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How have you had to change your life or plans due to the economic slow down? 
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I live with family. I'm divorced and can't afford to pay daycare, rent [i]and [/i] minimum payments towards my debt (half of which is student loans, half of which is from the divorce, the only consumer debt I've got is $5K on my car) on my salary, so I live at home, at 27, with my kid. I work FT and throw everything I can at my debt and my savings. Moving out will have to wait until DC is no longer in FT daycare. I've also put off grad school (which would bump my salary level up to liveable) indefinitely. I work a job I absolutely hate because it's the only thing I could find that paid me more than $40K.

This area has many, many more opportunities than the one I recently left (within the past year). The COL is way more expensive, but I make more than double what I was making this time last year. I can now afford to go to the dr and the dentist, I'm not worried about the level of care DC is receiving at daycare and I have money to put towards my debt. As much as I hate where I work, there is more room for growth here than where I was. I get minimal child support ($100/wk) and will likely never receive any more than that due to XH's work history and skills.

I highly doubt that I will ever own a home and grad school is a pipe dream as long as I remain a single parent. I've resigned myself to working in an industry I despise because it's where my experience is and where the money is. Changing careers to something fulfilling is impractical at best right now and for the foreseeable future. Having more kids (which I do very much want) is also something that is likely not going to happen.

The economy has turned the dreams of success that I had in college to dreams of survival. I just want to be self-sufficient. [/quote]

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