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I am doing well for the most part, aside from the crippling fear of defaulting on a mortgage or losing our power. For a while I couldn't find a job, and we had to go on SNAP. This helped us a lot, and was providing around $1000 a month for groceries. We were able to catch up on debts and bills, and didn't have to worry about food. Then I got a decent job (yay) and our monthly SNAP benefits went down to $250 (nooooo). System working as intended, but now we aren't eligible and fell behind after some illnesses and other stuff. Now it's like playing catch up every week, trying to pay the most immediately needed bills (and forgetting the others exist due to stress). I'm happy and thankful for having income now, I just wish it hadn't completely fucked things.
Fuck America. Hope you can get on the right track soon. Still looking for a job here, almost 3 months, so I know shit fucking sucks.