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I lost a job that paid very well about a year ago, and now I am working 2 jobs to make ends meet. I sometimes feel guilty when I hear the unemployment rate keeps going up. I do not plan on working 2 jobs for a long time I just need to take care of some medical bills that I have. I sometimes I also wonder why am I able to work two jobs why so many people can not get one. I try to tell myself I am not taking someone else's hope away because they could have many other opportunities, but should I feel guilty? Would you feel the same way? What would some of the things you would tell yourself to not feel guilty?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
If people would exercise "personal responsibility", they would not need two jobs. Like all other social ills, it is purely the fault of people who are not "personally responsible".
They are exercising personal responsibility by finding a way to gain the income they need to live on.
That's because they squandered too much of their earnings, instead of using it for the necessities of life that they can now only afford by having two jobs. Squandering their earnings on things that were not necessary was personally irresponsible. Living within your means is personally responsible. And they continue to hold themselves up as examples of personal responsibility. It would be laughable if it weren't so sad.
Why should you feel guilty by doing what you have to for survival. Contributing is always good and basically your paying off your medical debts keeps some else working.That is personal responsible of you rather than become a burden if you don't have to.
Why should you feel guilty by doing what you have to for survival. Contributing is always good and basically your paying off your medical debts keeps some else working.That is personal responsible of you rather than become a burden if you don't have to.
I apologize for being a personally irresponsible "burden" by not working enough jobs to have plenty of bling and late-model cars and a house full of rapidly obsolescing or completely useless electronics and closets full of old clothes that I wore only a couple of times and can't even get a dime for in a garage sale and several hundred CDs that I don't even like anymore.
That's because they squandered too much of their earnings, instead of using it for the necessities of life that they can now only afford by having two jobs. Squandering their earnings on things that were not necessary was personally irresponsible. Living within your means is personally responsible. And they continue to hold themselves up as examples of personal responsibility. It would be laughable if it weren't so sad.
:: rethinking past rep comments in anger ::
Between 2002 and 2005, I worked two jobs just to make ends meet in the Seattle area, supporting myself and two children without child support.
I hardly felt guilty about taking an extra job...my only guilt was the time away from my family that second job required, and the ensuing exhaustion from burnout.
Squandering earnings?
Only if you consider HEAT, FOOD, and RENT.
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