One check away...

Have you ever heard the saying "One pay check away from homelessness"? These past couple years in America have been very hard on everyone. This is the first time since the depression that so many people have been out of work and struggling. Ive been feeling this just as much as anyone else. Even though I have a full time job, I'm barely living pay check to pay check. Its not even like I have unnecessary bills either, but the same bills that were manageable are now over-whelming. Friends just say I need to budget my money, but how do you budget something that doesn't exist? Getting a pay raise is nearly impossible and when you work full time, getting some type of government assistance is out of the question. So what do you do? Its enough to make anyone just give up trying. Just when I think I see a little relief coming. Just when I think everything is about to be ok, I get stomach punched, my car breaks down or other unexpected charges come from no where. I try to stay positive and just believe this is all temporary, but hope only takes you so far. I am apart of a new group of people referred to as "The Working Poor". People who have jobs, but still can barely afford to survive. People have gone from deciding whether to buy satellite or cable to deciding whether to eat this week or put gas in the car. On top of all this, bill collectors are becoming more and more persistent. Not only do they call your cell 50 times a day, but they now call your work number, your family, your friends, your 7th grade math teacher. These people do not know how to take NO as an answer. You tell them you don't even know how you're gonna pay your rent this money and they still badger you over $150 from an old cell phone bill you owe. So now that the holidays are over, businesses should begin hiring again. Quiting just isnt apart of me so time to come up with a plan. All I can do is try my best and make each day count. If it comes down to it, ill change my name to Caramel Thunder and get hired at a strip club... LOL. J/K.