it just seems like it never gets any better. All I want is a job that pays me enough to live with a straight seven in the morning until 4:00 or 5:00 in the evening Monday through Friday schedule.
I just want an honest days pay for an honest day's work. I mean there are jobs out there like that, but when they advertise, my application is getting drowned out in the stack of like 200 other people who are competing for the same damn role. when the hell is the economy going to get better so I could finally get my damn foot in the door? how the hell am I supposed to buy a house when most jobs don't even pay enough to cover rent for a one bedroom apartment? when are we going to get those manufacturing jobs back and transition out of this stupid fucking low-wage service economy? I just keep seeing things getting more and more expensive and I really don't give a shit about all this political fucking theater when at the end of the day I'm still getting squeezed just as hard as I was under Joe Biden.
Without knowing where you are, what your situation is and what type of job you do, it is hard to answer your questions in a meaningful way. Sorry this might get long, wishing you the very best, keep the faith - I know it's hard when money is tight but most of us have been there and we have survived.
In 2021 because of the economy, covid politics and rising costs, our entire family sold out, quit our jobs and left an area our family had lived in and thrived in for generations. It became more and more expensive and less and less "pro citizen", you were even required to register a garden.Our kids were harrassed in school and pulled out of class by health dept workers because they were not vaxxed to be questioned about their parents. Eventually enough was enough and we were out......
It was scary to jump into the abyss but we did our research and moved to a red state with zero state income tax and chose a rural area with pretty low housing costs and good schools. We stuck together and helped each other out while transitioning. Everyone was able to get pretty good jobs and eventually everyone was able to branch out a bit and find our own way. We are all happier and life is not as hectic. Once our neighbors found out we were moving here to join their world and make it stronger not change it - we were accepted pretty quickly.
There is a need for blue collar workers everywhere here. Contractors are paying pretty generously and providing on the job training. Check out some of Mike Rowe's stuff.
https://mikeroweworks.org/