This week's economic news has left a lot of people feeling uneasy and nervous, myself included. Not that I have some huge stake in the stock market, own an home, or have any huge retirement assets to protect but I'm still a post-collegiate young person who, after November 4th, will be unemployed.
That is scary.
Especially when every other news piece I read is about unemployment being at an 10-year high and companies cutting back expenses (ie. salaries) left and right. Trying to stay positive is not going well. I'd define myself as a realist and the reality is, things are sucky right now. For a lot of people. And yes, I could find myself in a lot worse of a situation, but it's not like I can just think, "Ok, thank God I'm not upside down in my home and been laid off at my job like that poor family down the street." I feel horrible for that family, ok? I can't ignore feeling depressed for them, too.
The point is this: when can we catch a break? I mean, things have got to turn around sometime, right? I feel like I've been sitting at a roulette table with all my chips on black and it's just hitting red over and over and over again.
Sorry for the gambling scenaro, but you get the point.
I guess, if I'm indulging the optimist in me, the silver lining would be that it's Thursday, September 25th and tonight is going to be awesome:
3 comments:
For awhile after Jack was born I became a news junkie. My anxiety couldn't take it any longer so I look at the weather on my ipod and thats about it. I fill that extra time with old seasons of the closer that I get from netflix. Oh.. if we could all live in ignorance like me.
I didn't even know the Office was starting again, so thanks. I hate thinking about all that other stuff.
The Office is indeed a bright point in our dark economy. I hope they bring it up in the debate.
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