Young adults live through their first recession

Go back to school and get a degree to teach high school math, chemistry or physics. You’ll not only find a job, you’ll earn a good salary with a Master’s Degree.

OR, go back to school and get your RN degree. You’ll find work in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Schools. If you go farther and get an additional specialized RN degree, your job outlook will expand. (Gerontology, Pediatrics, etc)

Or go into law enforcement. Or get a degree that will enable you to run a kitchen in a prison system.

There ARE jobs out there, you just have to know where to look and be willing to expand your knowledge to obtain employment.

We actually had a barter exchange set up where I could trade legal work for wood or gasoline or plumbing/electrical work.

That was about the time that the government began requiring 1099’s reported to them on the value of the exchange. All them laws are still on the books..................

“That was about the time that the government began requiring 1099’s reported to them on the value of the exchange. All them laws are still on the books.................. “

Indeed it was, just about that time...we all complied of course!

re: The recession of the late ‘70s/early ‘80s was really something. I remember 22% interest rates on loans, inflation and no money around. We actually had a barter exchange set up where I could trade legal work for wood or gasoline or plumbing/electrical work. Thursdays I’d often go up and down the main street of our town seeing if my clients could pay a little something on their bill! I had left my job as an associate in a law firm and had opened my own practice. We had a new baby by 1980 but I think we were too dumb to be scared. In any event, most everyone we knew were in the same boat. She Who Must Be Obeyed calls those times our “Water stew and chicken liver days.” We survived and so will today’s young folks.)))

I remember the early eighties...owned a house with 14% interest rates, then DH lost his contract and we had to move. House on the market over a year... Took a ten percent loss on the house which felt like a catastrophe, had to dip into savings at closing. That was also a high-tax time...

My this recession be no worse than that one. But I'm afraid it'll be much worse.

Don’t worry. The grammar police catch us all at one time or another. Or the spelling police in my case.

I have a cousin-in-law who makes 60,000 a year training horses in KY. She is happy as a clam and so is her hubby who does the same.

My MIL has stated that she needs to start working on her degree.

LOLOLOL!

Ask me what happened with my PhD in Natropathic Medicine. It was a great idea when I worked for the Psych who was willing to underwrite me and send me patients.

Not so good after that. Foot massage for stress relief only goes so far. Education is not always the end all be all.

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