We've Had to Make Cuts

   I am just over three weeks into unemployment.  I lost my job quite suddenly and unexpectedly.  Like most people, I had been following the news of the financial downturn, but had felt secure in my job and my financial situation.  I don't yet feel my optimism dampened, but I certainly read the news a little differently now.  Losing my job has changed the way I look at most things in life, from my plan for the future to the new tapas bar opening up in my neighborhood.  I started this blog as a way to commiserate with others who are out of work, and to provide an insight to life without a job to those still employed.

   I have never kept a blog, or even a livejournal, before, since I have been wary about putting my thoughts and feelings in such a public forum.  However, my job loss feels different.  It is intensely personal, but it also makes me part of a very public group.  I was one of nearly 650,000 people who lost jobs in February.  Everyone, employed or not, is wondering how long this will last, and how deep it will cut.  My personal is universal, and I'm gonna share!