Please, Let Me Live A Simple Life

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I am coming up on two months since I got laid off. I thought that the economic problems happening in my country would not affect me so directly. I was focusing on doing things right at my job. It would be ok.

How wrong I was. I still relive that phone call with my boss at that time. When he gave me the news, I felt a squeak in my ears as if someone had put my life on mute. It is not pleasant news, it is…