https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom Anna Blum en-us 2020-10-07 14:17:44 UTC 2020-10-07 14:54:31 UTC hello@padlet.com 2057338 https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom/wish/810392589 Once one is living pay check to pay check in the US it's incredibly difficult to work back up, mentally and financially.]]> 2020-10-07 14:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom/wish/810392589 2057338 https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom/wish/810416731 "Well I don't understand how you can go so long without a cigarette," (paragraph 2). People in this situation turn to substance abuse as a form of 'self-care', which is described later in the paragraph. This is an example of the mentality that gets them stuck in a paycheck to paycheck situation. ]]> 2020-10-07 14:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom/wish/810416731 2057338 https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom/wish/810417326 "Of my fellow servers, everyone who lacks a working husband or boyfriend seems to have a second job" (paragraph 13). Again, even as the US glorifies working two jobs, no one talks about the toll this takes on one's mental and physically health, and how it allows one to turn to substance abuse. ]]> 2020-10-07 14:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom/wish/810417326 2057338 https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom/wish/810417586 "I start out with the beautiful, heroic idea of handling two jobs at once, and for two days I almost do it" (paragraph 4). Americans glorify/romanticize working two jobs, making it seem like something one does for a while in order to get a leg up, when, truly, it's an ugly reality. ]]> 2020-10-07 14:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom/wish/810417586 2057338 https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom/wish/810417809 "I am dazzled by the two- and three- figure sums owed to outfits like Club Body Tech and Amazon.com." (paragraph 8). Financially, it's absurdly difficult to make one's way up from a minimum wage job, so much so that one feels like an entirely different person who marvels at spending so much on clothes.]]> 2020-10-07 14:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/2057338/1h43gkhwt3hhsiom/wish/810417809