Well, this thread has kinda taken a turn toward physical health, but you may remember that in our humble beginnings (lol) we were all about TOTAL health, which included spiritual, financial, and physical. I wanted to share a lil story on the financial piece.
Last Friday, my boss came over and told me "this is purely FYI, but [President of the Board] will be making an announcement on Monday about some organizational changes. I don't have any details, but I just wanted to keep you in the loop."
Of course, I couldn't help but to wonder. My company is known for doing massive RIFs, and making really random decisions. They will get rid of an entire department to save money, and then hire 3 executives that cost the same as the 30 ppl they just RIFd. Although my department can't be eliminated, I did expect that whatever change they were going to make would affect my job. I monitored my boss's email and got a few tidbits here and there. Discovered that they were bringing in 3 new CEOs to head up 3 of our companies. One of them would be my boss's new boss, which created a new layer because she was the head of our company. New CEOs always come with their own Administration teams, so you can see the problem there. I spent the whole weekend
not-worrying about it
. But I did sit down and figure out a financial plan.
To make a long story short, I wrote out a new budget and discovered that I actually CAN live on unemployment. It wouldn't kill me. It would be tight, and I would have to cancel a few trips I have planned, and probably no more shopping... lol. But I could do it.
So I decided to do it.
For the next year, I will endeavor to live off of an unemployment salary and save and invest the rest. Pray fuh me.
