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A suggestion if you end up a casualty in the senseless attack and need to keep the income flowing.
First, let me say that I think this unprecedented, hastily planned, unnecessary attack on federal employees is terrible. The checks and balances that our founding fathers sought were specifically put in place to protect specifically against what's happening now. The people in this country after defeating Britain wanted to ensure that this country wasn't ruled by someone resembling a King, for our SCOTUS to protect the Constitution, and for the branches to keep each other in check while at the same time, the President. I've been with Commerce since 2012 and am also paranoid about being RIF'd. But I want to share my experience just as a suggestion. A few years ago my wife (when we were still engaged) ran up some credit card debt in one of her rare manic phases of bipolar disorder. Luckily I caught it and got her help before things really went off the rails. I had our honeymoon coming up just before Christmas and wanted to have it paid down so that we could get through the holiday season and not spend the rest of the following year paying it off. I signed up to drive for Lyft and Uber. I also did Amazon Flex. Shes in bed asleep by 9 every night so I would take rides until I got tired. I set it up so I would get paid twice a week. I would sometimes do weekends early in the morning and late at night. I work 4 10s so it gave me a weekday I was able to drive or do deliveries. I wasn't above doing whatever I needed to do to reach the goal I had set. If I did a Flex block it was sometimes late at night and I would finish a couple of hours before I had to start my government job. Luckily I was fully remote so that made it easier. Flex blocks in the middle of the night made me a little uneasy, especially in Baltimore, but I never had any trouble or incidents. I have my WCP (concealed carry) and being a former Ranger with 2 combat tours definitely contributes to lessened anxiety. I've spoken with countless drivers when I've taken a Lyft who actually quit their regular jobs, many well paid, to drive - you'd be surprised how many told me they'd never go back. The Amazon blocks pay better and if you can hustle, know the area, learn the tricks and hacks along the way to finish up early that helps too. True, it won't equal what we're paid now. It can come close if you're hardcore but you get out of it what you put into it. I was making somewhere between $20 and $30 an hour. It will put some miles on your vehicle, but I wasn't in a position to be worried about my vehicle when it got older when the urgency and necessity was right in front of me now. But what it does is keeps money coming in. I was able to get a lot of the debt paid down, once I did I stopped driving. I find my time behind the wheel somewhat instrumental in helping me gather my thoughts and plan things out. This might sound strange, but time behind the wheel had a way of BOTH clearing my mind or keeping it occupied and focused, except in the direction away from the negative. It strangely had the ability to do both. Just throwing an idea out there and wanted to share my experience. I do believe the work that we all do matters. I hope nobody that reads this ever needs this suggestion, but it's there if you do.
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