Inflation keeps rising but wages are remaining stagnant.
I’m no longer making ends meet. My two checks a month isn’t enough to cover all my bills and rent, and if it wasn’t for the little bit of help my partner gets from food stamps and 70 a week from UI, we wouldn’t even be able to eat or put gas in the car for work. We have NO money for anything else needed like car registration renewals, car maintenance, toiletries, or even fucking cleaning supplies so idk what I’m going to due when student loans resume in May.
I am not making a living I’m barely SURVIVING. Just one missed day, just one emergency and we are royally fucked up the ass. It’s so much harder to stay working with all my chronic illnesses that keep getting worse because I can’t sleep, I’m always extremely stressed and I can’t afford to take care of myself with medicines and proper supplements. My partner is doing everything he can to find a job but NOTHING. Either he gets no calls back or the jobs are so far that driving there would cost more money than just staying home. I’m so fucking sick of all of it.