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Starting Over at 52
50 & Over Community / by lightTree6221
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 June 29th, 2024
...See more I turned 52 in May and a week later I was fired from my job, well my placement as an independent contractor. Not because of my age, but because of my "schedule". I was also working on my PhD for this job and had just finished all my coursework. I only have my dissertation to go. But now I don't know what to do. My health is very poor and the job I had was great because I set my own schedule, meaning that if I felt poorly I didn't have to work on that day. I am now worried about finding another job, because of the pressure it will put on me. I'm struggling to figure out what to do and feel like I have no prospects. When I was divorced at 35, at least I had my health and could work...now, I don't know what to do. I'm grieving for the loss of this job, the loss of the clients I had, and the loss of my health. Not sure which way is up anymore.
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