Well, as stated on CNN, FOX and most local news stations, we, as the U.S.A., are officially in a recession. What was looming and predicted to happen is now a fact of life for the time being, and while it seems scary and uncertain, I believe that we as a country have no choice to come out of this stronger, and perhaps with a better sense of purpose as to what life should be about.
I still find it rather amusing that we need days like today as wake up calls to change our lifestyles. It seems to me that many people are not happy in their day to day lives, but yet they don't quite know how to fix it. More and more we are tied up in our financial struggles because we are an extremely prosperous nation that sometimes tries to overextend our limits of just how much we can really handle, both as a nation and on the personal familial level. We get the best job we can, the biggest house and the best vacation home as well, and then we work like dogs to pay off all the mortgages and loans and cost of heat until we just burn out. Or lose out, depending on how much work and money you can get. Maybe it's just me, but the "next big thing" lifestyle has never appealed to me; I'm not striving to go out and be a big showoff or enjoy the finer things in life, though if that happened I could live with that, but it also is a blessing because I am truly content with having less.
But now that I am an almost graduate, just about two weeks shy of getting my degree, I wonder just how tough it is going to be to get a job. Music education is already at such a disadvantage in our school systems, how will it fare when even more schools get shut down and programs are cut? I am hopeful and afraid for what is around the bend, but it's the good work that we do at school that helps us prepare for the curveballs life throws our way. I just hope someone will pay for me for thinking!
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In a recession, it isn't always bad. Most people don't realize how much money there is out there. During economic times like this, there is more money to be had than ever. Because of the bailouts and economy, lenders are bending over backwards to bail you out too. Believe it or not, there is people getting tons of cheap money nowdays to start businesses, buy homes, pay off debt, and more. Recession Bailouts for YOU
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