This is the Ramsey Call of the Day, part of the Ramsey Network.

Just go to Laura in Portland, Oregon.

Hey, Laura, what's going on?

Well, I was fired on Friday.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, actually, I'm sorry. Yeah.

Actually, I'm looking forward to it being the best thing that ever happened to me.

I love it.

What happened?

Well, there was a new manager that came in in January, and she cleaned house pretty much, put everyone that had been there

before her, you know, on terrible mindless menial casks, et cetera, and I was next, my head was on

the chopping block on Friday. So I am 57 years old. I have finally grown out my full gray, white hair, so I

look like Santa Claus. And now I'm up for looking for another job. And my biggest concern is that I

had a great professional career, all after college, et cetera, and I had a horrible divorce

that I went through.

Long story short, my job history had some gaps in it.

And this company, I worked for seven years.

They're basically my only reference that I can use. And they fired me.

So now I'm like, I've got no confidence. My faith is a little bit shaky. And I have outdated skills.

So I've got the financial loss, the stress. I was trying to get debt-free.

And yeah, so any advice would be helpful. Yeah, that's a lot. So do me a favor. Can you just

inhale real deep and hold your breath for a second? Take a big deep breath and just hold it.

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