u/More_Passenger3988

I didn't expect to have so many white rather than gray hairs at my age. I thought that happened when you were elderly.

How common is this?

Something went snap in my back over the weekend and I've been unable to sit for more than 5 min since... I'm also in pain when I walk or stand.

Was laid off from work months ago so I'm on Medicaid. Unemployment is about to run out so just my luck that I hurt myself. I'm absolutely terrified I won't be able to sit for long periods to do any work. Have no family left and am on my own.

Called the primary care doctor I was assigned to by my plan this morning to try to set up an appointment. Was told he could see me tomorrow and I was so glad! Until I told them they were the primary care doctor on my medicaid. That's when they said Oh... sorry... earliest appointment was going to be in 2027. What????

Obviously that won't do. I'm in pain and can't work until this is resolved. I think I need a scan of my back or something. What do I do? Am I allowed to just look for any doctor and ask them if they take my insurance even though it's not my primary doctor?

please help.

When I view today's schedule I have to scroll down to see what's going on in the evening. Is there a way to see the full day with times at a glance?

I don't mean an agenda because agendas don't show the blank time slots in between.

46 and I have zero retirement, zero 401k, zero debt, zero equity, and only about 3k in savings -currently unemployed but looking. Yep it's not good at all, except for the no debt part.

I won't bore you with all the details of how I got here at this age. I'll just add that I've been laid off from every job I've had since Covid- usually due to outsourcing. Each time it's taken longer to find work. Each time I had a few thousand in savings built up and have had to use those savings up while staying afloat until the next job came. This is how it's been for 6 years now and It's been utterly demoralizing.

I'm looking for work and just wondering if on the off chance I find something that doesn't for the love of god get outsourced- What would you recommend I do with any money I earn?

My plan before was to save 10k and THEN look into investing, but since Covid I haven't been able to reach that amount before getting laid off. (I reached up to 9k once which was close) I have no idea if the job I get will have a 401k or not. They usually don't. I'm pretty screwed but am open to any pointers.

My entire adulthood has been plagued with one global economic disruption after another and I'm so tired. Everytime I've managed to save I've ended up having to use those savings to stay afloat until I was able to get a new job and recover.

I'm so over it.

On a positive note I never had kids cause there's no way I would've been able to consistently feed them.

Wanted to get my admin cert for a few years, but never could do it due to my crazy work schedule. I was then laid off and got unemployment which allowed me to (with the help of savings) keep a roof over my head while studying for the cert. Got into a class that was pretty inexpensive. Now I'm regretting it because when I go to search for sf admin work there's basically none now. It was not like that only a few years ago and now that I finally have the time to get certified there seems to be no point. I'm not even looking for remote roles, I'm fine with in person. There just seems to be nothing.

I wanted to get into it because I genuinely love CRMs, data hygiene and operations, but I don't have a tech background there seems to be no point anymore. I guess I'll finish the course and try, but it's difficult to feel motivated to learn the platform when there's no work to be found in it.

I never go into bars because a full beer is too much. Can you ask for half a glass and will they charge you accordingly?

I would be using a premium feature if I got it. I downloaded the app but there are no prices listed until I I sign up first... I'm not signing up before I get a price.

The app doesn't seem to give pricing upfront.

In my 20's & 30's I was pretty successful and then I lost it all in 2020. I was hopeful that I would get back to where I was before but by 2024 I gave up on that hope.

When I look back on those years that I did well, I see that a lot of it had to do with luck. I happened to come across an opportunity and then in my 30's someone approached me about another opportunity. I wasn't really expecting either of these things. I was ambitious, but these opportunities really were a right time and place sort of thing.

People say that everything in life you have to take full responsibility for to be successful and I'm having trouble seeing how that's supposed to work.

Any place in PS where I can find one? I ordered two online and they ended up being either silent or close to silent. I need a timer that ticks before it gets to the alarm. Preferably one that ticks rather loudly.