Just finally had a steady job in southern indiana after unsteady temp work for the whole year. I went up to visit my family three hours away for christmas and i decided i couldnt live in southern indiana again. So I quit that job. Now Im unemployed again. Im up by my family but cant stay with them so im back to living in my car and waiting for whatever temp work i can get til i get another steady job which could be up to a month. Feeling very panicky and everything seems unreal.The world seems very scary right now. Im afraid ill run out of money. I dont understand how I keep making these emotional bad decisions. I wish I could go back to christmas day and just drive back down and keep my job. I would feel lonley living down there but at least i wouldnt be freaking out about where my next paycheck is coming from. Im also paranoid about the cops doing something to me while im sleeping in my car. One good thing is its not really cold for winter, i slept pretty comfortably in my car. I just cant believe im unemployed again. It wasnt that i didnt want to work the job its just my emotions get too intense and I make very rash decisions. I cant believe i did this.
I’d beg them to let you stay with them until you get a job.
Do you have any friends you could hit up for a place to stay for a night or two? How much is rent in your area? Can you afford a cheap apartment? A cheap room? Is anybody hiring in this area? If not, try to find another place where there are more jobs. They might have temporary employment where you go out every single day. I saw labor halls like that in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The job situation can vary hugely from town to town. The job situation in Oklahoma City sucks. It’s kind of hypocritical for me to tell someone else to go to work, but if you can’t get ssi or ssdi you have to support yourself.
Yes I do day labor thru a company called labor ready but they only have jobs like once a week. I apply for longer term jobs but so far none have replied. I just don’t understand how I did this again, I don’t understand what I was thinking.my hearts beating so fast so stressed.
But the boredome of being unemployed and living in a car is the worst part. I just sit in parking lots on my phone.i would give anything to be working a job right now I do have one day job for tomorrow tho
You’re making headway. Don’t give up.
Can you get a job at McDonald’s or something for now so you can get a roof over your head? What’s done is done, no use worrying or beating yourself up about it. Just move forward now, and learn from it. Don’t quit the next job until you have another one lined up.
Just got a long term job starting Friday! I may have lucked out this time
Thanks. Im just glad I was able to start right away and not have to wait like two weeks or something, hopefully be able to get a cheap hotel room tomorrow with my day pay job.
That’s great news! I hope everything works out for you.
Yes I will try my hardest not to let my emotions make me do rash decisions. I shouldnt have any reason to now i will be close to my family so ill have no reason to relocate again
only problem is even the cheapest hotel i wont be able to afford more than maybe two or three nights a week but ill try looking for a better paying factory job
I can relate to emotions getting too intense and therefore making rash decisions and then paying for it. I’ve done lots of that in the past.
It’s good that you have a plan. That’s a good start. Best of luck to you!
yes, i have an especially bad time with rash decisions. My mind completely shuts down when i have strong emotions. My emotionally decisions were the cause of my first period of homelessness eight years ago.
i wish there were still hotels for 20 dollars a night tho
I quit that job now too. I was too uncomfortable sleeping in my car in a new town.i couldn’t even fall asleep at night and everything felt unreal. My heart was beeting so fast all day every day I thought I was gonna have heart attack. So I had to move back in the middle of the night. At first it was euphoric because the stress was lifted but now I’m homeless with no job again. Very sad especially on nice sunny days like today. Wish I was married and had house.
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