’ve got $3500 left to my name before I have to dip into my stocks and start using credit cards to pay for everything.

I’m very fortunate that a former job saw my Open to Work banner and has an opening and have offered it to me.
I’ll be dropping down to an $84k salary and will have to relocate 800 miles, but considering I make $0 right now, I’m going to choose to be grateful and optimistic that one day I’ll earn more- when the time is right. Right now it isn’t, the financial stress and fear is impacting my interviews.

Maybe I’m mostly writing this for me, but also to anyone else that is having to make sacrifices to keep a roof over your head. Life is just so hard sometimes and we have to make decisions we don’t love.
I find some hope in that “nothing is permanent” and in knowing that eventually, someday, life will be good again.