I had a pregnant wife and kids at home who needed to be taken care of so I took the job.
I was making more money than I ever had before, but I was having to spend 26 days a month on the road.
That put a strain on my marriage so I left that job to find another.
Only one problem
I was making more money than I ever had before, but I was having to spend 26 days a month on the road.
That put a strain on my marriage so I left that job to find another.
Only one problem
This was in 2011 and the job market was still in the toilet because of the 2008 recession.
I ended up only able to find a part time job at a butcher shop and my old job had already replaced me.
Making less than half the money I was before, I started getting behind on bills.
I ended up only able to find a part time job at a butcher shop and my old job had already replaced me.
Making less than half the money I was before, I started getting behind on bills.
Soon we had to cut out the luxuries like cell phones and cable.
No biggy, but then we lost the car.
Losing the car mean t buying bus passes and not being able to get to work on time.
Then the utility bills got too far behind.
Then the rent.
Then we got evicted.
No biggy, but then we lost the car.
Losing the car mean t buying bus passes and not being able to get to work on time.
Then the utility bills got too far behind.
Then the rent.
Then we got evicted.
Now with a pregnant wife and kids to keep off the street, I checked us into a cheap motel and tried to find some work at the unemployment office because the butcher job was too far away to walk or bus to.
I found a "work today, get paid today" place that needed general labor.
I found a "work today, get paid today" place that needed general labor.
Beggars cant be choosers so I walked the 3 miles to go sign up.
The way it worked was you show up at 5 am and sign in.
When a local business calls and needs some help for the day, they go down the list and pick people in the order they arrived.
This meant that I
The way it worked was you show up at 5 am and sign in.
When a local business calls and needs some help for the day, they go down the list and pick people in the order they arrived.
This meant that I
needed to be showing up at 415 if I wanted to make sure I got some work.
The pay was $7.56/hr, but again, beggars cant be choosers, so I went with it.
Mind you this was in the southwest. It was hot AF and i was going to be doing physical labor for less than 8 bucks an hour.
The pay was $7.56/hr, but again, beggars cant be choosers, so I went with it.
Mind you this was in the southwest. It was hot AF and i was going to be doing physical labor for less than 8 bucks an hour.
It was exactly what I needed and all I can find.
I did a few odd jobs here and there before I ended up on a repeat ticket (where the job wants you to come back every day at the same time) for a construction company.
My job was to follow a bobcat with a breaker bit on it
I did a few odd jobs here and there before I ended up on a repeat ticket (where the job wants you to come back every day at the same time) for a construction company.
My job was to follow a bobcat with a breaker bit on it
(big ass jackhammer) and use a sledgehammer to turn the big chucks of concrete it was tearing up into smaller chunks of concrete that would be recycled into gravel.
The shift was 8-9 hours and at the end of the day the foreman would sign my ticket and log my hours.
The shift was 8-9 hours and at the end of the day the foreman would sign my ticket and log my hours.
From there I would walk back to the office and they would trade me my ticket for a check that I could cash at the gas station next door.
A solid $56 after taxes and fees.
Then I'd walk back to our motel, stopping at the store on the way to buy food we could cook
A solid $56 after taxes and fees.
Then I'd walk back to our motel, stopping at the store on the way to buy food we could cook
in either the microwave or on the 2 burner stove in the motel room kitchenette.
This went on for 2 years before my wife's sister came home from the military and let her and the kids move in while I went back to south carolina to find work.
It took me 4 months of working
This went on for 2 years before my wife's sister came home from the military and let her and the kids move in while I went back to south carolina to find work.
It took me 4 months of working
at mcdonalds and the auto factory before I had enough money to rent a house and go get my wife and kids.
I quit mcdonalds and stayed at the factory.
In 2019 I joined twitter and started my first online business.
In 2020 the factory fired me.
Today I freelance fulltime.
I quit mcdonalds and stayed at the factory.
In 2019 I joined twitter and started my first online business.
In 2020 the factory fired me.
Today I freelance fulltime.
So why am I telling you this story?
Because I know there are people out there reading it that are having a really hard time and think that there's no way out.
There's always a way out if you refuse to quit.
Just keep going, you got this.
Because I know there are people out there reading it that are having a really hard time and think that there's no way out.
There's always a way out if you refuse to quit.
Just keep going, you got this.
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