Times are so bleak

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This whole year has been pretty terrible. It feels like absolutely everything I do has increased in price, while I have gotten paid the same at my job and lost sales on my side business. All my investments have dropped in value, and crypto is dying on all fronts. I'm just glad I've never spent any money buying crypto and mined and made everything I own. I'm net negative on everything.

I have had a series of huge problems this year that have been a financial drain. My grandfather died (mysteriously after getting his booster and having a heart attack). This resulted in me having to travel almost 2000 miles round trip many time with increasing gas prices. I had to fly to help my brother move to watch my now alone dementia ridden grandmother, costing me a ton of money. I had a hammer fly at me off a work truck on the freeway cracking my window. I had 2 tires blow out on the way to work one morning. I woke up to a broken spring on my garage door. A heat wave killed all my grass, resulting in having to dig out and rock my yard. The water pump on my RV died and cost me a grand to fix. Heat wave also set increased power fees, increasing my bill by 500 in one month. Spent the next month with no air from 4-10 to save money (sweating my ass off).

So many expenses, and while I watch all my assets go straight down... I'm lucky I own a home, all my co-workers have been complaining about how their rent is going up (500-1000 increases). I'm so tight right now, I think if my mortgage was increased by $500 I'd have to ask family for help. Shit sucks. I hope the economy turns around, but with the current leaders I don't think we have a chance before a collapse or at least another great depression. Anyone else black pilled and having a shitty time this year?

I've been having a lot of fun playing Splinterlands, steam games and reading. I have not wanted to have anything to do with other people and have alienated myself at work and in my off time. I've been blowing off friends and family. Don't know what to do when this kind of preasure happens. I haven't felt this stressed about money since I was homeless like 15 years ago...



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Holy heaven! Your life has been colorful lately and full of problems. Unfortunately there are factors that are and will be influencing our lives and we can change that. Shit happens all the time and it happens everywhere.

However, despite what you say here that have alienated yourself at work and in your off time, I'd suggest to try and change that and engage on Hive. The first step would be to familiarize with communities and join the Rant, Complain, Talk community, which is perfect for this type of topics. Just talking to others could help you get your mind off of the problems and who knows, maybe you'll be able to find some solutions to your problems and make friends as well. Sometimes talking to a complete stranger is easier than talking to people you know. Hive is like a big family.

Anyway, I hope things are going to get better over there and good days are to come as this sh*t cant last forever.

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Thanks, I'll have to check that community out. I need to start reintegrating with society. Probably easier to do that on here and I've never really utilized it.

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I'm glad to hear that. Good luck :)

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Thanks for the shout out Erikah, I need to put you on the pay roll LOL :D

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You have no idea how many users I've directed towards your community :) And this is not a joke. And you're welcome!

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Brutal things all around for sure man! I hear you, it’s been a wild ride on so many fronts and if we allow this shit to keep happening it’s only going to get worse. We have to right the ship and head in the right direction for the sake of the country and our kids. The current trajectory leads us straight into a fucking wall of spikes, where most of us will get impaled.

We too are glad that we own a place and made the sacrifices that we have in order to own. We’ve got friends that rented the whole time and got kicked out of their places if they couldn’t afford the 500-1000 dollar increase in rent costs. It’s not fun that’s for sure but it’s best to own a home that’s for sure.

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