Comments on: Radical Proposal: Simulate a job loss. http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/ Just a Girl trying to find a balance between being a Shopaholic and a Saver Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FABULOUSLYBROKE http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-29691 FABULOUSLYBROKE Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:54:05 +0000 http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/?p=6615#comment-29691 Wow! That's encouraging. I would have done the same, and stocked up on pills :) Wow! That's encouraging. I would have done the same, and stocked up on pills :)

]]> By: Enza http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-29690 Enza Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:29:29 +0000 http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/?p=6615#comment-29690 Simulating a job loss is a good suggestion. I've been more or less doing since September last year when It was suggested by a Departmental HR person that I might be made redundant. Turned out he was mistaken but it had a huge impact on me. I bought 6 months supply of vitamin pills almost immediately because I thought I'll never be able to afford them if I'm not working. I did a radical revamp of my budget to the point that I now live on 1/3 of my salary. So far I'm still working and I've got myself into a safe financial position but in all honesty I was no where near as prepared as I should have been 1 year ago. Simulating a job loss is a good suggestion. I've been more or less doing since September last year when It was suggested by a Departmental HR person that I might be made redundant. Turned out he was mistaken but it had a huge impact on me. I bought 6 months supply of vitamin pills almost immediately because I thought I'll never be able to afford them if I'm not working. I did a radical revamp of my budget to the point that I now live on 1/3 of my salary.

So far I'm still working and I've got myself into a safe financial position but in all honesty I was no where near as prepared as I should have been 1 year ago.

]]> By: FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-29655 FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:15:43 +0000 http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/?p=6615#comment-29655 Or if you live on 50% of your salary? :) Simulating the worst, can sometimes be really telling of what you truly value in the end. Or if you live on 50% of your salary? :)

Simulating the worst, can sometimes be really telling of what you truly value in the end.

]]> By: FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-29654 FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:15:14 +0000 http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/?p=6615#comment-29654 Hey, I did the same thing I let it go lately, and I have to wheel myself back on track. It's time to test myself. Hey, I did the same thing

I let it go lately, and I have to wheel myself back on track. It's time to test myself.

]]> By: FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-29653 FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:14:54 +0000 http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/?p=6615#comment-29653 That's the feeling I got -- and I felt like they weren't really .. acting like a team. The wife couldn't get a job because she was unable to work AND care for the kids, but he's 100% at home all the time now!?! As a team, and as a partner, he should have stepped up, let her get the job and see where it goes. Felt really one-sided, like it was all about him. I don't like the idea of lying to kids and not exposing them to what real life is all about. White lies about Santa and the Easter Bunny is okay for a while, but actual problems? Forget it, they need to team up. That's the feeling I got — and I felt like they weren't really .. acting like a team.

The wife couldn't get a job because she was unable to work AND care for the kids, but he's 100% at home all the time now!?!

As a team, and as a partner, he should have stepped up, let her get the job and see where it goes.

Felt really one-sided, like it was all about him.

I don't like the idea of lying to kids and not exposing them to what real life is all about.

White lies about Santa and the Easter Bunny is okay for a while, but actual problems? Forget it, they need to team up.

]]> By: FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-29651 FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:13:33 +0000 http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/?p=6615#comment-29651 That's what happened with me and cable as well. I chopped it back and .. then forgot about it. That's what happened with me and cable as well. I chopped it back and .. then forgot about it.

]]> By: FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-29652 FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:13:14 +0000 http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/?p=6615#comment-29652 That's incredible. That's exactly what people should simulate. One salary is daunting at first, but well worth it when you come out thinking: "HUH! I did it!" Also, you save a ton of cash. I think people just need to take baby steps. I can't just chop out all shopping for everything, but slowly paring back is helping. That's incredible.

That's exactly what people should simulate. One salary is daunting at first, but well worth it when you come out thinking: "HUH! I did it!"

Also, you save a ton of cash. I think people just need to take baby steps. I can't just chop out all shopping for everything, but slowly paring back is helping.

]]> By: FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-29650 FABULOUSLYBROKE.COM Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:12:15 +0000 http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/?p=6615#comment-29650 *phew* Good luck!!! *phew* Good luck!!!

]]> By: frugal zeitgeist http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-29632 frugal zeitgeist Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:09:01 +0000 http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/?p=6615#comment-29632 Oh yeah. That's one of the top priority items on the to-do list. Oh yeah. That's one of the top priority items on the to-do list.

]]> By: FABULOUSLYBROKE http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/2009/11/radical-proposal-simulate-a-job-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-29578 FABULOUSLYBROKE Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:48:43 +0000 http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/?p=6615#comment-29578 *laughing* ..... "$50 on flowers a week"... that was pretty nutzoid of him, wasn't it? :) *laughing* ….. "$50 on flowers a week"… that was pretty nutzoid of him, wasn't it? :)

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