07-06-2020, 09:00 AM
My big life event is that i have moved in with my long-time girlfriend. I had been keeping an apartment about half an hour from her, but since the pandemic lockdown started, I basically moved in with her anyway, while still paying rent on the (unused) apartment. It was obvious this made no sense so after much effort reorganizing, we got my stuff into her house and I have fully moved in. The apartment lease expires shortly.
She is out of work, since she is in the theater business. It's been tough on her. I am able to WFH in my cushy tech job so I can take care of her.
Interestingly, as i look around at all the people close to me - extended family and my close friends - everyone is doing fine. All my siblings are still able to work, my friends are all either WFH in their white-collar jobs or, in a few cases, continuing to be employed as "frontline essential workers" (for example at a big-box retailer). I'm thinking this is because most of the people I know well are college-educated office worker types. I just don't seem to know anyone who is a restaurant worker or a small business owner - the people most likely to be out of work. My gf is the exception, but I don't need to worry about her b/c she is close by.
But that gets me thinking that if you are in the class of worker that is affected by the Covid recession, it might be that your whole safety net is down, since everyone tends to aggregate into social groups of people with similar backgrounds.
She is out of work, since she is in the theater business. It's been tough on her. I am able to WFH in my cushy tech job so I can take care of her.
Interestingly, as i look around at all the people close to me - extended family and my close friends - everyone is doing fine. All my siblings are still able to work, my friends are all either WFH in their white-collar jobs or, in a few cases, continuing to be employed as "frontline essential workers" (for example at a big-box retailer). I'm thinking this is because most of the people I know well are college-educated office worker types. I just don't seem to know anyone who is a restaurant worker or a small business owner - the people most likely to be out of work. My gf is the exception, but I don't need to worry about her b/c she is close by.
But that gets me thinking that if you are in the class of worker that is affected by the Covid recession, it might be that your whole safety net is down, since everyone tends to aggregate into social groups of people with similar backgrounds.
Steve Barrera
[A]lthough one would like to change today's world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation. - Hagakure
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[A]lthough one would like to change today's world back to the spirit of one hundred years or more ago, it cannot be done. Thus it is important to make the best out of every generation. - Hagakure
Saecular Pages