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Jeff in Florida. I got a new job recently and I have a boss from hell. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get

fired soon. The problem is I enjoy the work and I get paid well. I tried looking for other jobs

similar to this, but there's none in my area. I feel like I'm walking on eggshells at work,

like I know it's a matter of time before I get fired. I pause baby step two to start saving

in case I get fired. I now have $2,200 saved up. I figure we can live on one income if we sell our

cars and take our kid out of daycare. Should I start one, looking for a new job, two, downgrade

everything except child care to prepare for the worst case scenario. If I downgrade and get a job,

I'll have that extra income to pay off debt, which is a substantial amount. So yeah, it should be

looking for a job right away and taking maybe one or two extra jobs while looking.

If you really feel like the shoe is about to drop and you could get fired at any moment,

you just want to be stacking cash, which means making some extra cash right now.

If it were this bad, the way you're describing it, I would be working extra, saving extra,

pausing some things, sure. But let's move quickly

because you know what the work is. I'm not going to accept the reality just automatically

that I've tried looking for job similar lists, but there's none in my area. You were looking for

one when you found that one. Yeah, I just never want to accept that.

That's just, that's a bull crap, okay?

You know, there's no houses for rent in this area.

Of course there's houses for rent in your area.

You just don't like them, you know.

So, yeah, you need to look for another position immediately.

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