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What has this recession cost you? Have you lost from it, have you gained? have you made temporary changes to your lifestyle that will be permanent?
What has this recession cost you? Have you lost from it, have you gained? have you made temporary changes to your lifestyle that will be permanent?
Back in '05 I sold my house and in the summer of '07 I took my sweet time to move across the country - literally across - from Seattle to South Florida. I explored the east coast until the fall of 08 when I picked the community I now call home. I blame the Bush recession for giving me my record longest search for a job - I compiled my resume in September, took 3 bullshit jobs along the way to cover some bills and give me a local work history and landed my current career step in April of '09. I just celebrated my first anniversary with a pretty nice raise.
I can't tell you what the recession has cost me as I put my own life in flux as it was starting. Any gains I will realize at a later date, assuming the cheap stocks I'm buying now are in companies that will survive. I'm also looking at houses which are starting to sell once again but at reasonable prices.
BIG changes in my life, but nothing I didn't put into motion myself. The recession just made me glad that I'm a flexible guy who is willing to sweat when it's necessary.
To me, there is little more stupid than a man who refuses to work because he can't find a job that matches his last union salary.