u/Outside_Witness_7268

How often do specific styles/colors go in and out of stock, specifically on I Love Dooney? I get that no one can answer me with certainty, but based on your observation--is this common? I ask because I'm trying to avoid other-brand style FOMO (rhymes with Broach) so when I see a bag I like, I think about it for a while. Based on what I've observed just in the past twelve hours, I can't do that with Dooney either. Specifically: the Sorrento Leather Satchel is currently on sale. Last night they only had it in red. Ok, so I thought about owing a red bag and played around with what that could look like with charms and chains etc (I use AI; it's helpful.) Decided yes, I wanted the red bag. Ok. Went online to buy it this morning, and they had like five other colors. Including hot pink--called Fuchsia. So I did a bit of research on THAT--I like to see them "in real life", so I look for videos. Decided yes, I want the PINK BAG. And yup, that's gone now too.

So. When I see a bag I want, do I have to grab it? I ask because I'm either going to do just that or give up on handbags all together. Because I'm so desperately tired of that game. I want to consider a hundreds-of-dollars purchase before making it.

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It's not a huge sale, but it is down $30 from the original $199 price. I've been waiting for this bag to go on sale for FOREVER, so I'm going to go for it. The espresso one is also on the same sale. Note: I found this by filtering by percent off (choose the 50% - 60% off option). When you simply search for this bag regularly, it doesn't appear to be on sale. No idea why that is, but I got it in my cart at the sale price. Weird.

Long story short: I manifested what basically translates to a basic income for me--a side gig which covers my base living expenses. I did this so quickly and easily I almost don't want to talk about it but yeah, that happened. Like I wrote down the number I'd need to feel safe every month and the next day an old connection called and offered me exactly that much do to some projects for them. Said side gig may grow in a direction I'm excited about, so yay.

But my current primary job has gotten laughably bad. Like I literally couldn't turn my work computer on yesterday--that's just one very small example, but it honestly feels like metaphorical walls are being put up directly in front of me every time I try to do that job. They also restructured and cut our pay. It's all very bad and was WHY I was trying to manifest other income in the first place. But I'm still working there of my own free will.

Am I ignoring--for lack of a much better term--"signs from the universe" that ok, you want out of that job, here ya go. You are going to struggle with it SO HARD that you will quit! Like--is the universe quietly firing me? And I'm not listening?

There's more that happened around this in an manifestation sense but that's my first question. And I'm new here so I'll keep it at that for now. But yeah, there are other things I'm saying no to which may be (ok, which ARE) what I'm actually trying to manifest. That's bad, right? Saying no when your manifestations happen?

I genuinely don’t know if I’m being rational or just stubborn at this point, and I have basically no one in real life I can talk this through with.

My company seems to be making a very intentional effort to get people like me to quit, but because the job market in my field is rough, I’ve kept hanging on.

In just the last month:

•	My pay was effectively cut by about 40% because of billing structure changes

•	We were restructured AGAIN, so I now have a brand-new manager and was moved to yet another completely different regional team

•	They redesigned my exact role, reposted it internally with slightly different wording, and then (apparently by accident) encouraged me to apply for it

For context:

I’ve been with this company for 10 years.

I’m classified as “per diem” (part-time), but in practice I’m treated like a full-time employee in every way except the ones that would actually benefit me (benefits, security, stability, etc.).

I’m expected to:

•	Be available across time zones

•	Accept meetings dropped onto my calendar with no notice

•	Function with wildly inconsistent workload demands

In ten years, I’ve had zero meaningful growth opportunities despite actively trying. I’ve applied internally for other roles and have only ever received form rejection emails.

And the frustrating part is: I am objectively very good at my job. This is not ego. My performance metrics back that up.

Financially, this is where things are getting scary:

Because of seasonality, my income has always fluctuated. Some months I’ve made $6,000+, which helped offset slower months.

This month? About $400 total.

Historically, the higher-earning months made the lean months survivable. But with the recent pay cut, I no longer think that model works.

Translation: I’m increasingly convinced this job is no longer financially sustainable.

I’ve tried building alternative income streams, but it’s hard to gain traction when this job still demands constant availability while offering almost no real stability.

Current reality:

•	I have one side gig that covers my absolute bare minimum expenses

•	That side gig could potentially grow

•	I’m also trying to build a consulting business

•	I have about a year of savings/emergency fund (possibly more when factoring in side income)

•	My living expenses are very low (no kids, no debt, paid-off home, housemates)

So I’m not in immediate danger.

But:

•	I’m not young

•	I’m a woman

•	I have an advanced degree and decades of experience

•	My field is rough right now

•	Traditional job replacement would likely be difficult

I am absolutely unwilling to return to K-12 teaching (left 15 years ago, not happening), though I would do something like retail if necessary.

So I guess my real question is:

At what point do you stop trying to force a failing job to work and just walk away?

Would you stay, keep juggling, and try to build other things slowly?

Or does this already sound like one of those situations where staying is actually the bigger risk?