Reply #12: I know it's cold comfort, but you're not alone [View All]

[Warpy]

and the "retrain for the jobs of the future" has always been a cruel scam in a time of offshoring.

However, your paralegal license will come in handy in the future, even if it means hanging a shingle out in the front yard and advertising in the Pennysaver to do routine things like wills, living trusts, uncontested no fault divorces, and the like. People will continue to need these services, especially with lawyers pricing themselves out of the market.

In other words, you will survive this.

You've done all the right things financially. You already know you're a survivor.

I'm with you, though. It sucks to be asked to survive so damned much, especially all at one time.