Poverty to Riches
By shewolf52002
@shewolf52002 (1214)
United States
January 14, 2008 10:17pm CST
I would like to hear from people who are or have been in poverty and are making thier way out. We are still living paycheck to paycheck but we no longer recieve public assistance. Dont laugh thats a big step for me. I credit my husband a lot for not settling for poverty. Who or what has made a difference in your walk? If you are not out yet what would help you out? (the lottery dont count!) (ditto for inheiriting) Waiting to here from you.
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@shewolf52002 (1214)
• United States
16 Jan 08
Think outside the box. Try a for a job you never thought of before like bank teller. Did you know they have no more than a highschool education in most instances? I didnt and would never have thought I could even apply. I am being considered even as we speak and I am praying I can get it. Also check around for a liberty tax service they will train you as a preparer and you could work for a few weeks at least. Hope this helps! By the way where are you from? If you dont mind or just small town versus big city?
@shewolf52002 (1214)
• United States
16 Jan 08
Oops, did not realize you were from another country I would say the tax thing is out.
@halex2008 (54)
• United States
15 Jan 08
Well, I am not sure about poverty but, when my ex-husband and I seperated, I was left with a 1 year old boy and a job as a waitress in a bar. Let me tell you, working in a bar is a pain, I made 4.50 and hour and tips, which in a bar is close to nothing. You can run back and forth for one person and only make a 25 cent from them the whole night. So I too did go on public assistance, from health care, food stamps to help paying my rent and electricity. No Child support, he took off to another state, so I was on my own. About two years later this guy, he came in on a regular basis mentioned that his company was looking for a secretary, and they had the hardest time finding one. He told me to stop by, fill out and application and talk to his boss. I thought what do I have to lose, well I got the job. Worked their close to 13 years. Shortly after I started I got of public assistance, and I agree that was a major milestone for me. I got out of debt, paid of my Truck bought a house finally was able to get a dog, and just kept working away. Till Aug of 2006 when the company decided cut backs were in order and I was let go. I was devastated. Of course at this point my son is a teenager and wants all kinds of things. I still have not seen any child support and only found a part time job 16 hours a week. I wasn't sure how I was gonna keep my house, get food on the table I was so lost. But I have a stubborn part in me that never let me give up. I am on my own I have no family here. That is when I started to trust in my faith. Less then a month later I found a new Job working for a local Radio Station, that has many perks. My stress and workload was cut to 1/4th of what I used to do. I found and online job that I Love and pays well, and I kept my part time job. Yeah I currently have 3 job's but the online job is something I can do while working at the Radio Station at my leisure. Since most of the time I have nothing to do, so I work online. The past year and a half, I went from being stressed out working 12 to 16 hour days, living paycheck to paycheck. To having actually money left over at the end of the month, so I can save for a rainy day. I guess the saying is true work "smart" not "hard". But in all this I truly believe it was my faith that got me through the hard time.
@shewolf52002 (1214)
• United States
15 Jan 08
That is great! I would love to hear more from you on how it is going and how it gets better. That must have been really hard looking at the future and seeing the potential of going back after 13 years. I would like to add you as a friend? It helps to share especially when things get hard. A great big Blue Ribbon to you for not giving up!!!!!
@punlonnjack (1308)
• United States
16 Jan 08
well for me it time to start over again. i went from living with money in my pocket and living comfortable to being depend on other people. it doesnt matter to me that much though because god always makes a way for me. things are tight right now but in time things will get better if you plan for the future which i have....you can be poor one day and rich the next and vise versa..
@Armstrong7886 (303)
• United States
16 Jan 08
My fiancee and I are living paycheck to paycheck but we are slowly trying to get things worked out to where we can have enough money to get married, start a family, etc. Right now she is between jobs and I just started a new job so it's been hard buying groceries and keeping the bills caught up but we are getting there. We only have one vehicle so it makes things hard. But with tax season right around the corner I think when we get our refunds we will be a little better off as I will be able to pay off some debt and she can buy something to drive. Then it will make her having a job a little easier on us and I believe we will get to where we need to be sometime later in the year. We still won't have a lot of money but we should have enough to not have to worry about getting our phone or cable turned off.
@megybeth831 (35)
• United States
15 Jan 08
in 2006 i was pregnant and couldn't work and my husband only made $7.00 an hour. for the whole year of 2006 me and my husband combined made 14,000. My daughter was the motivation for me and my husband he now works at a factory union job and i have worked in a call center now for a year and a half this past year 2007 we made almost $40,000. My daughter having everything in life she needs is all it takes for me and my husband to go to work everyday
