Jan 31 2009
The January Round Up
It’s only a month into 2009 and already the year is really making some people suffer. The credit crunch is in full swing, people are losing their jobs, families are being kicked out of their homes, crime rates are up and there is seemingly no light at the end of the tunnel. However, it really is difficut to judge just how bad this year is likely to be on the strength of a month.
In terms of my business, my writing work has not dried up at all, thank goodness! Having said that, I have been taking on extra work to try and get the bills paid and save a little just in case we should ever need it. With food prices remaining high, winter in full swing and the gas price cuts not coming in until February, the cost of living is still unreasonably high. I am making a concerted effort to be more frugal and will shortly be having a huge spring clean to find things to sell on the Internet to bring in a few extra pennies for our house fund.
Personally, this month has been a non-entity in terms of the fact that we are just keeping our heads above water, which I am sure goes for a lot of the population at the moment. Although I cannot see any improvement in the future and think that more jobs will go, more wildcat strikes will break out (which I plan to write about tomorrow) and believe that more homes will be repossesed, I think that 2009 is literally going to be about taking one day at a time, one week at a time. The world has changed for the worse so we have no choice but to do the best we can.
I hope January has not been too poor a month for everyone and also hope that February offers new beginnings. Good luck people! I think we’re going to need it!
