My husband B's employer cut his salary by 30% (!!!!!) today while also firing all his support staff. So he now has everyone's work to do for significantly less money. He already took a huge pay cut to secure this garbage job. Now he's scrambling for a better situation, and I've had to cancel every single recurring pleasure in my life. Most of those pleasures had gone virtual already, but I still can't afford them.
I make zero money. I work 8-16 hours a day but I haven't published in about five years because I have no idea how to proceed out of the self-pub realm I failed in and am ill-equipped to navigate. In the past, I was infuriated when a supposed friend suggested my writing need only be "therapeutic" for me, but her insult is basically the reality I'm working with. Anyway, I'm working really hard, but I'm not helping our financial situation in the least. And who wants to buy books now? It's either everyone or no one and I certainly can't tell.
Alternating tears and shark-like ruthlessness for B and I today. But we still lost a shit-ton of money and have no recourse.
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Date: 2020-03-24 12:33 am (UTC)I make zero money. I work 8-16 hours a day but I haven't published in about five years because I have no idea how to proceed out of the self-pub realm I failed in and am ill-equipped to navigate. In the past, I was infuriated when a supposed friend suggested my writing need only be "therapeutic" for me, but her insult is basically the reality I'm working with. Anyway, I'm working really hard, but I'm not helping our financial situation in the least. And who wants to buy books now? It's either everyone or no one and I certainly can't tell.
Alternating tears and shark-like ruthlessness for B and I today. But we still lost a shit-ton of money and have no recourse.