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Nine months later

Nine months ago today I was unemployed. It was the day after my layoff and I refused to be scared. Life happens and I decided to do whatever it took to survive. It worked. If you had asked me then the path to me today, or the person I am becoming, I would have been [...]

Saying good-bye to Mr. Unemployment

A weekend to send him off in style.

When your friends join you in the recently laid off line

I still consider myself recently laid off although I’m encroaching on week seven. With job applications, screening calls and interviews the time has gone by too fast. I look back and still I am frustrated with my lack of progress. Why am I not speaking fluent French or have mastered PHP yet? This is still [...]

Love in the time of a recession

Cereal is a box that is made for two.

One month unemployment anniversary

Looking back on my first month of unemployment and the lessons I’ve learned.

Vacation all I ever wanted

Heading to sunny LA for the long weekend.

Ways to save money part deux

More ways to save money when you are unemployed.

Sorry Sallie Mae, I’m still deferring my student loans

A look at Mark Cuba’s plan for fixing the economy.

The Internet: the magical wheel of fortune

How Gen Y deals with unemployment.

Going back to the promise land

When are you too old to move back with the parents?