Welcome to my blog.
Today is my first post and it wont be too long.
I am one of millions who lost jobs in 2008 and have taken the journey of losing a lot and trying to stay afloat.
My intention of Poor and Content is for to be a place for gratefulness and living as fully as possible without
lots of money.
I had a good job and bennies at a long term care facility as a supervisor and culture change associate,
We were working hard to make our building a place of love and happiness as opposed to the loneliness
helplessness and boredom you find in so many places.
It all ended suddenly after I was told they couldnt live w/out me two months before.I must say my severance
was a good one but of course could never compensate for what my wife and I didnt see coming.
I was out of work for 3 years and now work in a shoe stockroom making the money of a high school job.
I just got this job after a year and a half of working extremely hard on the dock and making even less money.
The gratefulness I feel for this is so hard to describe.My wife and I have never been rich but we have been
much better off than this.Having benefits is a dream come true after so long w/out.
The biggest thrill of our lives came 2 years ago when my sister and brother-in-law bought us a three bedroom house and we are paying them a small mortgage.Life saving and changing.We were living in a rented dump of a house and paying way to much.
I realize that everyone has a different story of survival out here and also realize that people have way worse stories.
Poor and Content will hopefully be a place for understanding and sharing and actually not just about the financial.
We can become better people by just living fully no matter what our station is in life.Success has many definitions.Being content is one,and thats what I am today.
By the way, the pic is of me opening my front door was taken moments after I signed the papers.A silly
picture,but accurate as to what I was feeling inside.